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Newbie ski owner question

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Afternoon everyone

I have recently bought a pair of 2nd hand Atomic ski's off ebay.

I am confused as to how often I have to get the ski's serviced?

As I live near the chill factore in Manchester I plan to use them over the next week or so.

My question is, once I have used them for an hour or 2 do I then have to get them serviced again?

I am concerned that they will go rusty if I do nothing with them.

(or do I just dry them with a towel when I get home?)

Thanks in advance
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Dry them when you get home, keep them dry in storage but they shouldn't need servicing for a good long while. Once they feel slow time for some wax (there are plenty of rub on ones available you can easily apply. Once the edges get dull or you manage to put a big scratch in the base somehow is time to get them serviced.
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kiteman69, Run your fingernail over the edge if it does not remove a shaving they need to be sharpened, or when you feel they have not enough edge grip.

Waxing? How long is a piece of string, dome snow tends to be more abrassive than the natural stuff so perhaps every 3-6 visits. If it was me, every visit but I am weird!

davkt, is spot on dry them when you get home.
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Or take an old towel with you and dry them straight after use
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Thanks for the advice guys

I will throw a towel into my boot bag

As for rub on wax is "zardoz notwax" the favoured type
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kiteman69, Once you've dried them off Zardoz is pretty good at keeping rust at bay. Small spots of rust on the edges can be buffed off with a gummi stone.
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Zardoz if great stuff for glide. It can be used with waxes too. You can get a puck of softish wax that you can rub one the ski without needing a hot iron, not as good mind, but ok. A little bit of rust on the edges will come off as soon as you use them, but to avoid it dry them as stated, then rub a little wax down the edge.
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And Snow and Rock at Chill Factore will probably have some wax sticks that you just rub on without the need of a hot iron like this http://www.snowandrock.com/butta-wax-butta-rub-on-200g/ski-maintenance-+-tuning/ski-snowboard-outdoor-sports/fcp-product/29257?listing=true
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Kiteman,

I did a similar thing to you and bought a pair of second hand skis for tootling about at snowdomes from a specialist second hand shop which apparently services ski before sending them out...
When I first got on the snow they were truly awful and clearly hadn't been waxed for a long long time - I had to revert back to a pair of hire skis which was quite upsetting! I did the sensible thing and got myself a waxing iron and did my own hot waxing for the next session and I've not looked back since... Because my snowdome (Tamworth) is so abrasive, I have to wax after every session, (I don't much like having to, but you can see the damage afterwards if you don't) so the same may be the case for you, although perhaps Chill fatore is a less abrasive?

The long and the short of it... Get yourself a waxing iron and some hard wax (such as Holmenkol indoor) - Thoroughly recommended - and at least you have the option to wax when you need to, rather than relying on Ellis Brigham or whoever runs the local ski shop.

Don't worry too much about rust, but definitely dry off yous skis when you get home with an old towel or a wooly dog.

Also +1 for Zardoz, but in addition to wax!

Cheers

R
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You can also put zardoz on a cleaned base, then wax over with a hard wax. Very effective and a trick a lot of racers use.

I'll second the value of buying a proper iron and some basic tuning kit. Saves a fortune in the long run and you know that your skis have been done properly.
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Chill factore is much softer snow than Tamworth (but then so is pretty much everywhere on the planet!) so I doubt they'd need waxing after every time.
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