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I'm looking to hot wax my bases and sharpen up the edges a tad before our next trip. I've only spent a couple of hours on Snowdome snow since they were last ground, waxed and sharpened so I don't really want to have to shell out again. Plus a ferry trip is needed to get to a ski shop. What bits of kit do I need (excluding wax, of course  )? I plan to use a cheap iron to apply the stuff. Can anyone reccomend and edge tuning widget? There are lots about with fixed or adjustable angles between £10 - £30. Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sharkymark, Try this.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Cheers spyderjon, probably a little too in-depth for me. I'm just looking at something to touch up the edges that is more accurate than a hand file.
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The tooltonic edge sharpener might be what you're after. Small and very effective. Beyond that, an iron, wax, something to scrape it off with it, maybe a brush should about do it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ive been playing with wax..... how much wax do you leave on? If I make a really good go at it, I can pretty much scrape the wax right off again!
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| buns wrote: |
| Ive been playing with wax..... how much wax do you leave on? If I make a really good go at it, I can pretty much scrape the wax right off again! |
It's fairly easy to over-apply, in fact I do about 1 in 4 times. There needs to be a 30min or so gap between application and removal. It's the wax in the base you want not so much the wax on the base.
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buns, If I just drip on the wax & then iron I tend to use too much wax as I'm concerned about the hot iron being applied to an area of base without a 'drip'. This method typically uses 25g+ of wax for a pair of skis.
I've found it better to touch the block of wax on the base of the iron & then 'crayon' on the wax all over the base & then add some additional drips. This means that all of the base is covered before the iron is applied & it also saves expensive wax as it only uses 15-20g per pair.
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buns,
try heating the base with the iron, then rub the block hard on the base of the ski, then iron in what you have rubbed on, if you need a little more you can repeat, what you want is for the wax to impregnate the base not sit on it, so all the extra wax dripped on is wasted time and money as you scrape it off, if you use the rub it iron it method you can get away with finnishing with either a brush or a structure pad (do not buy pads at the ski shop, got to the supermarket and buy vileda superpads or similar plastic scourer)
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| CEM wrote: |
| try heating the base with the iron, then rub the block hard on the base of the ski... |
I'd be concerned that if I used the iron directly on the base that I could over heat/burn the base. One of the benefits of touching the wax on the iron first is that if the wax starts to smoke you know that the iron is too hot prior to it being applied to the base.
To ensure that the wax is absorbed in to the base I do three slow passes with the iron which slowly heats up the base so that it's warm to the touch to give maximum absorbancy.
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OK maybe to ask a more important question..... if I have too much wax, is it going to be a problem? I presume it will simply mean that (for a short time) it will slow me, after which the excess will have been scraped off?
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buns, you're right, it's not too much of a problem - two runs will have it scraped off for you. IMO you're better off with a bit too much than a bit too little.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Super duper Marc..... I didnt really fancy having to start messing around again!
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