 Poster: A snowHead
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I have a new pair of skis and have read a lot about the factory wax and the need to soak some new wax into the bases. Can someone explain to me how wax 'soaks' into a plastic layer? I've serviced my own skis for years and assumed that the wax just adds a layer that infills the microscopic indentations in the base and abrades down to a flatter surface and gives a better layer of water between the ski and the snow - reducing friction. I don't see how wax can soak into the base, it is a plastic. Am I missing something?
I waxed my new skis tonight but I don't see how much can be achieved by adding more wax, or even going over them with the iron again. I've searched and I can't find an answer to what is actually going on.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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I have a quick (and possibly rather revealing of my lack of servicing experience) question and this seems an ok place to pop it up in the hopes someone will give me a simple yep/nope answer.
Is there any benefit to applying more than one application of wax to a board/skis?
I ask because somewhere in my memory i'm convinced I read in a how-to guide that it's like shampoo - wax, scrape, repeat if desired. I can't find any info on it now and i'm starting to think it's a false memory.
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| spyderjon wrote: |
| http://www.dominatorwax.com/technical-education |
Saved for future reference, great stuff with a quick first glance.
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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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Really interesting link @spyderjon, thanks.
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| jjams82 wrote: |
I have a quick (and possibly rather revealing of my lack of servicing experience) question and this seems an ok place to pop it up in the hopes someone will give me a simple yep/nope answer.
Is there any benefit to applying more than one application of wax to a board/skis?
I ask because somewhere in my memory i'm convinced I read in a how-to guide that it's like shampoo - wax, scrape, repeat if desired. I can't find any info on it now and i'm starting to think it's a false memory. |
I believe you are referring to a "hot-scrape" whereby you wax and immediately remove it in order to cleanse the base. Then you do the actual single waxing.
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| Layne wrote: |
| jjams82 wrote: |
I have a quick (and possibly rather revealing of my lack of servicing experience) question and this seems an ok place to pop it up in the hopes someone will give me a simple yep/nope answer.
Is there any benefit to applying more than one application of wax to a board/skis?
I ask because somewhere in my memory i'm convinced I read in a how-to guide that it's like shampoo - wax, scrape, repeat if desired. I can't find any info on it now and i'm starting to think it's a false memory. |
I believe you are referring to a "hot-scrape" whereby you wax and immediately remove it in order to cleanse the base. Then you do the actual single waxing. |
Ahh that rings a bell... Confusion solved, thanks.
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I watched some ski-prep videos on YouTube recently and the guy said that ski techs for racers will routinely wax and scrape 50 layers of wax per ski ..
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