Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
What wax do people use for dry slopes? Or do you just use WD40 or a silicon spray or similar?
Thank you.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Datawax Polar X. Iron on (very hot), buff it up a bit, don't bother to scrape.
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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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Fairy liquid
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Polar X. Iron it on, let it cool, iron again then scrape while hot.
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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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Seriously good for that. Get an old school bar towel get it wet and soak in Fairy Liquid. Leave at the top of the slope. Run over it before each run and enjoy
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Thank you all for your input.
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Thank you all for your advice.
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musher wrote: |
Polar X. Iron it on, let it cool, iron again then scrape while hot. |
Or let it cool and chisel it off!
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@Mosha Marc,
Try taking it off a snowboard, bloody near impossible.
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I used to wax a lot. Now I don't bother. Technique counts for more, much more, but a spray of furnisher polish helps for those first few metres.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Does anyone know the melting point of Polar X?
Tried looking on the Interweb but can't find anything specific. What is clear from using it is that the melting point is fairly high, but how high?
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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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@skiingsteve, I usually have to turn my waxing iron up between 10-20 degrees from what I use for Zoom (which is listed as 120C). P-tex base material melts at 150, so I'm careful to get the iron only as hot as it needs to be for Polar X, whereas I might be not quite as careful with Zoom - so I'm guessing somewhere around 140.
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@skiingsteve,
130 on my iron
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You know it makes sense.
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@skiingsteve, it's 120c, I don't change the setting on my iron just go a bit slower, apply as @musher, has suggested
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@skiingsteve, I set my iron to 130c
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Poster: A snowHead
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Tried this today and it seemed to work quite well.
Set iron to 130c and iron on Polar X. Leave to cool to the usual rock hard/brittle consistency.
Then set iron to 75c and lightly warm the wax. Scraped off pretty easily and buffed up well with a bronze brush.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Tubaski, the base melts at a lot lower than 150°, you just don’t leave the iron on it. Cold waxes are ironed at 150/155
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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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Mr Sheens furniture polish works a treat on dry slope
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As does KY.
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