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Apologies, as this is undoubtedly a subject / question which has been done to death... I'm new to waxing my own skis and am not a real hard-core skier, but I do ok. So what's the best general purpose / universal, call it what you will, wax please?
Also, which is the best brush for polishing the bases at the end of the whole process - nylon or horsehair?? Having done a good bit of interweb research I've found conflicting opinions and advice - no surprise there eh... So which is it please? Or to put it another way, what is the correct use for both nylon and horsehair brushes? Many thanks fellow Snowheads, and have a good season!
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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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thanks Tubaski, good site that, good info. Appreciate your help!
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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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and thanks to you too Bigtipper, very helpful
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@AG,
I personally believe it would be difficult to suggest a “best” wax as it’s difficult for most of us to accurately measure results between waxes, I have used data wax from the supplier noted by @Bigtipper, buying in multiples of 4 was a good balance between quantity and price, I spoke to mike at data wax and he suggested graphite training for a longer lasting snow dome wax, i used it at landgraaf and it did appear to last longer than a universal wax I used on an earlier trip - imagined or a real difference?
The data wax universal wax is probably also good as I would imagine most universal waxes from toko/swix/Holmenkol/dominator etc would be
Interestingly mike suggested not brushing out the wax too much after scraping
I also found conflicting info about nylon and horse hair, after much research it would appear that some brands of brush have a harder nylon and softer horsehair and other brands are the opposite way round, this would explain why you see/read about people using them in a different order
I have a set of 3 oval toko brushes which were purchased just because they were available at an excellent price but generally just use an older rectangular brass brush for pre wax brushing out dirt and the toko brass oval I keep for brushing out after waxing
Spyderjon is a trusted source of info on here, I can thoroughly recommend his half day tuning course, he might be along to add to the above info but is probably real busy now
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Thu 21-12-17 18:50; edited 1 time in total
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| Fish_Head wrote: |
Spyderjon is a trusted source of info on here, I can thoroughly recommend his half day tuning course, he might be along to add to the above info but is probably real busy now |
@AG, just to note that the link I posted is @spyderjon's website. I've also done his 1/2 day course which is excellent.
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Thanks very much indeed Fish Head, and again to you Tubaski (yes, I had a good look at Spyderjon's 'Piste Office' site, very good..!). All very useful and helpful, will certainly pay close attention to anything I see by Spyderjon here on Snowheads and will look into taking his half-day course.. Cheers, AG
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