 Poster: A snowHead
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I had my skis waxed before my trip last week. the bases looked great with hardly any visable wax. However, after a couple of days skiing I noticed that my ski's where slower than my friends when cruising between runs. On the third day they felt a little sticky underfoot. When inspecting the bases they had a slight white/grey appearance to them. It looked like the wax was leaving the ski. I could scrap the wax away with my nail.
I thought 4 days of skiing would have removed any excess wax? I bought a scraper and removed as much excess as I could but my skis where still slow.
Any thoughts please?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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They need waxing again.
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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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Shouldn’t be anything left to scrape after they’ve been waxed, and certainly no evidence of anything you could scratch with your nail after 4 days.
By that time (on hard pistes) you expect to see the sides of the skis looking a bit dry (whiter / greyer) on black bases.
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| dave_3 wrote: |
| I had my skis waxed before my trip last week. |
Whereabouts?
| dave_3 wrote: |
| the bases looked great with hardly any visable wax. |
Did they look polished?
| dave_3 wrote: |
| However, after a couple of days skiing I noticed that my ski's where slower than my friends when cruising between runs. On the third day they felt a little sticky underfoot. When inspecting the bases they had a slight white/grey appearance to them. It looked like the wax was leaving the ski. I could scrap the wax away with my nail. |
I've had small patches like that when I started DIYing my skis properly because I didn't scrape and/or polish correctly but now I don't.
| dave_3 wrote: |
I thought 4 days of skiing would have removed any excess wax? I bought a scraper and removed as much excess as I could but my skis where still slow.
Any thoughts please? |
Perhaps need to polish with a brush. Perhaps they used poor wax or wax unsuited to the conditions.
It may be easier just to get them fully waxed at a different/good shop.
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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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| dave_3 wrote: |
When inspecting the bases they had a slight white/grey appearance to them. It looked like the wax was leaving the ski. I could scrap the wax away with my nail.
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Sounds like they put much too much on. The wax should be a microscopic smooth layer, not something you can pick off.
I'd get them done again... somewhere else.
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I was surprised when first waxed my own skis by how little was is on skis... as said by bar shaker ...too much on before
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I took them to a guy who works at an indoor ski centre and he did them
When I had them waxed the bases didn't look polished. More like a matte black finish. It's hard to tell as 2/3 of the base is luminous yellow.
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I am not a fancy-dan ski-tech, just a bloke looking to justify spending more time in the tranquility my man-cave, so I take a while over the base prep.
I normally scrape the wax to within a gnats nadger of the base, then brush it until it shines like a national guitar.
But even to an amateur like me it sounds like they did a rum old job - did it smell of sandalwood, or could you see bits of the wick ?
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| dave_3 wrote: |
I took them to a guy who works at an indoor ski centre and he did them
When I had them waxed the bases didn't look polished. More like a matte black finish. It's hard to tell as 2/3 of the base is luminous yellow. |
Indoor wax is definitely different to mountain wax. It is designed to work at high temps (up to +4degC) and is hard to cope with the more abrasive nature of the artificial snow (ice) crystals. It is also designed for slower skiing.
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| bar shaker wrote: |
| dave_3 wrote: |
I took them to a guy who works at an indoor ski centre and he did them
When I had them waxed the bases didn't look polished. More like a matte black finish. It's hard to tell as 2/3 of the base is luminous yellow. |
Indoor wax is definitely different to mountain wax. It is designed to work at high temps (up to +4degC) and is hard to cope with the more abrasive nature of the artificial snow (ice) crystals. It is also designed for slower skiing. |
He said he used all weather wax.
What confused me was how the Bases initially looked wax free and the wax appeared after a few days. I always thought having too much wax is no big deal as it comes off after a few runs. The snow was very coarse too!!
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