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I understand that there are different types of wax for different conditions and different temperatures...is there a general guide as to what wax to use where, when and in what temperatures?
ie. should I use softer wax in colder conditions or warmer conditions and what happens if you use very hard wax when the 'theory' suggests softer wax.
I hope this makes sense!
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Each wax will indicate a temperature range that it is best suited to. I tend not to think of it as soft or hard, but as cold or warm. I use cold wax for very cold temperatures and universal wax for everything else. If you want to be particularly fussy about what wax you use you can end up with many different types for all snow temperatures and ages. That seems fine if you're running a race tech room, but for recreational skiing it seems a bit OTT as far as I'm concerned. Probably easier to stick one or two different types of wax, a scraper, a brush and a small wax iron in your ski bag when you head for the hills.


Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Wed 1-11-06 16:34; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
hellfiresliding, The wax manfuacturers have guides to tell you what wax to use....but you'll need to know the snow temperature to pick the correct one...which isn't easy to do from here in the UK.

Basically you can use a hard wax when it's cold (abraisive snow) and a soft one when it warm (make you go faster)

What you can do is use 'Universal' wax which works for most temperatures. It'll wear off a little quicker when it's cold, and you might not be a quite fast when it's hot (but thats a very very very small difference), but most of the time it works just as well.
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Unless you're racing, stick to Universal wax.
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