 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I'm after some wax for my skis.
Anyone know where to get a block that's large and cheap?
Cheers,
Rich
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No, but Bartletts of Hillingdon will sell you some that will make your skis run well and a joy to turn which you might want, shame to have everything above the base of the ski going well to suffer poor performance over saving £10 on some wax. Forgot to mention raiding a cathedral as the candle wax gang will be along in a minute.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Wed 8-02-12 15:41; edited 1 time in total
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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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Nothing wrong with the stuff you can get from Decathlon, either.
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Candles are pretty cheap and you can get large ones.
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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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| No, but Bartletts of Hillingdon will sell you some that will make your skis run well and a joy to turn which you might want, shame to have everything above the base of the ski going well to suffer poor performance over saving £10 on some wax. |
There's a lot of bull talked about skiing equipment but the merits of an expensive wax over a cheaper one for the average recreational skier must be a contender for most marginal of differences. We all know it makes a difference to racers and if you get warm wax on when it's really cold you might as well have poured superglue on your bases but beyond this I think most would stuggle to tell brand difference/ fluorinated or not etc.
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Jumpin Jack, www.skituning.co.uk spyderjon on here. Excellent all purpose wax. Cheap? It's all relative is it not? Certainly good value IMO.
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Jumpin Jack, I get mine from www.datawax.com Do a lot of artificial slope skiing so have to wax several pairs week with the hard stuff and don't want to spend too much. The range of temperature waxes work fine for me on snow as well.
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There's a lot of bull talked about skiing equipment but the merits of an expensive wax over a cheaper one for the average recreational skier must be a contender for most marginal of differences. We all know it makes a difference to racers and if you get warm wax on when it's really cold you might as well have poured superglue on your bases but beyond this I think most would stuggle to tell brand difference/ fluorinated or not etc.
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Your point about cold wax which a supplier as excellent as Bartletts might mention given the cold temperatures in europe at present might have a variance on his holiday enjoyment
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Just bought some after a quick look around.
As I'm going to wax my skis a good 5 weeks before I go next, and they will be in storage over the summer there is good advice on spyderjon's website about getting universal wax with a wide temperature range. The Dominator wax there is also a lot cheaper than other places I saw.
The other common waxes I found were Holmekol and Data waxes.
I liked the sound of the Holmekol Universal wax. The best price I found was from Edge and Wax via Amazon. £10+£2.50 p&p for 250g. Via their own website it was £10+£3.50 p&p.
Cheers for the advice.
Rich
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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+1 Dominator/skituning.co.uk. It has a lower melting temp than other waxes I have seen. Which gives a beginner waxer (like me) a little extra confidence...
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Here's a question: if you are trying to load a ski with wax,as per Spyderjons web site, and you want to do multiple wax and scrape cycles to encourage the ski to absorb wax, why scrape inbetween ??
Spyderjons website talks about a "hot box" where low level heat is applied for a number of hours, whats the differance between that and leaving the wax on and warming the ski with an iron periodically, and so why scrape the wax ??
Any ideas??
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You know it makes sense.
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The best ski wax comes from Brazil, be sure to ask for a Brazilian wax. 
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