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Summer wax scrape??
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My ski's have a thick wax layer applied in Val D'Isere last winter ready for the summer. Can i just scrape the excess off cold with a scraper (plastic) or do i need to heat the wax and remove the excess or is it a complete new wax?
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, if the bases were hot scrape cleaned prior to the storage wax being applied then you can just scrape/brush. Then wax to ski, the more applications the better.
If the base weren't cleaned then re-iron until the ski's warmed & then scrape whilst still hot to clean the bases. Then wax to ski, the more applications the better.
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Thanks for that Spyderjon
I don't know what application it was. I asked for a storage wax to be applied and that's what i got. Would you suggest a clean off and new wax applied?
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My suggestion is opposite... at least in some part of it. Whatever you/they did with skis few months ago, just scrap wax off, and then wax with proper wax. During these months there was at least some dirt which went "inside" of excess wax. When you are ironing this wax, you move at least part of this dirt inside of pores on ptex, and that's last thing you want to do. So scrap this wax (and dirt with it) off, and you have good preserved ski to start with in new season, so waxing with proper wax for current conditions will be easy one after this.
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I just use normal wax as storage wax... makes that first trip easier to prepare for
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