 Poster: A snowHead
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Wanting to wax my own ski's. Should i go for household iron with NON steam or should i go for the proper job for ski's??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I use an old steam iron which had actually been binned, it works fine. A travel iron I tried wasn't man enough for the job though. I used a proper waxing iron at spyderjon's and they are better, but at a price.
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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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I used to use a travel iron but found that they keep going hot and cold... not very precise on the temp control. Buying a proper iron for about £45 has saved me a huge amount of time over the years.
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Always used an old standard-size iron. No need to go for the serious temperature-controlled ski-specific irons unless you're racing seriously.
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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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If you have a household iron, then that is fine - but just keep it moving to avoid anything getting too hot. If you are at all serious, then use an iron specifically for ski wax: they are much more accurate on temperature.
For many years I used a household iron with good results. But the ski-specific iron I now use does make the job much easier.
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chect2000, Is it worth burning the base of your skis for the sake of £45.00 
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Ok thanks for the info.
Any recomendations for a SKI iron??
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If a normal iron was good enough for ski waxing for this guy to get into the British team, it's good enough for me 
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I use an old steam iron too and have done for years. Not burnt the base of my board yet either.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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No problems with an old travel iron, but I do keep it moving and am conscious of overheating.
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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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there are not many non-steam irons these days - even travel irons often have a steam facility. We use an old steam iron (without steam, obviously). No problems. The holes get wax in, but who cares? You do need to be careful with the temperature - but you get the feel for when it's too cool (wax reluctant to melt) or too hot (hot smell.....). I don't think we've burnt any skis - certainly not conscious of any problems. We do ours on the cheap, but if we were going to spend more money I'd go for the proper vices over an iron; we use a Heath Robinson home made contraption which fits in a Black and Decker workmate, with strategic bungees.
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Edge & Wax have a Wintersteiger Waxing Iron 230 V for £40.00
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You know it makes sense.
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Other than the Wintersteiger iron are there any others that anybody can recommend?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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chect2000, I sell the Kunzmann range of irons which are superb however we've/they've completely sold out of their least expensive 2200 model (£46) until the autumn. Kunzmann make irons for a number of other brands including Wintersteiger & Holmenkol. The Kunzmann 2200 iron is the same as the Wintersteiger you're referring to but it also comes with a metal stand.
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Poster: A snowHead
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chect2000, I too used both a travel iron and a non steam iron for years. Last season I bought a Holmenkol Smart Waxer iron from Edge and Wax and found it was a lot easier to use - quick to get to a more controlled temperature and it maintained it's temperature so made waxing very easy. I rewax after every outing (in Scotland that's as much to provide a little more protection as it is to make the skis slide more smoothly !) and I've found it well worth the £45 or so.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| spyderjon wrote: |
| chect2000, I sell the Kunzmann range of irons which are superb however we've/they've completely sold out of their least expensive 2200 model (£46) until the autumn. Kunzmann make irons for a number of other brands including Wintersteiger & Holmenkol. The Kunzmann 2200 iron is the same as the Wintersteiger you're referring to but it also comes with a metal stand. |
Jon i think i will wait till the autumn until you have them stock.
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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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I used to use an old pre-hole household iron(s) for years, to be honest they did the job. They melted wax (slowly) they applied it to the base (slowly) they melted it up the length of the ski (slowly).
Then I swopped to a 'proper' ski iron, it does the same job quicker and easier, I wouldn't go back......
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