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Application of swix CH4 for dry slope racing
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

My kids have recently got into ski racing at the local dry slope, so I'm spending loads of time looking after their kit. I bought a load of CH4 for the weekly waxing, but I seem to be having a devil of a job getting it onto / into the skis. I've got the iron (pukka waxing iron) at c. 150 deg C, so that the wax runs off it and onto the ski base readily, but without any smoke. I run a zig-zag up the ski from tip to tail, but find that the wax dries so hard that I can't run the iron over the wax to spread it. I have to sit the iron onto the base bit by bit to get the stuff spread and by the time I've done that, it seems to flake off too easily. Either that or I keep ironing in until the ski gets much hotter than I think it should be.
Have I got the iron too hot / cold, could I be putting on too much / too little. Has anyone got any tips for the application of this stuff?
Thanks in advance for any other tips on dry slope ski prep, especially time saving ones.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

instead of dripping it on, rub it on directly and then run the iron over it. We use a race wax from the states and it doesnt like melting on, so thats the way we get it into the base. Very Happy
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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?

Sounds about right for CH4 I gave up trying to use it in the end and switched to Datawax Polar X http://www.datawax.com/products/artificial-slopes/polar-x-wax/
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Duplicate thread. The other one has more responses (including spyderjon's expert advice).
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=2042473&highlight=#2042473
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