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ski waxing

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Atomicfireball
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who all waxes thier own skis? and what kind of equipment do you have? i'm not really a hardcore tuner, but i do wax my own skis, just wonderin
Nov 10 2002 3:12AM
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jizack
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 16
first off you need base cleaner which most people don't think is necessary but is, an old iron, like a nylon or horsehair brush, a scraper adn a scotch brite pad, that is all you need to do a decent job.



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Nov 10 2002 3:22AM
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mmm4twintips
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thats all you need to wax

if you want to do a little more you can buy petex a metal scraper lighter and you can buy a hand edger which will sharpen the edges as long as they are not bad (remember to detune the edges though) finally a stone to deburr the edges.

DaKine sells a tunning kit witth everything u need to wax and do your edges. (except the iron)

Nov 10 2002 4:41AM
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spinks
Posts: 1426 - Karma: 129
Purl Wax
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Nov 10 2002 4:46AM
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mauii
Posts: 6166 - Karma: 32
see: Mauii's waxing guide - https://www.newschoolers.com/PHP/Articles/LoadArt.php4?Session=405536&art_id=386

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Nov 10 2002 10:40AM
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switch_skodeo
Posts: 304 - Karma: 11
well i went into my local shop which i trust and asked them what i need to get started up and they told me: wax, cheap iron with no holes, and a plastic scraper.
what would the scotch brite pad be for? i know what the nylon brush is for
Nov 11 2002 8:31PM
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jizack
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 16
the scotch brite just helps to get all the fine waz shit off after you use the nylon brush, just kind of a nice finishing step makes it look good.



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Nov 11 2002 9:25PM
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Flowsion
Posts: 1461 - Karma: 11
what if the iron has holes? Can we use our old iron that wasn't made for ski waxing?


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Nov 12 2002 9:24AM
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lizziebeth
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yah you can use an old iron with holes. i do. just turn it so the pointy part points down and drip the wax on that way. try not to get it in the holes though.

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Nov 12 2002 12:45PM
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Kornn101
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maui thats a phat guide u got there, helped alot
Nov 12 2002 4:56PM
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mauii
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no problem :)

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Nov 12 2002 5:20PM
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Hedekar
Posts: 1816 - Karma: 15
Waxing and tuning your equiptment is overrated.
Trust me, I'm a ski Tech.

Haha!






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Nov 12 2002 11:15PM
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Saloman
Posts: 279 - Karma: 10
you often wont notice the difference between tuned skis an untuned ones except on really warm days and icy days. on warm days, the right wax will make allll the difference and on icy days, you will be wishing you had some sharp edges. i am on the racing team at my school and they buy us the best equipment to tune with. no one ever asked why i was tuning my twinnies when i never race with them.




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Nov 13 2002 12:58AM
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jizack
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 16
hey scratchcrew, shut up you want some kind of brownie point or something. you and me both are ski techs, along with about 50 other people that are on ns right now.



fuk that
Nov 13 2002 1:38AM
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Saloman
Posts: 279 - Karma: 10
exelent point jizack




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Nov 13 2002 1:50AM
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Rossiscratch
Posts: 901 - Karma: 13
i do all my shit by my self. The people that pay like 30 bucks for a fuckin tune up are suckers. I bought a whole bunch of waxing and tuneing shit for like 250 and i buy this sick dominator wax i forget what its called but i wax my skis every fri or sat night. i dont pay some dick head to do it and fuck it up



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Nov 13 2002 4:28PM
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jizack
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 16
why so you can fuck it up yourself. you know there is actually some skill in it scratchfuck. you are gay.



fuk that
Nov 13 2002 4:37PM
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Saloman
Posts: 279 - Karma: 10
wow! chill out guys. both of you have valid points. rossiscratch- i too have had more than one encounter with an inexperienced techie, but some know what they're doing. and jizack- it is true that many self tuners dont know what they're doing, but others do, and even if they dont, i'd rather fuk up my own skis knowing that it was in my own ignorance than have a tech fuck 'em up.
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Nov 13 2002 5:27PM
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CopperBum
Posts: 23 - Karma: 10
yeah fighting over who should tune your skis is pretty dumb....
Nov 13 2002 6:35PM
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Saloman
Posts: 279 - Karma: 10
shut up... and stop copying my icon




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Nov 13 2002 7:06PM
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jizack
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 16
ditto..



fuk that
Nov 13 2002 7:25PM
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Hedekar
Posts: 1816 - Karma: 15
Haha you are idiots! I was joking. Can't you take a joke? Anyways, it is not hard to be a Tech. You just have to have a brain in your head.






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Nov 14 2002 12:40PM
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lykafox
Posts: 57 - Karma: 10
ScratchCrew

'Waxing and tuning your equiptment is overrated'

I agree, i ski about 100 times a year and i might wax twice. It's not needed.
Nov 14 2002 1:13PM
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Hedekar
Posts: 1816 - Karma: 15
Uhh. that was a joke too. geeze.






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Nov 14 2002 7:34PM
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Rossiscratch
Posts: 901 - Karma: 13
wow ure a true jokester



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Nov 14 2002 7:38PM
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jizack
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 16
and your a fucking lush



fuk that
Nov 15 2002 3:56PM
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shawnm1260
Posts: 3219 - Karma: 66
dont use base cleaner if you can just do a pre wax and heat it up super hot with a hair dryer and then scrape it, then do your good final wax without scraping at the end, that way you dont dry out the base
Nov 15 2002 8:07PM
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jizack
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 16
shawn whatever shut up you have no fuckin clue.



fuk that
Nov 16 2002 12:45AM
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mauii
Posts: 6166 - Karma: 32
no scraping? .. hair dryer? .. interesting concept... :p

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Nov 16 2002 4:48AM
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Saloman
Posts: 279 - Karma: 10
shawnm u def have no idea what your doing with any sort of tuning materials. i REALLy hope your not a techie, but i have to say it wouldnt completely surprise me if you were




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Nov 18 2002 3:15PM
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