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Tune Ups & Waxing

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wolvenfire
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I'm starting to wax and tune up my own skis and I need some help putting together a kit. Any Ideas?????
Nov 13 2005 6:18PM
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Vicious
Posts: 3862 - Karma: 140
wax, iron, scraper, brilo pads, stone...that's pretty much all you need for doing wax and sharpening. unless you know what you're doing, i wouldn't suggest messing with ptex or anything else
Nov 13 2005 6:21PM
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robbieA
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i use swix products and they work great for me...something really helpful is the little sheat that tells u what color u use for what temperature and type of snow
Nov 13 2005 6:21PM
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k2skier420
Posts: 719 - Karma: 13
ptex is easy make sure you know what your doing when it comes to sharpening edges u need to know were to detune and shit
Nov 13 2005 6:28PM
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Subjekt
Posts: 1431 - Karma: 12
bevel, side egde tuner, gummy stone, diamond stone, mutiple sized files, special sauce (its a cleaner) brilo pads. the beast system is ok, i like sun valley tuners better.
Nov 13 2005 6:29PM
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Dilla
Posts: 6447 - Karma: 106
wax, iron, plastic and metal scrapers, files and a file guide
Nov 13 2005 6:33PM
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sethpistol02
Posts: 390 - Karma: 10
i have one of the kits from ski werks and then i got a swix iron and toko wax, but its farley easy to tune you own skis.
Nov 13 2005 6:39PM
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french_fry
Posts: 4698 - Karma: 53
dont bother buying bevels, files and stuff for edge sharpening unless you race, because its pretty expensive, so get a pocket diamond stone and it should do you the trick. Waxing on the other hand costs almost nothing and is a piece of cake, so i'd recommend it for everybody. And don't buy a toko iron that costs like 50 bucks, an old iron preferably without holes does the trick very well.
Nov 13 2005 6:43PM
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french_fry
Posts: 4698 - Karma: 53
^for edges it probably comes cheaper to get them sharpened once a year
Nov 13 2005 6:44PM
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BioEnhanced
Posts: 552 - Karma: 11
im on the school race team so the school gives us wax and bevels and everything, its pretty sweet.
Nov 13 2005 8:04PM
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jean_seb_delorme
Posts: 19 - Karma: 10
if your only tuning freestyle skis get cheap stuff. make sure you use the good type of wax for the good temperature.
Nov 13 2005 8:29PM
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SBP
Posts: 1434 - Karma: 18
wax, iron, scraper
Nov 13 2005 8:53PM
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quebecfreestyler
Posts: 13040 - Karma: 1,419
wasx your skis like 5 times before putting them on snow for the first time
Nov 13 2005 8:55PM
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bigeasy3223
Posts: 603 - Karma: 10
whats a good wax for high hummidity snow in the midwest i was thinkin purl cus it slides fast
Nov 13 2005 8:58PM
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badlash
Posts: 23 - Karma: 10
File wax iron stone peetex scrapers

then ur all good
Nov 14 2005 12:35PM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
http://www.nwsnow.org/displayarticle25.html
Nov 14 2005 12:51PM
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