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Cleaning skis?

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Phil.Green
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Ive been skiing this rail in my yard since my home mt. is closed but its tearing up my skis. i figured my ski season was over soo i didnt care but im going to NY for the day tue. Also, now theres mud on them. I tryed to use a wet wash cloth to clean them but it still wont come off....what should i clean it with???And also theres this white stuff that i usually can scrape off with this thing on my ski wax container but i dont have it anymore... what could i use to get that off also...??
Mar 25 2006 2:57PM
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alaskadrifter
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gas works well, seriously.
Mar 25 2006 2:59PM
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Phil.Green
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hmmm gasoline....???
Mar 25 2006 3:59PM
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SteezePatrol
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gasoline will most likely strip the paint. use warm water and soft hand soap.
Mar 25 2006 4:11PM
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ag.
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turpentine or paint thinner.
Mar 25 2006 4:38PM
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T.L.
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orange clean bitch
Mar 25 2006 4:42PM
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Phil.Green
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yeah thats what i was thinking...and i tryed the warm water and hand soap and it didnt get all of it off but o well...what about the white stuff though???
Mar 25 2006 4:49PM
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kozy
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if u use gass dont do metal rails for a day or 2
Mar 25 2006 5:31PM
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nickwm21
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gas and painttinner will kill ur ski... use an orange cleaner... they actually sell some sort of orange base cleaner but i think its rather pricy so just pick up ur basic citrus cleaner
Mar 25 2006 5:47PM
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ThaHater
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use a metal scraper
Mar 25 2006 7:35PM
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french_fry
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Hydrocloric acid works well
Mar 25 2006 9:03PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
^^ even give them a once over with a citrus cleaner first - that will get everything out of the bases of your ski
Mar 25 2006 9:07PM
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theORANGEshovel
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i had the same problem but i used lots of dish soap and a old toothbrush or use like soap and lego or credit card too
Mar 25 2006 9:11PM
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lineskier106
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base cleaner
Mar 25 2006 9:15PM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
this thread seemed pretty helpful idk > https://www.newschoolers.com/ns3/web/forums/readthread.php?thread_id=190599&
Mar 25 2006 9:23PM
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Crock360
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take a run...it should clean any mud off the base
Mar 25 2006 9:49PM
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wdbo.
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shoulda sprayed em down with the hose after you finished
Mar 25 2006 9:54PM
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squibble
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acetone
Mar 25 2006 10:03PM
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stylishskier
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acetone and gasoline are very bad for your bases... like someone said, hot wax and scrape them while theyre still warm or use citrus cleaner...
Mar 25 2006 10:34PM
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lastxlight
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Get some citrus base cleaner,and a base brush, then hotwax after
Mar 25 2006 11:07PM
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wev-skis
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try some like pure rubbing alchohol that stuff can get off anything
Mar 26 2006 6:28PM
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Logchucker
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base cleaner
Mar 26 2006 6:45PM
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Poormansvault
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Just clean-wax it. Melt a shitload of wax on it (Use Swix CH10 or Toko System 3 yellow, because it's mad cheap) and iron it in. Instead of letting the wax harden before scraping it off, scrape it off immediately. That gets all the shit out of the base and then you can do a regular wax job.
Mar 26 2006 6:49PM
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