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MADSCRILLA
Posts: 89 - Karma: 10
Uh, I'm waxing my skiis and i can't find a straight edge thats stiff enough to even out the wax, could i just use the cloth thing to polish it until everything is flat or is that bad?
Jan 19 2007 11:53PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
a plastic dish scraper works pretty good
Jan 20 2007 12:12AM
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MADSCRILLA
Posts: 89 - Karma: 10
Its 9:00 and I have no way of getting anywhere. I'm asking if its ok to polish it with the cloth.
Jan 20 2007 12:13AM
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soulskier
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go for it are you afraid of hurting your skis?
Jan 20 2007 12:15AM
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humbleSage
Posts: 111 - Karma: 14
Or get a scraper in the morning. Sounds like a lot of elbow grease.
Jan 20 2007 12:39AM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
the rad will perminatly damage your skis. the only thing you can use is a 50$ scraper.
Jan 20 2007 12:42AM
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humbleSage
Posts: 111 - Karma: 14
HAHAHAHA!!!
Jan 20 2007 12:43AM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
chain saw...
Jan 20 2007 1:15AM
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C.J.
Posts: 5460 - Karma: 72
you need to scrape it. your cant "polish" the wax off. and you need to take it all off.

things you can use to scrape it: your other ski edge, the back of a knife, a razor(if your careful), basically any thing hard and straight edged. metal, plastic what ever.
Jan 20 2007 1:23AM
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B.L.A.K.E
Posts: 932 - Karma: 27
If you dont have a scraper you should let the shop wax for you, I'm all for kids learning about tuning skis but read up before you try.
Jan 20 2007 2:39AM
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Sknsnw9
Posts: 957 - Karma: 10
ha, i just wax on and sometimes i dont scrape them off cause im too lazy. but i will on race days.

your still fine, there are no need to scrap off, the first run will probably be sticky depending on what wax u put on then it will be smooth after that.
Jan 20 2007 2:50AM
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B.L.A.K.E
Posts: 932 - Karma: 27
No scrape it, if you can like totally tell there is a shit load of wax on the ski its WAAYYYY too much.
Jan 20 2007 2:58AM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
any piece of hard plastic will work fine.
Jan 20 2007 3:05AM
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reggyboy
Posts: 1608 - Karma: 13
use a credit card or a season pass
Jan 20 2007 9:52AM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
wax cult is dead
Jan 20 2007 9:55AM
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Sknsnw9
Posts: 957 - Karma: 10
well it depends on how much wax u put on, cause for some people they dont knoww how to tune their skis and they put too much on.
i know how much is enough and i just smooth it out with my iron to make it smooth and which makes it easier to scrap off anyways, and i know cause im a racer so i know what im doing....
Jan 20 2007 9:49PM
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