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Swix ski wax

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theboondocks
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i just used some of swix universal ski wax and after i put it on it made my skis really sticky on teh bottom. almost like like jelly spread thinly along them. has anybody else used this stuuf and i waited about 15 minutes to let it dry, which is plenty of time according to the bottle thingy. is it actually gonna work when i ski or should i wipe this gunk off?

Jan 12 2010 11:20PM
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BMskier
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you have to actually scapre and brish the wax off......
Jan 12 2010 11:22PM
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theboondocks
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naw dude its not that type of wax i had another can and it worked fine just applying it
Jan 12 2010 11:24PM
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mathdd
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....I always scrape the wax of my skis when i'm done waxing them cause if you don't do so the first run you'll make you'll go real slow.

I hope you didnt take cross country skiing wax....you know that there is many kind of wax and that this one is to stick on snow do you?

Anyway check that out
Jan 12 2010 11:52PM
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joelle+cowbell
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surf wax works a ton better
Jan 12 2010 11:53PM
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little_boo
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sounds like the stuff I'd use to go classic (x-country) skiing.
make sure that's not what you just put on your boards...
Jan 13 2010 12:08AM
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theboondocks
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yes as it turns out thats what it is haha damnit
Jan 13 2010 4:20PM
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theboondocks
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yes as it turns out thats what it is haha damnit
Jan 13 2010 4:20PM
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1337
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i use a uni wax ithat i think is for XC and it works fine, but i think i might start to use surf wax, sounds like it could work
Jan 13 2010 4:23PM
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nickyp
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Have you really put grip wax on freestyle skis?

I think I'd have to sit down if so.
Jan 13 2010 4:26PM
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Dirac
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sounds like someones gonna be cleaning their bases for awhile! on the bright side at least you didn't permanently ruin your skis. I once left an iron on my skis (a clothes iron too, still set to a pretty high heat) face down on my skis, thinking it was turned off. Man was I in for a surprise when I came back into the shop with the rest of my tools.
Jan 13 2010 5:55PM
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rigzz
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Please. Tell us the rest..

And to the OP. Let the ski shop do there job when you don't know WHICH wax to put on your ski....
Jan 13 2010 5:58PM
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double_D
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i personally love the magenta crayola crayons, they are nice on the groomers but slide perfect in pow.....
just learn how to hot wax , its easy
Jan 13 2010 6:04PM
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natirider10
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do you have to hot wax, or can you just rub crayons on your skis like reglar wax
Jan 13 2010 6:08PM
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Balto
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really if your so retarded you dont know what wax to use, have your shop do it. also, watch my video in the ski matinace thread in geartalk to learn how to hot wax
Jan 13 2010 6:14PM
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double_D
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i hot wax it and if im feeling artsy ill get 3 of my favorite colors to combine and i turn my anthems bases into the k2 EXTREME bases, andnot only is it cool lookin but you go WARP SPEEDS
Jan 13 2010 6:19PM
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natirider10
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haha ok. i might have to try this
Jan 13 2010 7:20PM
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skithesprings
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go for it.

what a fail
Jan 13 2010 8:41PM
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joshua
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Pics please? I want to see what that would look like.
Jan 13 2010 10:05PM
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Malcolm
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yes its very informative
Jan 13 2010 10:07PM
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deleted5
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this is going to be a long thread, and yes you alway scrape off the wax when your done.
Jan 13 2010 10:09PM
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Dirac
Posts: 1304 - Karma: 335
Well unfortunately I did not take pics. Anyways I was waxing my skis, but did not have bench space to use the ski clamps so I was just doing it over a garbage bin. I got my skis all ready and remembered all my tuning stuff was inside so i left the iron laying on the bases of my skis (since there was no bench around.) I came back to literally seeing the bases of my ski bubbling. The entire base around the iron had shrunken/bulged away from the edge of the ski and even the top sheets had bubbles in them.

Luckily they were my park skis and destined to be water ramp skis the next summer. I still have them but you cant even tell it happened if i took a pic, since I fixed the bases and ground down the topsheet/fiberglassed them.

Moral of the story is never leave an iron face down on your skis. Duh.

Also if you have the money, invest in a good waxing iron that can adjust to more accurate temps. I guess for park skiing you only will ever really use like cold or warm general purpose wax, where iron temps don't really matter that much. But i guess why listen to me I leave irons on skis.
Jan 19 2010 4:19PM
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Line0777
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ive had the same thing happen and i was pissed, thought my skis were gonna be like glue. but they worked out fine and were actually pretty fast. I scraped off what came off but the rest just left it and they were nice and quick
Jan 19 2010 4:38PM
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PattyFow
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you should probably learn how to read before trying to wax skis, i hear it makes things easier and shit.
Jan 19 2010 4:43PM
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