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funkmaster
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my bases are starting to get pretty brown i guess from rails and stuff
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is there anything i should/can do about this?
Mar 7 2010 7:30PM
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Big_Spence
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looks like you just ran over some poop.
pretty sure the only thing you can do is lick it off.
Mar 7 2010 7:48PM
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.brian
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this. it may be pretty nasty but just wash it down with mountain dew or something
Mar 7 2010 7:49PM
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funkmaster
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havent been in dirt or poop lmao

mountain dew? that seems a bit... unusual?
Mar 7 2010 7:57PM
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mmckechnie
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Iron in some warm temp (yellow) wax and then scrape and brush it off while its still warm.  Warm temp wax is used often as a cleaning wax so it might help.  Other than that maybe a base cleaner.
Mar 7 2010 7:59PM
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.brian
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no its to wash down the poop when you lick it off.
Mar 7 2010 8:15PM
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wintersway
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i feel like this happens more in the spring when temps are warm and rails are getting a bit sticky. specifically the 4 inch wide bars made of steel or whatever that get a bit rusty
Mar 7 2010 8:26PM
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shintastic48
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Mine have that too. doesn't really matter.
Mar 7 2010 8:28PM
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TheGreen
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Yeah I'm pretty sure it's the rails in the spring that cause this, after only one day my new skis started getting these, but only underfoot, so I'm pretty sure it's from rails. And I'd just use base cleaner or something like that.
Mar 7 2010 9:42PM
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funkmaster
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good call
is there any household product that would work i dont really wana go buy base cleaner
Mar 7 2010 9:55PM
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FreeSkier34
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i wouldnt even care about it, there afterbangs, let them get shitty, there made to take it... lol

Mar 7 2010 9:59PM
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TheGreen
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Any orange or citrus based cleaning stuff will do as a base cleaner, but like with any base cleaning stuff it can dry out your bases. What I suggest is wait until the end of the season, clean them with citrus based stuff, the put a thick layer of wax on there for the summer. That way you'll have clean and not dry bases. Or you can just not care 'cause they're afterbangs and they're meant to ride on concrete.
Mar 7 2010 10:04PM
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funkmaster
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yeah guess i'll just try that at the end of the season
Mar 7 2010 10:35PM
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Backyard.Skier
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go to like a sport check and get a base grind that will get rid of it
Mar 7 2010 10:39PM
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Big_Spence
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a lot of household cleaners are really harsh on bases.
if i were you i would just go buy some good base cleaner after the season is over and clean them with that and then apply a coat of storage wax like this man suggested.

or you could take my first piece of advice. ;-)
Mar 8 2010 12:56AM
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shintastic48
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I'd also have to say this, don't buy line skis. Everyone that has brown on there bases tend to own line skis. Also I feel there bases are shit anyway.
Mar 8 2010 8:34AM
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Tatutu
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jup,line skis topsheet just rips off and  the base gets dirty,
but it doesen't effect the fact that they are good skis.
Mar 8 2010 10:23AM
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Big_Spence
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their bases are shitty.
they're all slow and don't hold wax worth a damn.
how does that not affect the ski?
Mar 8 2010 10:30AM
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shintastic48
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exactly. and they are shitty skis, I ski'd some rossi s4's and moment jibs. sorry but way better than my invaders. And the butter zones were in a better spot. Sorry to say it but Line isn't as awesome as everyone thinks.
Mar 8 2010 10:53AM
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