Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Quick wax help

profile picture
the.cheat
Posts: 2859 - Karma: 171
its cold around here, so i bought some ch4 wax for the temp. it is hard as plastic and it took me about 20 minutes to scrape a ski. is this normal thanks
Jan 21 2011 8:36PM
0 0
profile picture
Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
what color? blue or green? both are very hard waxes and a bitch to scrape
Jan 21 2011 8:39PM
0 0
profile picture
the.cheat
Posts: 2859 - Karma: 171
uhh greeny turqouise. deff. sticking to universal in the future.. took me an hour to do a pair of skis, sharpening my scraper like constantly
Jan 21 2011 8:42PM
0 0
profile picture
Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
sounds like you are just super week or need to learn to scrape(no offense), it takes me like 10min longer to do a pair of skis when im using blue or green
Jan 21 2011 8:43PM
0 0
profile picture
the.cheat
Posts: 2859 - Karma: 171
im not that weak, a lot of that was ironing, i can do it with universal in about 5-10 mins. thanks for clarifying though.
Jan 21 2011 8:51PM
0 0
profile picture
Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
also, it might be your technique, watch my waxing vid in the sticky, i explain how I scrape, and it works pretty well ive found
Jan 21 2011 8:58PM
0 0
profile picture
japanada
Posts: 13784 - Karma: 1,957
If you are using CH3, try to find it in powder form, it makes the application much easier.
Jan 22 2011 12:02AM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)