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Wax on skis

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ARMADAR7
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I wax my skis myself and recently realized that there is still trace amounts of wax on the base of my skis when I am done. Like if I scratch the bases with my fingernail a little bit comes of . Is this supposed to happen or shoul the wax only be in the pores of the ski
Dec 29 2011 7:39PM
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Dr.Rick_Marshall
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Unless you are really meticulous about scrapping you are going to have wax left on your ski, which is totally fine. Once you ski a couple runs on them the excess wax will be gone.
Dec 29 2011 7:50PM
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onenerdykid
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After scraping, you need to brush your bases. Scraping removes the obvious excess wax, but brushing is what removes the finer parts that are still on the top of your base. The more your base looks polished, the faster it will be
Dec 29 2011 7:54PM
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shreddenator
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When you wax you have to brush. not only does it polish the surface but it restablishes tiny little grooves along the legth of the skis, it makes it faster and glides better. Sometimes I hit the bases with my brush even between waxing sessions.

You can just ski of the excess wax, but them again you want to glide right?  So that kinda defeats the purpose. If you are in a jam you can sweep the bases with one of those dishwashing pads...

Dec 29 2011 8:33PM
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.RYAN66
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After scraping, you need to brush out the ski or snowboard base to remove additional wax and leave the base with some “structure.” At a minimum, you will want a copper brush.most wax technicians start with a copper brush, then brush again with a nylon brush, and then again with a boar-hair or horse-hair brush.

Then the ski or snowboard base may also then be polished using a fibertex pad. Some wax technicians also use polishing cloths at the very end of the process.


i follow all of these steps except for horse hair since i dont have that type of brush and the polishing cloth as i dont have any of those also.

Dec 29 2011 9:34PM
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Parks.
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you could brush or just leave it and in like 2 runs it will be gone and wont matter
Dec 29 2011 10:06PM
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connory998
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Don't bother brushing. Unless you are racing at a high level you will be fine with just taking a slow run or 2 before the last of the wax comes off.
Dec 29 2011 10:13PM
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onenerdykid
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If you are going to go through the process of hot waxing your skis, running a nylon/metal brush down your skis for 30 seconds isn't that much of a hassle. Plus, I'm not going to wait for your 2 slow runs until you're ready to shred ;)
Dec 29 2011 10:24PM
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ARMADAR7
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Thanks for the tips. I used one of those dish washing scrubbers and it worked great
Dec 30 2011 8:08AM
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YewTard
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This. My first couple runs of the day are usually pretty chill anyway. Brushing really isnt a necessity at all.
Dec 30 2011 11:27AM
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