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Removing old wax

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FlufyDuky
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Is this needed before applying new wax? I don't want to buy a wax cleaner is there a way of doing it? http://www.livestrong.com/article/175775-how-to-remove-ski-wax/ found this but whether it's legit or not.......???
Aug 13 2012 10:45AM
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WI_Personallty
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Some people don't recommend this, but I use goo gone to clean the base then remove all the solution before waxing. Again confirm this with other first. All of the goo gone has to be removed from the bases after 5-10min.
Aug 13 2012 11:46AM
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.MASSHOLE.
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Wax in the base isnt a bad thing...you can ski it off pretty quickly too. It only really matters to remove it all if youre using speed skis for legit racing. Other than that, its not super important.
Aug 13 2012 12:03PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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Heres a good video. Keep in mind, he is tuning like he would for an important race. Do half this and youre set

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkgiy0DiJlw&feature=relmfu
Aug 13 2012 12:06PM
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Balto
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use the cheapest high temp wax your show has (yellow swix for me), drip and iron on, and while it is still hot scrape the ski, then use a brass brush followed by another scraping
Aug 13 2012 12:11PM
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FlufyDuky
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So can you just leave old wax on the ski and put new wax over the top or what?
Aug 13 2012 12:40PM
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NW_Rider
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Its a hot scrape. After applying the cheap wax, scrape it while its is still hot and it will pull all of the dirt/shit out of your base. Then apply you intended use wax, let sit for a few hours and then scrape/buff. Be sure you are scraping all the wax off the ski though, you don't want to leave the wax on your bases, the idea is that the bases are absorbing the wax.
Aug 13 2012 1:26PM
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.MASSHOLE.
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No no. You take a plastic scraper, scrape off the old stuff, and then do it.
Aug 13 2012 1:57PM
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Sklar
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do this
Aug 13 2012 2:16PM
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LC.
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"Wax remover" or "base cleaner" isn't for general cleaning of bases.

Hot-scrape instead. But anyone who hot-scrapes before every wax job has way too much time on their hands. I'll wax a pair of skis about every 6 days of use, but only hot scrape each pair about 3 times per year.
Aug 13 2012 6:00PM
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