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Swandog7Thats what the gummy and diamond stone are for. The file detunes the most, while the diamond stone and gummy stone clean the burs and extras. I bought everything for $40 ion REI
teflon66Are they necessary though? Would I fare well just using a file for my backyard setup?
Swandog7I would get something to clean up the filing. It leaves burs and you can catch pretty easy. Detuning helps to deal with edge cracks and catching on rails. If you can just even get a gummy stone that would work too. If you can't get either, get some sand paper and go hard with that
PoikenzBut you were wrong, that is why I told you about bases. I appreciate your techniques, you obviously have experience, but some things you say don't seem to always make a whole lot of sense.
A base grind can be done on any ski, what you going on about? If you, or the shop you bring them to knows what they are doing there will be no problem. I heard you talk poorly of them, but if done correctly it will be fine. You also have to remember that we are talking about park skis, your 1/10th of a second isn't going to matter. A base high ski might sound ideal, but you still need to carve. I'd prefer flat, but to each his own.
Just tell the kid to buy a 10 cent sheet of sandpaper and be done with it (because really it is all you need for a detune to work). No need to be fancy.
teflon66Sorry for the noobish quesiton, but how do you do that and what do you need?
DominatorJacquesI love that! A little humor goes a long way.
This is a good example of humor, but no dissing.
Pray for snow Steeze!
steeze_boiya that was a joke. pray!!!
teflon66I just got my skis detuned at a ski shop, so hopefully it'll be good.
These are 3 year old skis that haven't been used in a while, so do you think a base grind would be worth it?
DominatorJacquesNo.
Now try them again on the PVC and see how they do as far as not cutting up the pipe!
Let us know the results.
teflon66The detune helped a little, but I still felt like something was weird. I found a candle, and rubbed some wax on the rail, and that helped tremendously. Everything is perfect now!
teflon66The detune helped a little, but I still felt like something was weird. I found a candle, and rubbed some wax on the rail, and that helped tremendously. Everything is perfect now!
teflon66Yeah wax + water is amazing, thanks for all the help everyone!
