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Seeking your help to develop an eco-friendly Ski-wax

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Anirudh_Mukundan
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Hey Guys,

I'm Anirudh M, a chemical engineering master's student from the university of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands. Our group (we are a group of three) are doing a research project wherein we are trying to formulate an eco-friendly ski-wax. We would like your help on this if you guys are willing to take your time to fill this survey as it would guide us in the right direction to come up with a feasible solution.

I have attached the link to the form for your reference.

Link: https://forms.gle/3otpAA1327QUrth8A

Feel free to post your questions / queries if you have any.

Cheers,
Anirudh M
Feb 23 2024 11:03AM
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PartyBullshiit
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Done. Hope we can try some samples.
Feb 23 2024 11:49AM
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MichiganCatFart
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If only Dolan wasn’t banned
Feb 23 2024 12:28PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Bio degradable WD-40 please
Feb 23 2024 3:15PM
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ChaseingSkiing
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I remember seeing some bio ski wax on Shark Tank years back. Has someone done this before?
Feb 23 2024 3:37PM
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Benchhitter
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BeaverWax beat you to it
Feb 23 2024 5:02PM
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BallClapper
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Better not be some mountian flow type shit. Sick idea though. Some of the questions are a little goofy, what does "Do you use a ski-wax for every run" mean?

**This post was edited on Feb 23rd 2024 at 10:08:05pm
Feb 23 2024 10:05PM
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Dr_Richard_Hertz
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Anirudh_MukundanHey Guys,

I'm Anirudh M, a chemical engineering master's student from the university of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands. Our group (we are a group of three) are doing a research project wherein we are trying to formulate an eco-friendly ski-wax. We would like your help on this if you guys are willing to take your time to fill this survey as it would guide us in the right direction to come up with a feasible solution.

I have attached the link to the form for your reference.

Link: https://forms.gle/3otpAA1327QUrth8A

Feel free to post your questions / queries if you have any.

Cheers,
Anirudh M


hopefully your shit comes out good. Went to this waxing event at my school and they were giving out this vegan wax called board butter and that shit was ass. Best of luck tho
Feb 23 2024 11:07PM
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Quaggy
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High fluorocarbon wax or nothing
Feb 23 2024 11:29PM
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Dani-B
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BallClapperSome of the questions are a little goofy, what does "Do you use a ski-wax for every run" mean?

**This post was edited on Feb 23rd 2024 at 10:08:05pm

XC/Nordic skiers will apply specific waxes for a single race/event for performance gains. I'm thinking the survey is targeting more than one skiing sub-discipline
Feb 24 2024 1:49AM
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skiermen
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A forum dedicated to riding rails, gravel, leaves and picnic tables might not be the place for a survey on racing wax ^^

But I do need some wax. My skis got smoked on a boulder and they are better suited for going uphill than downhill right now.

**This post was edited on Feb 24th 2024 at 1:00:49pm
Feb 24 2024 1:00PM
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cole_two3
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BallClapperBetter not be some mountian flow type shit. Sick idea though. Some of the questions are a little goofy, what does "Do you use a ski-wax for every run" mean?

**This post was edited on Feb 23rd 2024 at 10:08:05pm


What was your main complaint with mountain flow wax? Just curious, used it in top of phantom this season and seems decent but haven’t directly compared to a traditional wax
Feb 27 2024 11:28AM
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BallClapper
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cole_two3What was your main complaint with mountain flow wax? Just curious, used it in top of phantom this season and seems decent but haven’t directly compared to a traditional wax


Wears off really quick and isn't the greatest for Washington, we have pretty variable snow. My go to for the past 7 years has been ps5 and 6 from swix. Only need to wax twice a season. Pretty lit. If its real toasty out I'll slap on some ts10.
Feb 27 2024 12:21PM
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blahblahnone
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My biggest issue with eco wax is the incredible stickiness. Getting the residue off of scrapers while you're scraping is much more painful than standard waxes. And if you do it in a garage like I do, then some of the residue eventually sticks to the floor with the same pain level.
Feb 28 2024 2:27PM
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