Anyone use this?

I used to race nordic, and we used the Toko base cleaner (which I assume is the same stuff) all the time to clean flouros out and generally clean our bases, definitely works.

was literally just doing all kinds of research on base cleaner last week. I apparently skied through a bunch of grease/oil and had black gunk all over my bases. Most goop I have ever had on my ski bases ever. Ultimately I decided I was going to try a little diluted simple green or goo gone. Had a way too busy week and next thing I knew it was time to drive to the mountain. Ended up going back to my own old advice which is paper towels or in this case some paper napkins left in my truck from the taqueria. Oil loves paper towels. Way back in grade school we did experiments to get oil out of sand, hypothesizing what would be the best to clean the beaches after an oil spill, and my group had by far the best results with paper towels over anything any other group could come up with. ,
Managed to take 60% or more of the gunk off my bases with the napkins and then I went skiing. A few hours later my bases were cleaner than ever. I am thinking there is no way I would have gotten them as clean with elbow grease and base cleaner as I did with a few minutes with a napkin and a couple hours skiing

OregonDeadwas literally just doing all kinds of research on base cleaner last week. I apparently skied through a bunch of grease/oil and had black gunk all over my bases. Most goop I have ever had on my ski bases ever. Ultimately I decided I was going to try a little diluted simple green or goo gone. Had a way too busy week and next thing I knew it was time to drive to the mountain. Ended up going back to my own old advice which is paper towels or in this case some paper napkins left in my truck from the taqueria. Oil loves paper towels. Way back in grade school we did experiments to get oil out of sand, hypothesizing what would be the best to clean the beaches after an oil spill, and my group had by far the best results with paper towels over anything any other group could come up with. ,
Managed to take 60% or more of the gunk off my bases with the napkins and then I went skiing. A few hours later my bases were cleaner than ever. I am thinking there is no way I would have gotten them as clean with elbow grease and base cleaner as I did with a few minutes with a napkin and a couple hours skiing

I’m looking to remove old wax and prep the base. No issues with oil or goo so don’t think just paper towels would do the trick for me unfortunately

PartyBullshiitI’m looking to remove old wax and prep the base. No issues with oil or goo so don’t think just paper towels would do the trick for me unfortunately

I thought this had some good info https://www.slidewright.com/base-cleaning-hot-scrape-or-cleaner/
some sort of solvent or citrus based cleaner seems like the way to go if you have time to totally clean off your bases and re-wax

Brake cleaner and elbow grease.

Even as a racer never used base cleaner. Just hot scrape

Does it only come in vanilla or are there other flavors?

hi_vis360Does it only come in vanilla or are there other flavors?

I believe they have iced latte as well

@dolanslebensraum

It works pretty good, I do prefer the citrus sent though because the vanilla smells like death.

You'll probably already do this but get a good scrap and solid amount of time with a brass brush first. You'll want to wax pretty quickly after getting the bases cleaned up, cuz that stuff will dry your shit out pretty quick


Some of mentioned hot scrape and that's the og old head ski move, works super good without side effects of chems drying your stuff out and the environmental yada yada nbd

**This post was edited on Apr 25th 2024 at 12:31:17am

I have had exceptionally good results removing skin glue from my bases by using a mix of coconut oil and baking soda. If that shit can break down skin glue I'm assuming it'll remove anything else

Chunderface@dolanslebensraum

just for the record, that retarded nazi-lover had almost no clue what he was talking about re: bases. some half baked internet research and lots of assumptions (probably the same process that led him to thinking shit like "lebensraum" is cool)

maaatttIt works pretty good, I do prefer the citrus sent though because the vanilla smells like death.

You'll probably already do this but get a good scrap and solid amount of time with a brass brush first. You'll want to wax pretty quickly after getting the bases cleaned up, cuz that stuff will dry your shit out pretty quick


Some of mentioned hot scrape and that's the og old head ski move, works super good without side effects of chems drying your stuff out and the environmental yada yada nbd

**This post was edited on Apr 25th 2024 at 12:31:17am

Funny enough the vanilla specifically was recommended to me for the smell lol

Have also had better luck with goo gone than any “real” base cleaner

Yukon_CorneliusHave also had better luck with goo gone than any “real” base cleaner

Have plenty of that here. Might have to give it a try.

are you guys skiing in industrial plants? what are you getting on your bases that's so hard to remove? i know it's a legit thing, that's why the product is used, but i treat my skis like shit and never get anything on the bases that's tough to remove

SofaKingSickare you guys skiing in industrial plants? what are you getting on your bases that's so hard to remove? i know it's a legit thing, that's why the product is used, but i treat my skis like shit and never get anything on the bases that's tough to remove

For me it’s just cleaning up the base of old wax to do a fresh wax for the summer. I’ve done hot scrapes already. Just wanted to do a fresh start if you will.