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Jan 4, 2008, 4:09 PM
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BTW, gotta to do something while I'm scanning snow reports. | |
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Jan 4, 2008, 5:43 PM
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Meanwhile, I'll be putting pam cooking spray on my flying saucer and see you at the bottom. Well maybe not because I'm not waiting for you! | |
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Jan 4, 2008, 6:23 PM
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Jan 4, 2008, 7:06 PM
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Jan 6, 2008, 9:56 AM
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 Nassahegan 7/26/2008 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT
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 Thinking I may need to pick up some of that wax after all... Skis were a bit sluggish last time I was out.  Then again, I have no idea where I can do this... Dropping them off for a tune and wax is just so much easier.
__________________ Carrie 2007-2008 ~ 20 2005-2006 ~ 2 2004 ~ 17 It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ~ Agnes Repplier Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ~ Lance Armstrong | |
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Jan 7, 2008, 1:29 AM
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That's why I ski like sh*#!!!  As for waxing your own skis. Its fairly easy, once you do it, you'll wonder why you didn't do it yourself long ago. IF you pick up paste wax, you can just put it on, let it dry and use a scotch pad to buff it out. takes minimal time and space. If you use hard wax, use and old iron, melt wax dripping on your bases, run an iron over the bases until its spread evenly. Make sure the iron is hot enough to melt the wax but not so hot that you feel heat through the ski. when the wax is fairly cool, scrape with a plastic scraper and buff out with a scotch pad. It will cost you $2. instead of $25 to wax your own. | ||
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Jan 7, 2008, 7:17 AM
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| Nassahegan 7/26/2008 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT
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Not that I mind slowing down too much since speed is my nemesis right now... but it's time. I'll probably pick up a rub on wax since that's more likely to actually get done. This does explain why Brian was trying to steal my iron one time, though...
__________________ Carrie 2007-2008 ~ 20 2005-2006 ~ 2 2004 ~ 17 It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ~ Agnes Repplier Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ~ Lance Armstrong | |
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Jan 7, 2008, 7:47 AM
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| I wax at the beginnig of the season, sometime in the middle, before big trips, and at the end for storage. really, it's more for teh Zen aspect than anything else, also a good time to just check all the bits and make sure a binding's not hanging on by a single screw or something. Recently learned the joys of P-tex. Much easier than I feared, and after last season's conditions and pine cone bashing in Italy, my bases needed some help. Even if HDPE bonds to UMHPEWQHASNMAKS or whatever, I don't think burning milk jugs will give the desired effect. In my experience, burning the plastic from milk jugs or soda bottles is a lot sootier than a P-tex candle, and soot is not your friend when trying to get things to stick. |
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Jan 7, 2008, 7:58 AM
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What's going on? My wife trained me years ago to tune all the skis.... If you're (or the sig other) going to tune skis, get the right type of iron, it should have no wholes, a basic flat surface. Some have adjustable heat so that you can figure out the right temp to melt the wax without overheating the base. You can get this stuff on the net as well as other supplies. Best time to get it is at the end of the season. I only wax at the of the season and I will slop over the edges to prevent rust. | |
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