Wax on...wax off?

[Grassi21]

I get my boards waxed every 7 - 10 ski days.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

I have the shop wax at the beginning and again in the middle of the season. I'll be on two separate sets of skis probably equally this season so I should hold a tune better. For the type of skiing I do, I don't need a perfectly tuned ski...

Don't wax your CaBrawlers, Greg. You're a bump skier now.

You generally won't want to wax bumps skis unless you can't traverse at all anymore. Our goal is speed control in the zipperline. Waxed skis make skiing the zipper nearly impossible, because a waxed ski will have more of a tendency to want to shoot out in front of you in the bumps.

 

[snowman]

Here is your poll. Maybe greg or a mod can combine the threads?

Poll

Thanks to both of ya! :beer:

 

[snowman]

I'm suprised at how many people wax a lot. I thought there would be a lot more laziness. I'm going to assume this poll is quite skewed in comparison to the general public as we're a bunch of snow fanatics.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

I'm suprised at how many people wax a lot. I thought there would be a lot more laziness. I'm going to assume this poll is quite skewed in comparison to the general public as we're a bunch of snow fanatics.

I think its safe to say.

People occationally wonder why Mountain Management (particularly Marketing) doesn't pay more attention to forums such as this. Simple. We're not the norm.

 

[Greg]

People occationally wonder why Mountain Management (particularly Marketing) doesn't pay more attention to forums such as this. Simple. We're not the norm.

Perhaps, but we're also the ones that are most likely to get our kids into skiing so they should be paying attention to us...

 

[snowman]

I think its safe to say.

People occationally wonder why Mountain Management (particularly Marketing) doesn't pay more attention to forums such as this. Simple. We're not the norm.

Exactly. The NORM is once a year for 3-5 days, "where will it be this year honey?" Straight skis with rusty edges. HOWEVER, we ARE worth paying attention to on the mountain management side of things because we've skied at all kinds of places for years and we know a f#$k-up when we see one. :beer:

 

[tjf67]

I'm suprised at how many people wax a lot. I thought there would be a lot more laziness. I'm going to assume this poll is quite skewed in comparison to the general public as we're a bunch of snow fanatics.

But what a great marketing opportunity. Above the ski shops at the mountain.

Experts wax there skiis every two or three times out or 1 month of non use. DO YOU!!

 

[Marc]

When it is cold I dont wax often. Only when they get tuned. about 5 to 7 day on the hill. In the sping I stop the tuning cause I dont need adges but get waxed almost every time out.
You wanna try something put some rainex on your skiis. They will go like a mofo. I am told it is not to good for the bases but I have not seen any damage yet

Your bases, whether they be ultra high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene or your standard, cheaper high density polyethylene are extremely corrosion resistant. If it doesn't hurt your skin, it won't hurt your base. I've told lots of people this before, but polyethylene is an extremely durable, low friction (better than Teflon) and non reactive material.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

Perhaps, but we're also the ones that are most likely to get our kids into skiing so they should be paying attention to us...

Actually, I think good mountain management can put forums to good use, but they need to understand the particulars of the forum. A forum like this or FTO tends to be more populated by those more on the Hardcore side. Other forums (won't mention names) seem to attract the Land Rover, House in the Hamptons, Dear Valet set. Others are oriented to specific aspects of the sport(s), Park, BC, etc. I think it's the wise manager that realizes the boundry area of when it's appropriate to post marketing communications in a forum such as this (which, in my book, FWIW) is never.

Long and the short: Forums can be a good sourse for marketeers to see what the buzz is, but can be a poor place to generate it.

 

[tjf67]

Your bases, whether they be ultra high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene or your standard, cheaper high density polyethylene are extremely corrosion resistant. If it doesn't hurt your skin, it won't hurt your base. I've told lots of people this before, but polyethylene is an extremely durable, low friction (better than Teflon) and non reactive material.

Not sure about leaving rainex on my skin. Never tried it. I will have to start dropping some on my neighbors dog and see what happens.

Have you ever ran your hand across someones windshield that uses rainex a lot. It has all these little bumps on them that dont come off. It almost seems that it bubbled the glass up. I tried scraping it off my truck and it stays put.

 

[Marc]

Not sure about leaving rainex on my skin. Never tried it. I will have to start dropping some on my neighbors dog and see what happens.

Have you ever ran your hand across someones windshield that uses rainex a lot. It has all these little bumps on them that dont come off. It almost seems that it bubbled the glass up. I tried scraping it off my truck and it stays put.

Do you know what it is? I believe it's just a form of a wax, although I don't know what is in it.

I have a strong suspision it isn't going to hurt your bases. And to clarify what I meant, you'd be hard pressed to find a substance that would be reactive with polyethylene that you could have come in contact with your skin at all and not hurt you. Polyethylene is extremely corrosion resistant and nonreactive.

 

[2knees]

I'm suprised at how many people wax a lot. I thought there would be a lot more laziness. I'm going to assume this poll is quite skewed in comparison to the general public as we're a bunch of snow fanatics.

my last pair of skis were never waxed or tuned. Bought them, put bindings on, skied them for 2 years and never did a thing.

thats probably the norm for me. I had a few rough days on hardpack but edges and wax dont do much good for my prefered type of skiing.

 

[Birdman829]

I wax every somewhere between every 1-5 days on the hill depending on my schedule.

 

[Birdman829]

I would like to learn to tune my own if I had the space, but I don't.

I sharpen my edges and wax my skis in my dorm room which measures about 15 ft by 12 ft. I don't think that space is the problem.

 

[bvibert]

I sharpen my edges and wax my skis in my dorm room which measures about 15 ft by 12 ft. I don't think that space is the problem.

Let me clarify that as... if I had space that my wife was willing to let me use in our tiny 4 room apartment.

If I was living by myself I'd do it in my bedroom, no problem...

 

[snowman]

Let me clarify that as... if I had space that my wife was willing to let me use in our tiny 4 room apartment.

If I was living by myself I'd do it in my bedroom, no problem...

Hee hee...i was gonna cut you up too for not laying down some plastic...I forgot about the wife factor! lol You'ld have to live in a cardboard box not to have the space. Do you not have a deck? I'd do it out there?!? She surely can't complain about that.

 

[bvibert]

Hee hee...i was gonna cut you up too for not laying down some plastic...I forgot about the wife factor! lol You'ld have to live in a cardboard box not to have the space. Do you not have a deck? I'd do it out there?!? She surely can't complain about that.

No deck. It's not worth it to me to stand out in the cold just to tune my skis anyway. Besides if I can't do it while watching the boob-tube and/or watching my kids it would probably never get done anyway...

 

[wa-loaf]

No deck. It's not worth it to me to stand out in the cold just to tune my skis anyway. Besides if I can't do it while watching the boob-tube and/or watching my kids it would probably never get done anyway...

Hot Iron, melted wax and little kids. That sounds like a good combo.

I used to tune right on the kitchen table. Throw down a few newspapers and you're all set. Of course I wasn't married then . . .

 

[Hawkshot99]

I hot wax my skis every time out usually. As long as I have a day of work between trips, or time to just stop by work I will do them. It helps when your boss lets you do person stuff on the clock, and even gives you his stuff and tells you to get it done.

On multiple day trips I don't hot wax, but carry rub on in case it is needed, and carry my stone to debur the edges.