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Cheddarhead
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Registered: 12-4-2009
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
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How do you guys treat your bases before stashing your skis away for the summer? I hear the term "storage wax" often and wonder what this is referring
to.
SS Turbine 17m
SS Rally 14m
SS Rally 12m
SS RPM 10m
SS Rally 8m
SS Rally 6m
FS Speed 3 15m dlx
FS Peak 2 6m
Ozone Frenzy 9m
Ozone Access XT 6m
PL Farc 1200
What I ride:
Home brew buggy
Volkl race tiger DH 210
Dynastar DH 218
Blizzard Cochise 185
Steepwater 179 twin tip
Aboards Reverse 161
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Feyd
Posts: 2956
Registered: 1-3-2009
Location: Norther New England
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Storage wax can be good wax or cheap wax. Essentially you're using it to protect the bases from oxidation and the edges from corrosion. If you apply
a storage wax that is the right temp for the early season then all you have to do at the beginning of the season is scrape, brush and ride. If you
use a basic cleaning wax you would remove that wax and then wax with the appropriate temp.
Another thing about waxing, one issue we see a lot of, especially in really hard snow or ice conditions is loss of base material at the edges. To
combat this we use and an extreme cold wax to harden the base. Extreme cold wax is very hard and when the wax gets absorbed into the carbon sint of
the base and cools it reinforces the base material. Apply the wax, hot box it, scrape off the excess and apply the flavor of the day on top of it.
(this is also a handy trick we used to use to avoid core shots when skiing back country.)
Chris Krug-Owner @ Hardwater Kiting. Authorized Dealer of Ozone, Flysurfer, HQ kites.
www.hardwaterkiter.com 603-986-2784
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