Alpine Ski Tech 101 Part 4

[brook61]

Make sure you understand temperature, he is using Celsius, North America uses Fahrenheit

[AttitudeXX0854961]

tip: if you buy the 1/2 inch(ish) blue painters tape and run it down the side of the ski, it keeps the wax off the sidewall and binding and even prevents your side edge from being waxed over

[OrnumNevets]

Yes you will feel warmth on the base after applying a base wax, if you feel it on the top of the ski then you have an issue... Keep the iron in motion, make sure that the ski is at room temp before applying and use the correct iron temp (see wax specs.). The use of fiberlene (as in the video) also helps assure uniform application.

[AttitudeXX0854961]

@OrnumNevets i generally keep the iron very low and move quickly and constantly but i meant the top(binding side) for feeling warmth

[AttitudeXX0854961]

I learned that when running in base waxes, you should feel warmth on the bottom of the ski when the wax has penetrated completely. is this true or am i wrecking my fischer pros?

[misterfunnybones]

This is an excellent series of videos.

[OrnumNevets]

Wax will fill small scratches on the base, but not for any length of time, to restore the proper structure the the base material, you'd be best off to have a good shop do that for you, i'd recommend someone that has experience with race skis. There are structure tools that will do this but I'd practice on an old pair of skis first. You want to wax for snow temp, depending on where you are there usually is not that much flux during the day, for recreational skis pick a wax with lots of latitude

[sk8skiboard3]

does wax fill small scratches on the base? not gouges, scratches, and if my snow temp changes daily would you recommend a mid temp wax?

[EDWARDLOVERS567]

some one told me to crayon on the wax first (for racing skis) should i do that? what about horse hair brushes? should i use that for race days and training or something else?

[OrnumNevets]

In this demonstration, yes one layer of wax, scrape and brush, however you can expand on this and and layer wax, we are currently working on a new series of tuning video looking at base structure, base repair, layer waxing etc. Stay tuned....

[tihsetihw75]

only one layer of wax?? Do you only melt the wax and scrape it once?

[essexboyupnorth]

Comprehensive.