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Double Waxing

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mak
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I was just wondering if it would benefit my skis bases if I waxed them, scraped off some of the wax (but not all of it), then re-iron the remaining wax, possibly to soak in more wax. I really have no idea, so what are your ideas on it NS?
Nov 20 2009 5:38PM
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chazz.
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One purpose of waxing is to clean your bases, impurities rise to the surface and then are scraped off after a good hot wax. However, that is usually for race skis, so if this is for rail or park skis, I personally have done it many times and it saves me wax...I'll be there will be a few who say don't do it though.
Nov 20 2009 5:58PM
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Silence
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If they haven't been waxed in a while then a few definitely help with speed etc - you'll be able to tell when your bases stop taking in any more.
Nov 20 2009 5:58PM
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mak
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Thanks a lot. Yeah my skis haven't been waxed in a ridiculously long time, about a year.
Nov 20 2009 6:06PM
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Sklar
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i wax my race skis 2 or 3 times for every time i ski them. If i'm doing 3 i do one wax with ok wax and scrape that quick to clean it, then another time with ok wax, but let it sit for a while, then scrape it. And finally put on my real nice wax and let that set then scrape.
Nov 20 2009 6:35PM
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MrLarsen
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I usually do this at the start of the season (or if the skis have dried out a bit). Although I add some more wax for the second (and maybe third) round.
Nov 20 2009 6:45PM
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PhuzzyWuzzy
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To answer your question, you probably won't really notice any difference. 

Some people mentioned doing a hot scrape so here's some instructions if you are interested: (click here)

You don't need to do a hot scrape every time you wax btw. 
Nov 20 2009 8:16PM
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