Wax for rails?

If your sticking on rails try waxing your skis first. I'm sure no one wants a really slick rail..

Waxing a rail wont help. I would just make it more sticky.

lolwut?

any wax will do, candle, ski wax, whatever you got man.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gulf-Wax-For-Canning-Candlemaking-Many-Other-Uses-Household-Paraffin-Wax-16-oz/10420578

used this stuff for curbs and rails at woodward back in the day... works GREAT!! super soft and fast

How could it help? Wax is sticky.

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works really well actually.

This seems like it would work. But can someone explain how wax works?

No clue it just does

it works on the same concept as ski wax, the very top layer melts under friction so you are effectively skiing on a thin liquid layer of wax, which is less sticky that steel

First we suggest to check the rails too see if there is a build up of snow or ice on the rails happen occasionally and can make the rails sticky in some spots. (just run your glove over the rails and you will feel rough spots) just scrape the rail off if there is build up.

Next definitely wax your skis to minimize friction, then if none of that works you can wax the rails...

However it depends on the material of the rails if your talking about boxes wax will work better, but remember when rubbing the wax on you should buff it out otherwise you will stick more because you want the wax in the pores to create less friction you do not want wax clumped on top of the surface adding more friction (being more  sticky).

Now if you are talking about metal rails and bars, then this could be more poor construction or maintenance of the rails on the resorts side, and wax wont be as much of a help.

To get the best results just go to the information center at your mountain and ask for the park managers email and just tell him your thoughts on the rails always being sticky. They can grind and buff them out to hopefully fix the problem.

This can work well on metal rails better then wax, also olive oil can work as a natural slick lube.

i'm pretty sure lexan (the material they use on the top of boxes) is non porous.

also, there's aren't pores in your ski bases either. it's one of the biggest myths of the entire ski industry.

so that being said buffing the wax does not fill in any pores on a box or ski, rather it just smooths out the way, making it slide easier.

This is a huge problem at my hill its to the point that when I hit our fully mettle features i'm throwing sparks the whole way down. I'm on the park crew there and we have been trying to fix this issue for a while now.

your correct about pores, but most use pores as a non literal term of little holes in the base, but to the fact that skis absorb wax into their bases and usually the easiest way for people to understand is by the term pores.