Official Ski/Binding Main - Gear Talk - Forums

Quoting Silence$$ from Apr 22 2009 4:16:10:
I think it's a good thing the freehand mount vid was taken out - that had the potential to open a can of worms if kids did that without the proper knowledge.
Not to mention the issues and unsuccessful warranty claims etc due to mismounts etc

Nice work on the waxing/fks bend tutorials no_steeze

Quoting Silence$$ from Apr 22 2009 4:16:10:
I think it's a good thing the freehand mount vid was taken out - that had the potential to open a can of worms if kids did that without the proper knowledge.
Not to mention the issues and unsuccessful warranty claims etc due to mismounts etc

Nice work on the waxing/fks bend tutorials no_steeze

Quoting aoe$ from Apr 22 2009 2:04:16:
Yeah, agreed. If anyone actually wants the Freehand mount vid, PM me and i'll send you the Vimeo link.

Quoting Caveman.$ from Apr 22 2009 3:28:51:
Well since its not in the Original Post couldnt we post it in the thread?

Quoting no_steeze from Apr 22 2009 4:40:58:
yes, you can do that

Quoting Caveman.$ from Apr 22 2009 4:53:02:
Sick, as long as Silence agrees with that..

Quoting Caveman.$ from Apr 22 2009 4:53:02:
Sick, as long as Silence agrees with that..

Quoting Balto from Apr 22 2009 10:02:19:
waxing is me :)

Quoting willis.$ from Apr 23 2009 10:23:43:
Thank you so much for that. I have been doing everything wrong that you can do waxing my skis

Quoting Balto from Apr 23 2009 11:36:08:
haha like? and for anyone wondering on my waxing credentials, i raced for 9 years and was taught to was by ted liggety's personal waxer

Quoting no_steeze from Apr 23 2009 11:53:48:
his friend's a pro

Quoting Balto from Apr 23 2009 11:36:08:
haha like? and for anyone wondering on my waxing credentials, i raced for 9 years and was taught to was by ted liggety's personal waxer

Quoting a_pla5tic_bag from Apr 26 2009 11:43:45:
My bases are dirty (or they appear so since they are yellow) what should i do to clean them if i need to?

Quoting Balto from Apr 26 2009 2:53:14:
use a warm wax(yellow) and right after putting on the wax scrape it off. do this till your bases are clean

Quoting Caveman.$ from Apr 26 2009 3:34:31:
What about using parrafin (canning wax) to clean bases with?

Quoting willis.$ from Apr 26 2009 6:22:24:
This is kind of a stupid question but would it be beneficial to wax my skis that I use on a summer setup? Would it keep the bases cleaner and stuff like that?

Quoting Balto from Apr 26 2009 4:06:01:
not recomended. pros of using the yellow is its cheep, cleans great, and adds a little bit of a base.

Quoting Caveman.$ from Apr 26 2009 7:06:08:
But parafin is cheaper. I understand that repeated waxing builds up a base but if your cleaning dirt off wont you be scraping most of the wax off too?

Quoting Balto from Apr 26 2009 7:54:26:
yes but there will still be some left in the base

Quoting Caveman.$ from Apr 26 2009 8:16:23:
How much of a negative affect will this have?

Quoting Silence$$ from Apr 28 2009 4:10:42:
I'd use some citrus cleaner before doing base work

As for storage, yeah just a coat of all temp wax, unscraped will do - try to get it over the edges too so they don't rust up..no dramas if they do though.

Quoting Silence$$ from Apr 28 2009 4:10:42:
As for storage, yeah just a coat of all temp wax, unscraped will do - try to get it over the edges too so they don't rust up..no dramas if they do though.

Quoting Ben. from Apr 28 2009 7:49:59:
ok cool. but anyone got a more specific base cleaning method before i ptex?

Quoting flexpattern$ from May 2 2009 12:39:21:
Yo!I just checked out my skis after coming back from the Alpslike 2 months ago (thinking about my summer set-up me and my mates are makingyou see!) and i found loads of superficial rusting on the edges - which is oddas they were stored separated and in the warmth indoors etc. and this hasn'thappened to any of my previous skis) What’s your opinion on removing this rusting? Just use agummy stone thingy? Or can I use some sort of liquid stuff? Also what sort of wax should i be using for my summerset-up? Cheers, FluffMuff

Quoting J-Wallz$$ from May 5 2009 10:41:18:
do you guys have a specific brand of wax that u use?

Quoting J-Wallz$$ from May 5 2009 10:41:18:
do you guys have a specific brand of wax that u use?

Quoting J-Wallz$$ from May 5 2009 10:41:18:
do you guys have a specific brand of wax that u use?

Quoting Ming from May 5 2009 5:13:00:
** I would not recommend citrus or base cleaner unless your base is super dirty, like real bad. if it has dirt etc just hot wax then scrape immediantly that will come off,

If you use base cleaner it strips off ALL the wax on your base and that will just dry it out and then you would have to hot wax like 4x to get it back to normal or more.

Quoting no_steeze from May 6 2009 10:36:11:
i plan on freehand mounting some skis in the near future, i'll post updates and tips that i've found are helpful for it, but mainly things not to do after i drill through my skis at an angle in the wrong place

Quoting Caveman.$ from May 7 2009 1:18:24:
Ive done it before, its really not that bad as long as you are careful, patient, and a little confident going into the project.

Good luck.

Quoting no_steeze from May 7 2009 1:04:12:
yeah and i have a pair of delamed bacons to try it on to see if everything goes well

Quoting Caveman.$ from May 7 2009 2:25:17:
The biggest thing to worry about is over torquing the screws.