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Waxing skis in a dorm room?

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BenWhit
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has anyone ever done this?
I just picked up a pair of skis specifically for pipe, so i want to keep the bases real slick and clean by waxing them regurlarly. ufortunately, the only place i can do this is in my door room and its a fairly smelly process. just wondering if anyone has done this without smelling up the entire floor.
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Heath.
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Shouldn't be that bad dude plus wax smells good IMO, just scrape outside.
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BenWhit
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yeah i had some swix was that smelt phenomonal. but apparently our smoke/heat detectors are crazy sensitive. some girl was straightening her hair at like 8am and set off the alarms. needless to say, everyone was rather upset.
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skodeo7
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I can definitely see something like this happening while waxing. If you are careful about setting the temp low and carefully working your way up there's a chance you could get away with it. Just make sure you put a towel, tarp or something down so the wax doesn't get all over your floor. If you risk getting a fine for setting of the smoke detectors you might as well just do it outside.
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ASkierNamedJaymz
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Open the window or door for smoke ventilation. Use a tarp or newspaper to clean up the wax.
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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It's fine.
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daveschu
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used to do it all the time in college, just open the window and door to get airflow.

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bdowning
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Wax smells nice, don't be a pussy.
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dmc12380
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i used to have wax seshes in my room with a bunch of people, get drunk and wax our skis haha, but never had any problems.
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Ben.
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i did it all the time with no problem. if you are worried about it smoking leave your window open and a fan on. but you should be fine. and it smells fantastic.
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El_Barto.
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tape a plastic bag over your smoke detector and go for it
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The_Oakley_Kid
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i did it all the time, it bothered my roommate but i didnt care. just scrape outside
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Ben.
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i even scraped inside. just get one of those little hand vacuums to suck up all the shavings. or lay down some newspaper.
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mer-man
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lol i like this idea
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DHMTB
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wax, especially those with fluorocarbons can be bad to inhale..just do it outside
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ski@jaypeak2
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When i was in college everybody came to school with like 50 blank cd's. They come all stacked with a nice clear plastic cover that resembles a plastic bowl. We tapped that over the smoke detector. It fit perfectly and was barly noticable because its shaped just like the detector.
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TravelsTI
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Did it all through college, put newspaper down underneath.
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zerospinskier
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I do it on carpet in my house. I don't lay anything down underneath anymore because as long as you don't step all over the wax shavings, it comes up with a vacuum cleaner really easily. Treat them skis good and do it!
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BootySpunk.
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You guys don't have a ski waxing room? Well that sucks go to a cool college like MSU :)
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Wibby
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exactly and open a window.  If you are worried about it, wax in the laundry room.
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Pinguu
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I did it when I was in the dorms.. You'll be fine. Just be careful
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bret
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yup, that's what i did all through school. laundry room usually has some nice tables and workspace too.
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bananas
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if all else fails, you could buy some cheap non melt wax that you just rub on the surface, sould keep them nice
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BenWhit
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i think i'll try it once and if it doesn't work out i'll just go outside. i just need to make sure i have an outlet to plug my iron in outside
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clark.
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I wax/tune skis in hotel rooms all the time. Just lay down a sheet or tarp or something and make sure you don't burn the carpet with the iron. Scrape outside. Just be smart and you won't have any mess.
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omIV
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This and sock the smoke detector.
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LINE88
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My dorm has a wax room on my floor. its dope as hell!
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