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ValDI've look a lot into this recently, and this is my conclusion!
What we need for doing some nice waxing:
An iron - Preferably wax specific, as it will lower the risk of damaging your bases, although a normal iron can do the job.
A scraper - For scraping the wax, the thicker the better. Get the thickest, they aren't much more expensive anyways. Sharpen it every now and then with a file! The little corner is for cleaning your edges.
Brushes - Brushes are important for the structure in your base, and the brushing is more essential that i thought at first. Some say the brushing job is much more important than let's say type of wax. Get a brass brush for cleaning the base and "opening" the base letting the wax in. Nylon for brushing after scraping.
Wax - Unless you race competetively, get some hydrocarbon wax and avoid fluoros. Some people just buy an all temperature brick, otherwise you can get temperature specific ones, but you might have to get 2-3 bricks then. AVOID using warm wax in cold dry conditions, this will make your skis slow!
Hope i helped!
KravtZWhat brushes yall recommenced? I never use brushes thinking about getting some....usually just wax and scrape a couple times every weekend
ValDI've look a lot into this recently, and this is my conclusion!
What we need for doing some nice waxing:
An iron - Preferably wax specific, as it will lower the risk of damaging your bases, although a normal iron can do the job.
A scraper - For scraping the wax, the thicker the better. Get the thickest, they aren't much more expensive anyways. Sharpen it every now and then with a file! The little corner is for cleaning your edges.
Brushes - Brushes are important for the structure in your base, and the brushing is more essential that i thought at first. Some say the brushing job is much more important than let's say type of wax. Get a brass brush for cleaning the base and "opening" the base letting the wax in. Nylon for brushing after scraping.
Wax - Unless you race competetively, get some hydrocarbon wax and avoid fluoros. Some people just buy an all temperature brick, otherwise you can get temperature specific ones, but you might have to get 2-3 bricks then. AVOID using warm wax in cold dry conditions, this will make your skis slow!
Hope i helped!
LamafamaMost of this is decent advice but the wax advice isn't the best.
Use a system like Dominator, base prep wax and then adjust the rub on for the daily conditions. Sometimes you will want a HFC sometimes you will want something with anti static like a graphite wax.
Using a decent do all base wax like the Dominator or Toko and adjusting the top layer is by far the best option. Hot boxing with the base prep wax is also advisable.
ValDI agree and disagree. You can definitely get several types of wax, graphite or not, fluoro or not, but OP requested a cheap waxing kit. As long as he is a recreational skier Dominator Zoom or so should do the job!
