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Questions on spring waxing and accumulated road grime in bindings.

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Foxtrotx1
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Hey all, put about 25 days on my ARVs this year and i'm wondering if it's time for a base grind. Spring conditions are leaving my bases dry/whitish after 1 day post hand wax. Took a couple days when the snow was colder. Maybe time for a new base or is it just the slush conditions? I'm using a bulk blue universal wax from amazon and I don't think it's working well in the slush. Can y'all recommend a cheapish spring/slush wax?

Final question, my bindings have accumulated a layer of black road dirt on the greased areas. I'm gonna start covering them, but for now is there a good way to clean them and re-grease them without compromising them?

Thanks!
6 years ago
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Iamtrapangelsalt
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Waxing is a corporate scam
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shin-bang
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I guess ill actually answer your question.

the dry white stuff on your base is called base burn. its where your base basically dries out due to a few different circumstances. to get it out/off you need a stone grind. its not the end of the world but if you want to keep your sticks fast thats what you need. after the stone grind, order yourself some WARM temp wax and iron in liberally. then scrape and brush. my local shop sold me blue bird wax and it has been amazing and smells great

I used to grease up my fks heels with lithium grease for the same reason. you can at least rinse them off with the hose. The only issue is getting the grease directly where it needs to go.
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Foxtrotx1
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shin-bangI guess ill actually answer your question.

the dry white stuff on your base is called base burn. its where your base basically dries out due to a few different circumstances. to get it out/off you need a stone grind. its not the end of the world but if you want to keep your sticks fast thats what you need. after the stone grind, order yourself some WARM temp wax and iron in liberally. then scrape and brush. my local shop sold me blue bird wax and it has been amazing and smells great

I used to grease up my fks heels with lithium grease for the same reason. you can at least rinse them off with the hose. The only issue is getting the grease directly where it needs to go.


Ah OK. I usually keep my iron temp at 120C, that shouldn't cause base burn right? Hmm, maybe I went over the same area too much.
I"m pretty religious about waxing every 2-4 days on the snow. Could abrasive snow also cause base burn?

Also, the white goes away after a wax and scrape. So is it still absorbing wax then?

**This post was edited on Apr 8th 2019 at 2:01:09pm
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shin-bang
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Foxtrotx1Ah OK. I usually keep my iron temp at 120C, that shouldn't cause base burn right? Hmm, maybe I went over the same area too much.
I"m pretty religious about waxing every 2-4 days on the snow. Could abrasive snow also cause base burn?

Also, the white goes away after a wax and scrape. So is it still absorbing wax then?

**This post was edited on Apr 8th 2019 at 2:01:09pm


for me, i normally get base burn if am running mid temp wax on a warm day. It has to do with friction and suction with the varying temps. This happened to me a while back and have since ran warm temp wax and havent had issues.

if its going away that quick it probably isnt that bad.
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