Based on how last year went, switching to Oneball X-wax, this is what I'm thinking for this season;
Wax every 3rd Wednesday. Only after checking the 24hr mountain weather history, and the weekend forecast for each elevation I plan to ski in order to guess the right temp range.
Preheat the skis by leaning them above the baseboard heater for at least 8hrs. Starting with a brass brush to remove dirt and any leftover wax. Then wipe clean with a cloth. Set the iron to 135 or so. Heat one side of the graphite base prep bar on the iron and crayon it onto the cambered part of the ski only. Then drip the normal wax across the whole ski. Followed by ironing in all of the wax for several minutes until it really soaks in. But instead of scraping immediately leave the skis to sit overnight for the wax to cool and harden.
Then come back on Thursday and put on some Rage Against The Machine to get ready for scraping and polishing. Start by dressing the scraper with a file to get a nice crisp edge. Scrape the whole ski tip to tail to get the excess. Followed by corking the whole thing to work the remaining wax until all the horizontal lines from the scraper are gone. After that it's time to polish. Starting with the nylon brush to remove excess from the base structure, then moving to the horsehair brush to further refine the finish. Last step will probably be buffing with a felt pad.
With any luck I'll be able to top last years 74mph run. Am I missing anything?
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