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Noodler

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I have the tuning gear but not the patience. I take the skis to the hill and while in the back of the truck I pull out the metal American Express card and quickly scrape excess wax then give it maybe two passes with a stiff bristle natural hair brush. Then ski. Skiing takes off wax real well :)

Not in my experience. It's been many years since I've done this, but my recollection is that although skiing does remove wax in just a couple runs, it does so quite unevenly. Patches of wax remained in odd spots here and there and the skis skied a bit unpredictably. Of course this all depends on the snow conditions and weather... and of course the skier's own requirements for their skiing enjoyment.
 

Doug Briggs

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Not in my experience. It's been many years since I've done this, but my recollection is that although skiing does remove wax in just a couple runs, it does so quite unevenly. Patches of wax remained in odd spots here and there and the skis skied a bit unpredictably. Of course this all depends on the snow conditions and weather... and of course the skier's own requirements for their skiing enjoyment.
I agree, @Noodler . Typically the base near the edges is cleared of wax after a period of time, but a rough, grippy strip of wax remains down the center of the ski.

I feel a test coming on: wax a pair of skis identically, scrape one ski, leave the other unscraped, go skiing.
 

udailey

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Definitely leaves patches but these, on my skis, were only left on the tips and tails.
 

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