It would have been a bit of a thread drift so I started another one. From the roto or no roto thread :
OK. Gave it a wing. Super easy. So much so I'm sure I'm doing it wrong.
I brushed the bases and wiped them down to make sure they're clean(ish).
Crayoned on the wax covering the entire ski base (I didn't heat the bar and crayon - just crayoned)
Ran the iron across the base to melt the wax
Ran the iron again with fiberlene to wick the wax away
Let cure
Scrape and brush like normal - except there was hardly any wax to scrape.
The part in bold is where I think I went wrong. The method I used is the same when you're using the Ray's Way WaxWhizard. I made sure to be quick with the iron as there wasn't a lot of wax on the base, but the base was completely covered.
Just crayoning without heating the bar seems awfully risky to the base.
Could someone please break it down Barney Style for me.
Thanks,
Ken
The key to making scraping easier is not to over-wax in the first place. Crayon the wax and use Fiberlene sheets to absorb excess wax immediately after waxng. One sheet does one PAIR of skis. https://www.amazon.com/Swix-Fiberle...pID=41bIidYC5PL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
So this box will do 100 pair of skis.
It also helps prevent overheating the bases. Leaves an extremely even thin coat of wax that is much easier to scrape.
OK. Gave it a wing. Super easy. So much so I'm sure I'm doing it wrong.
I brushed the bases and wiped them down to make sure they're clean(ish).
Crayoned on the wax covering the entire ski base (I didn't heat the bar and crayon - just crayoned)
Ran the iron across the base to melt the wax
Ran the iron again with fiberlene to wick the wax away
Let cure
Scrape and brush like normal - except there was hardly any wax to scrape.
The part in bold is where I think I went wrong. The method I used is the same when you're using the Ray's Way WaxWhizard. I made sure to be quick with the iron as there wasn't a lot of wax on the base, but the base was completely covered.
Just crayoning without heating the bar seems awfully risky to the base.
Could someone please break it down Barney Style for me.
Thanks,
Ken