What would be on your list?

snowb4ndit wrote:

I have a travel iron!

You're set to go then :D

Thanks for your replies trencher and bandit I will definitely try this out!!!

Dorset Boy wrote:A cheap non-steam travel iron is perfect for waxing your bases!

If doing your edges, you may want to detune the tips.

I have never found detuning the tips ever having any use

bandit wrote:Unlike Trencher, I really like using Zardoz Notwax. A quick wipe over, with their pocket puck does seem to keep the wax on the bases longer :D

I wax my skis in a different way too. I drip the wax on, iron in, then iron again with a piece of kitchen paper under the sole plate of the iron. This absorbs most of the excess wax. I don't have a brass brush, I use a nylon bristle kitchen brush for the grooves 8)

I use the same brush to scrub my spuds )

Zardoz wax is ok, but it only lasts for a day or two max

Ian Wickham wrote:

Dorset Boy wrote:A cheap non-steam travel iron is perfect for waxing your bases!

If doing your edges, you may want to detune the tips.

I have never found detuning the tips ever having any use

If you are a fairly nippy skier, you might find the ski tip grabbing, and throwing you out of the turn. It is quite surprising what a difference detuning the tip makes.

Not so much a 'what to take' tip but something I found quite handy in resort....

When you get there, make the most of the first few quiet weeks in resort to get to know other seasonaires and locals.

There are freebies to be had out there and its good to know the right people. And of course its always nice to have something to offer in return.

As I was working in a chalet we often had extra dinner to feed people that had given the odd lesson/ski tuning/free beer.

Its quite surprising how everyone helps each other.

Dave Mac wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Dorset Boy wrote:A cheap non-steam travel iron is perfect for waxing your bases!

If doing your edges, you may want to detune the tips.

I have never found detuning the tips ever having any use

If you are a fairly nippy skier, you might find the ski tip grabbing, and throwing you out of the turn. It is quite surprising what a difference detuning the tip makes.

Never found it, perhaps I'm not nippy enough :lol:

Whether to, and how much to detune depends on what type of skiing you are doing. For carving you might not detune at all.

Once you have detuned the tips, and tails, Maintaining the edges with a diamond stone will likely not resharpen them. If you detuned each time you did maintenance sharpening, you might end up with the edges too rounded off. The best way would be to just feel the edge, to see if it needs detuning or not.