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Best wax for skis?

Sat, 7 Nov 2015 20:19:51 GMT

Can anyone recommend a good ski wax? Can I use snowboard wax or do I need a wax specific for skis? Any help would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Cheryl

Re:Best wax for skis?

Sun, 8 Nov 2015 19:52:29 GMT

I use Swix wax,board or ski's it doesn't matter but temperature does . I think mines -2 to -8 .
You can also use an easy glide wax ,you put it on daily . Just spread a thin coat all over your skis's, no need to scrape off just let it dry( 10 minutes ) and enjoy .

Re:Best wax for skis?

Sun, 8 Nov 2015 20:30:18 GMT

I use Zardoz from Ellis Brigham or Snow & Rock. It's liquid Teflon and makes the skis supper slippy when applied. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Re:Best wax for skis?

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:43:55 GMT

There are loads of different waxes for different temperatures. There are also some specialist waxes for conditioning the bases that are tailored to dirty and artificial snow such as molybdenum wax. The main difference between waxes seems to be the flourine content of the wax, with higher flourine content giving a faster but more expensive wax. I use kuu wax and have found it to be good for recreational skiing. I wouldn't get too bogged down in the type of wax you use for recreational skiing. Ski racers worry most about the type of wax because they are doing speeds far greater than recreational speeds and every microsecond counts. Race tuners apparently layer waxes for optimum performance as the snow conditions change through the different altitudes of the race courses. They can have a quiver of skis with wax applications that last for a single run and are tailored to the order of those runs. Most recreational skiers are going to be more concerned about the longevity of a wax. An amazingly fast race wax might be great for a few runs but it's not much good if you're on a two week holiday and it's done by the third decent. Then you're back to an expensive belt wax. Unless you know that there will be -20 temperatures, a high temperature wax rated for air temps of -5 and higher would probably be the best choice for longevity.

Probably more important is how you apply it. The key tool is a temperature controllable iron. All waxes are designed to be applied at specific temperatures and it's important that the wax doesn't smoke when your melting it on the iron.

Most people who tune for the pro's will recommend a 'hot scrape' to clean out the structure of the ski before applying a final coat of wax. I won't go into the details of the best way to apply an hot iron wax as there are loads of good youtube videos that show how to do.

Re:Best wax for skis?

Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:22:29 GMT

Thank you for all the advice, it has been excellent. I've bought all the equipment and my hubby has waxed our skis with normal temp wax. We've been to chill factore to try them out and they were fine. We've bought some low temp Zardoz wax too as we are going up high at the end of December and it might be cold. We've also bought the Zardoz puck to try out as recommended - the video from Edge & Wax about the Zardoz puck was brilliant so we're going to give it a try.
Once again thank you for the superb advice, I didn't know where to start but hopefully I'll soon be waxing my own skis -) X

Re:Best wax for skis?

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:58:05 GMT

The Zardoz puck works really well ... just be careful the first time you use it .. it is super slippery, I had an embarrasing lift queue incident the first time I used it!!!

Re:Best wax for skis?

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:24:19 GMT

slightly off topic where is best place to buy Zardoz?

Re:Best wax for skis?

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:20:52 GMT

Pandaski....I got mine from Ellis Brigham. Hope that helped.

Steve

Re:Best wax for skis?

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:49:44 GMT

Another vote for Zardoz - very easy to apply and very effective. Available online or in good ski retailers.

Re:Best wax for skis?

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 22:30:43 GMT

pandaski wrote:slightly off topic where is best place to buy Zardoz?

I bought a pack of 3 Zardoz pucks from Edge & Wax and got 10% off my order.
Hope this helps

Re:Best wax for skis?

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 23:49:44 GMT

Last season I bought the lowest cost iron, from Argos, GBP3.50 ish. At the checkout, the lady asked me if I wanted product insurance, (about twice the cost of the iron).

When I told her it was to be used only for waxing skis, the offer was quickly withdrawn....

Re:Best wax for skis?

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:37:50 GMT

Anyone would think you were a Scotsman Dave ;)