How to wax your alpine skis

The following will instruct you how to wax your alpine skis.

Needed Materials:

Rag
Ski wax
Iron
Heavy duty rubber band

Needed Conditions:

Workbench or table
Power outlet

     

Step 1 Choose your wax.

Ski wax color indicates the snow condition in which it is designed to be used. Generally warmer colors such as pink, yellow, orange, etc. are designed for the warmer snow found later in the ski season (March-May). Cooler colors such as blue, purple, and white are used for the colder conditions found earlier in the ski season (November- February). Do not use candle wax.

Comments

[venom1539]

Nice instructable! One thing I was wondering about is if you do something to the old wax? I usually take a spray (I can't remember what its called) and spray the skis then wipe them down which removes all the old wax.

[nichols6]

they sell scrapers that you can use to scrape all the old wax off... a flat piece of pvc would also work

[jimfun98]

I usually scrap the wax off with a piece of plastic with a good square edge then brush the base with a base brush. The base brush is also useful for cleaning the base prior to application of wax.

[jfsl]

Nice instructable.
For old skis with dirty sole suggest following extra steps: clean with a citrus solvent soaked cloth under step 4 before using dry cloth.
Also maybe first melt in a thin layer to be scraped off completely with a plastic scrape- this in order to deep clean the sole before applying final wax coat.

[scoochmaroo]

Very clever!

[CrLz]

Nice! Friends and I used to do this in high school to save the $. BTW- we would scavenge flea-markets/thrift stores for irons. Used to be able to get old irons w/out steam holes.

Happy trails!