Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?

Anyone any idea why 2 pairs of serviced and shop waxed (in UK) K2's would need re-doing by day 4 (last week) while a pair of Rossignol and Head owned by others in party where fine all week? This is the 2nd year in a row it's happened. Yes the temperature dropped but why didn't all skis need re-waxing? :shock: Trying hard not to fall out of love with my skis........grrrrr

Weird

My mrs has got k2 skis and the guy who services them says k2 bases come up superb.

Any idea what kind of wax was used?

Mid range all temps apparently, it's a good ski shop, they put mine and my daughters skis in winter wax and then serviced them just before we went for free to see if that helped but sadly not......the resort waxed them and they flew again.....just don't get it!?

S are you saying after they were waxed in resort they were fine?

There are about 8 to 10 main ingredients used in ski wax. The performance depends on the selected mix. A UK application is likely to be a standard commercial mid range mix. Also, the application equipment may not be the same as an in-resort shop.

The general wax mix used in resort can be geared to the average ambient ground temperatures, (not air temps).

A wax for January skiing will not be the same as that for March skiing. Wax components in January generally are comprised of elements with long carbon molecular chains, and those for warmer months would utilise short MCs.

Hence, in the UK, they would not be able to plan for your particular conditions.

Now, if your skis were being prepped for the Hahnemkamm.......

Laura, I forgot to say ~ I carry a small chunks of red and silver wax in my internal pocket. If my skis are going slow, I face both bases upto the sun when I stop for a coffee, and rubwax them when I am ready for the off ~ only takes one minute. Except that someone else sees you, and asks can you do their skis......

Haha! I put a teflon wax on to try and seal the wax (well kind of) but even that didn't help.....that means the hassle of sorting an in resort wax before skiing.....just dont get why some skis seem to be OK....thank you tho :)

It isn't the ski brands, Laura. I keep half a dozen pairs of skis in the celler in Niederau. Just for pure devilment, I sometimes race wax up the longest, (2m) skis, also K2s, and let them rip.

In general, I wax my skis twice a week when in resort. Three times a week in March.