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

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

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Started by Laura1227 in Ski Chatter - 29 Replies

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Laura1227
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013

Oh....OK let them off then....was like battling with a couple of wild ponies strapped to my feet when they were waxed mid-week.....in my case not sure if that's a good thing....:) :) Definitely wont go blaming the ski shop now...!

Laura1227
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013

Oh...OK I excuse my skis then.....and the ski shop, definitely discovered their speed potential with mid-week wax, bit like having a couple of wild ponies strapped to my feet....hilarious trying to contain them! Thank you muchly :)

Dave Mac
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013

Laura, during my many years of skiing, I have certainly applied some descriptive assertions directed towards my skies, but "Wild Ponies"! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Errm, it couldn't be the person in the saddle???

Trencher
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013

Skis from the same company can come from different factories, and have very different factory wax protocols. The Ptex and the structure grind can also be very different from model to model. Some structures might be subject to "base burn" sooner as well.

Best to hot box them, or find a store with the new infra red waxing machines.
because I'm so inclined .....

Edited 1 time. Last update at 25-Feb-2013

Mountain Addiction
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013

Sounds like you need to get 'Clean' the base of your Ski.

You can get a wax remover and base cleaner, it strips out all the dirt and grime that can stop wax sticking to the ski and which can affect performance.

Strip it all the way back and start again with a fresh clean base for your wax to stick to.

Hope this helps.

Adam67
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013

I had my skis waxed in the uk last year at a large ski store attached to an indoor ski slope. The wax lasted a couple of days. I now get the edges done only and hot wax them myself. Funny enough the wax lasted the week.

Ian Wickham
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013

I have been waxing my own skis for some time now and have never had any
problems with the wax not lasting the whole week, although I will never get the perfect base finish doing them by hand in my garage as compared to a ski shop machine finish. I give my skis three coats of wax the week before we go skiing and it always seem to do the trick, I do always carry a a bottle of quick wax which I used this year on Little W's skis before her Slalom race and also a peice of wax which I tend to use on the edges when skis are dry and in transit home ward bound.
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Brooksy
reply to 'Why wont my K2's hold their wax....?' posted Feb-2013


So can anyone recommend a wax, spray or otherwise that you can apply yourself while on piste to liven them up, this will be used only between professional servicing.

Topic last updated on 21-October-2015 at 15:29