Summer Storage: Hot Scraping v. Brass Brushing

I started the process of preparing my skis for summer storage and
wondered how to make it take less time. The steps I follow are; 20
passes of soft Brass Brush, hot scrape (2 or 3 passes of iron over
CH10 then wipe with fiberlene, then scrape immediately) and then 1 or
2 passes over crayoned-on Swix Base Prep.

What I noticed was that there is no visible dirt in the wax I
hot-scrape off, so wonder if this step is really necessary?

Other possibilities that occurred to me are that one needs to iron in
the CH10 for a good 5 minutes before the dirt rises to the surface, or
that the dirt is somehow not visible in the scraped off wax, but is
there anyway. Or perhaps the really soft brass / copper brushes do a
good job of cleaning on their own.

Any feedback / data would be appreciated.

(Jon) wrote in message . com...
I started the process of preparing my skis for summer storage and
wondered how to make it take less time. The steps I follow are; 20
passes of soft Brass Brush, hot scrape (2 or 3 passes of iron over
CH10 then wipe with fiberlene, then scrape immediately) and then 1 or
2 passes over crayoned-on Swix Base Prep.

What I noticed was that there is no visible dirt in the wax I
hot-scrape off, so wonder if this step is really necessary?

If you skip wiping the wax with fiberlene and scrape the ski while
it's warm you'll see some dark wax. By the time you get to the 2nd to
4th pass you'll see what I'm talking about. It's probably a mixture of
petex and dirt in the wax, but it's there. Also, scrape with a very
sharp plastic scraper and just use light pressure, very light
pressure. You're actually planing a new surface. I don't see a reason
to excessively iron the ski, just a few passes and scrape. After you
do a few coats w/scraping (maybe 3-4) you'll get much less dark
material in the wax. Then you can wax and put the skis to bed and
they'll be set for next season.

Jay Wenner