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On 1/17/2012 6:46 AM, lolix wrote:
See FluoroPolymeric Coating By Leonid Kuzmin http://kuzmin.se/pgs/fp_drum_en.html Sounds a little like NotWax a liquid teflon wipe. |
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On Jan 17, 10:40*pm, gr wrote:
On 1/17/2012 6:46 AM, lolix wrote: See FluoroPolymeric Coating By Leonid Kuzmin http://kuzmin.se/pgs/fp_drum_en.html Sounds a little like NotWax a liquid teflon wipe. I'm hoping someone with reputation actually tries this. He's using an angle grinder at 5000 rpm, which I'm sure generates quite a bit of heat. So this seems like rotocorking or superrotocorking. Also, I'm confused why he would do some light metal scraping (spactula?) after the fluoro. Finally, I think Kuzmin is missing the idea that wax wearing off the ski will make the ski faster. Downhillers slobber on the Cera expecting it to last only a few seconds. They don't do that because they enjoy blowing money.I started corking in Cera over the top of an ironed in applicaiton, and I believe that's faster since the skis slow 15-20 km later. Jay |
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. Finally, I think Kuzmin is missing the idea that wax
wearing off the ski will make the ski faster. I thanks Kuzmin for having brought to the attention of everyone a fact that was well documented by the P-Tex manufacturer from the beginning : Wax absorbtion is near null. Indeed, the information is there, at CPS (Formery Gurit, formerly IMS) http://www.cps-gmbh.net/p-tex-sintered.php A total of 1,2g (!!) goes into a whole P-Tex 4000 ski base. So even if a sizable amount out of that 1,2g wears out the base, I don't think it's something I will rely on. Unless someone comes out and demonstrate that this very small amout of wax act as catalyst or something alike. Moreover, having seen racers at the 50km Olympic skate race allowed to change up to 4 times their skis, the entire world now knows that high performance wax does not "wear" out the base, it simply goes out quite quickly. I learn from you jay, the waxing paradox which is trying to bond a highly repelent component (fluor) onto another highly repelent component (UHMWPE). ,done by mean of "wax", which in return is not so good in le long run (non abrasive resistant, prone to capture dust and less hydrophophobic). I'm not chemist but Kuzmin's idea to achieve a fluoro coating w/o wax is something promising, until we get full FP bases. |
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On Jan 19, 7:46*pm, Jay W wrote:
On Jan 17, 10:40*pm, gr wrote: On 1/17/2012 6:46 AM, lolix wrote: See FluoroPolymeric Coating By Leonid Kuzmin http://kuzmin.se/pgs/fp_drum_en.html Sounds a little like NotWax a liquid teflon wipe. Oh, no. Pseudoscience is back again. Just order a roll of single-sided Teflon tape from McMaster and tape it to the bottom of the skis if you want a teflon coating w/o waxing. |
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I am not chemist but Kuzmin's idea ... Neither is Kuzmin |
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On 1/25/2012 5:42 PM, runcyclexcski wrote:
On Jan 19, 7:46 pm, Jay wrote: On Jan 17, 10:40 pm, wrote: On 1/17/2012 6:46 AM, lolix wrote: See FluoroPolymeric Coating By Leonid Kuzmin http://kuzmin.se/pgs/fp_drum_en.html Sounds a little like NotWax a liquid teflon wipe. Oh, no. Pseudoscience is back again. Just order a roll of single-sided Teflon tape from McMaster and tape it to the bottom of the skis if you want a teflon coating w/o waxing. 1.2 grams of wax being absorbed sounds like a lot to me! The base is quite dense, formed from powdered p-tex melted (sintered) together, so there is a very low percentage of open space to absorb wax (which is good or else you have foam rubber and it will damage much more easily). This 1.2 grams of wax can now leach out of the ski very slowly, causing a wax layer a few molecule thick. The classic "dry base white look" is a good indicator that the wax has left the working surface of the ski and needs to be renewed. Most waxes seem to last quite a long time before this happens. gr |
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there is a very low percentage of open space *to absorb wax Chemists say that wax goes in there by dilution. There is no "open space" nor pores in the UHMWPE. By cooling done the base, a small amount of wax wears out the base. I'm not aware of another possible process to "un-dilute" in that case. So if a small amount of 1.2g sounds a lot to you, OK fine. I prefer not to rely on that. BTW, my kuzmin-preped bases never show the 'classic "dry base white look" '. Maybe good stone grinders exists, but I have not one at hand and I like to do things myself. So, I've thrown away my custom-made hot-box and swapped for a pair of scrappers. At least I've gained a lot of room in my garage. |
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On 1/26/2012 12:03 PM, lolix wrote:
there is a very low percentage of open space to absorb wax Chemists say that wax goes in there by dilution. There is no "open space" nor pores in the UHMWPE. Is it still a sintered base? |
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Is it still a sintered base?
Yes it is. Mr Urs Geissbühler has been quoted by Leonid Kuzmin and also there by Alan Shepard : http://www.escnordic.org.uk/ (Myths, then pores) .... So I wrote to , which is their email address, asking about pores. The relevant part of my email said "According to a posting on the internet by Urs Geissbühler there are no pores in press sintered running bases. Can you confirm this?". I received a reply from the man himself - Urs Geissbühler Chemical Engineer Research & Development Manager IMS Kunststoff AG Rütimoosstrasse 5 CH-3076 Worb SWITZERLAND in which he said, "there are absolutely no pores in press sintered UHMWPE base material." ...... |
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