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Outdoor Glide Waxing
The only waxing setup I have in my current home is outside in a
screened in porch. I just scraped of LF7 and it sort of peeled off, with sections turning white (air bubbles?) before coming off in chunks. An article said that this is a sign of not using a hot enough iron when it happens with cold waxes. I'm wondering if it's an indication that the wax isn't bonding with the base because it cools down too quickly. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to make the situation work (I try keeping the ski inside until last second, but I let it cool outside, as it seemed too messy to bring it in with unscraped wax)... Jon |
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Maybe a portable space heater?
That's a good idea--I noticed the (new, improved) Craftsbury waxing hut is unheated, but has a space heater above each station--could be a good way to try to keep the ski at room temps until it's time to bring it inside... |
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On Mar 2, 5:18*pm, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote: On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:56:30 -0800 (PST), wrote: The only waxing setup I have in my current home is outside in a screened in porch. *I just scraped of LF7 and it sort of peeled off, with sections turning white (air bubbles?) before coming off in chunks. An article said that this is a sign of not using a hot enough iron when it happens with cold waxes. * I'm wondering if it's an indication that the wax isn't bonding with the base because it cools down too quickly. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to make the situation work (I try keeping the ski inside until last second, but I let it cool outside, as it seemed too messy to bring it in with unscraped wax)... Maybe a portable space heater? Also, a ski with unscraped wax isn't that messy -- it's the dripping scraping and brushing that creates mess. I think you should try bringing the skis in to cool. Also, if your problem is not having space that you're will to "mess up" waxing, it's possible to wax in a nice space and keep it clean. I wax indoors on a new bamboo floor that my wife loves. *I have to put down a thick blue plastic tarp and do a lot of cleaning afterwards (setup and breakdown/cleanup are probably 20 minutes). I often wipe most of the wax off with fiberlene (or scrape lightly with a dull scraper) before the wax cools, then scrape the wax normally when it does cool. *This results in a lot less wax to scrape and fly around. * Also, the tarp always goes with the same side down, so only one side gets any wax residue on it and the clean side is what touches the floor. The whole process is tedious but doable. I would also worry about the fluoro dust generated by the brushing and the fluoro fumes which are not good for the air your wife and you breathe. A garage sounds like an appropriate place. I wax/scrape/brush in designated places at the skiing destination - just easier this way. Of course, this assumes that the place you ski at has a waxing room. |
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On Mar 2, 6:07*pm, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote: On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:40:22 -0800 (PST), wrote: I would also worry about the fluoro dust generated by the brushing and the fluoro fumes which are not good for the air your wife and you breathe. A garage sounds like an appropriate place. I don't think we have a dust problem the way I do it, though the fumes issue is interesting. * I don't wax flouros hot (I use a cool iron and then rotocorking) and there's *a smoke detector above my "wax area" which never goes off while waxing anything -- I have a good digital iron and clean the iron whenever I change what wax I'm applying so nothing smokes. But are there fumes from normal temperature waxing (no smoke) that cause problems? The space is a hall with moderate indoor airflow. I would google smth like fluoro wax smoke safety, and would try to look at scientific studies/measurements rather than anecdotal stories. There is a phenomenon called "polymer fever" where the fumes from fluoro polymers causes inflammation in the lungs. Particles from wax generated by brushing must be very heavy (dozens of microns) and probably don't travel too high up to trigger the smoke alarm, but still are high enough for you to breathe (most of them probably settle in the throat). "moderate indoor airflow" is not a quantitative statement. I bet if you ask Swix/Toko they have recommendations for their wax rooms - for people who wax dozens of pairs of skis a day. |
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