Cold wax prep necessary?

Wondering if there's a consensus on whether a new or newly stone
ground ski needs a layer or two of cold glide wax?
I've talked to experienced racers and heard different opinions. I
think Roger Knight said a few years ago that Swix no longer felt cold
wax was needed as prep - just use it when it's the wax of the day.
On the "don't need it" side of the argument, wouldn't a well prepped
ski - waxed several times and skied in pretty well - be rid of most
tiny hairs?

Russ

On Jan 29, 1:33*pm, russ wrote:
Wondering if there's a consensus on whether a new or newly stone
ground ski needs a layer or two of cold glide wax?
I've talked to experienced racers and heard different opinions. I
think Roger Knight said a few years ago that Swix no longer felt cold
wax was needed as prep - just use it when it's the wax of the day.
On the "don't *need it" side of the argument, wouldn't a well prepped
ski - waxed several times and skied in pretty well - be rid of most
tiny hairs?

Russ

You need to penetrate with a softer wax. I cold wax does not penetrate
as much. Waxing on top of a cold wax will increase the durability of
any hot wax. I had a pair of skis that were ground and had hairs come
off during every wax. Preping them with a cold hard wax helped this.
Another pair that were ground by the same folks only took two hot
scrapes with warm wax to get rid of the hairs. I think it just depends.

On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:33:45 -0800 (PST)
russ wrote:

Wondering if there's a consensus on whether a new or newly stone
ground ski needs a layer or two of cold glide wax?
I've talked to experienced racers and heard different opinions. I
think Roger Knight said a few years ago that Swix no longer felt cold
wax was needed as prep - just use it when it's the wax of the day.
On the "don't need it" side of the argument, wouldn't a well prepped
ski - waxed several times and skied in pretty well - be rid of most
tiny hairs?

I suppose it also depends on where you ski. Here in the northern
Rockies, it makes sense to work down to a cold layer during initial
prep.

Gene