best all-season wax ??? TIA

What would be the best (but still affordable) ALL-SEASON wax for skis?

Thanks!

NOUMENON

"Noumenon" wrote in message
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What would be the best (but still affordable) ALL-SEASON wax for skis?

Thanks!

NOUMENON

Turtle wax.

On 08 Mar 2004 22:52:41 EST, Noumenon wrote
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What would be the best (but still affordable) ALL-SEASON wax for skis?

That would be Turtle Wax.





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Noumenon writes:

What would be the best (but still affordable) ALL-SEASON wax for skis?

I use Swix CH7, but it depends a lot on where you're skiing. Your
all-season is not necessarily the same as my all-season, where CH7
works quite well.

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"Noumenon" wrote in message
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What would be the best (but still affordable) ALL-SEASON wax for skis?


From cheapest, to less cheap (but still not very expensive, compared to lift
tickets, etc.):

Canning paraffin from the supermarket
An "all-in-one" or "base prep" wax from Toko, Swix or someone else
Toko System 3 or Swix CH or something similar in another brand

"Noumenon" wrote in message
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What would be the best (but still affordable) ALL-SEASON wax for skis?

Thanks!

Swix CH6. If you want to spend the extra $$$, LF6. 6 is a colder wax that
seems to run good even when it's very cold and when it's warmer. It's
better to be on the cold side, especially if the snow is mostly man made and
abrasive.

Well, that's my opinion anyway. Hope it does some good.
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Marty

sjjohnston wrote:

I suspect the "universal" or "base prep" waxes that Toko, Swix et al. sell
probably are just plain paraffin. So, yeah, paraffin works and saves you
some money. On the other hand, I figure the cost of waxing a pair of skis
with Toko System 3 or the like at a dollar or two, so you're not going to go
broke that way either. If you do use paraffin, make sure it's not intended
to make scented sand candles or something.

Humph. What's wrong with scented wax? I use normal paraffin, but I've
got a lot of old "designer" candles (no, not full price; yard sale)
that work just as well. No sand, though. Do people still make
candles? Why?

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"The Real Bev" wrote in message
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sjjohnston wrote:

I suspect the "universal" or "base prep" waxes that Toko, Swix et al.
sell
probably are just plain paraffin. So, yeah, paraffin works and saves you
some money. On the other hand, I figure the cost of waxing a pair of
skis
with Toko System 3 or the like at a dollar or two, so you're not going
to go
broke that way either. If you do use paraffin, make sure it's not
intended
to make scented sand candles or something.

Humph. What's wrong with scented wax? I use normal paraffin, but I've
got a lot of old "designer" candles (no, not full price; yard sale)
that work just as well. No sand, though. Do people still make
candles? Why?

My longest ski trip ever started in Oxnard, California the Friday before
Christmas 1971. My brother and I (we were both in the Navy) drove shifts
all the way across the country. Our longest stop was Sunday morning in
Alma, Nebraska, where we delvered gifts sent home by a Navy buddy: candles
made by pouring melted paraffin into holes dug in the sand on Hollywood
Beach in Oxnard.

We didn't stop to ski on the way east because 1) we wanted to be home by
Christmas and 2) my brother had no ski gear on the west coast. After the
holidays, I drove down to the Grumman plant on Long Island for 6 weeks of
F14 maintenance training, coming home to Vermont (and skiing) every weekend
(except the Saturday the road was blocked to Killington - another long
story) and then drove to my new duty station in San Diego at a more
leisurely pace, skiing in Colorado, Utah, and California along the way.



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handicapped."
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"The Real Bev" wrote in message
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sjjohnston wrote:

I suspect the "universal" or "base prep" waxes that Toko, Swix et al.
sell
probably are just plain paraffin. So, yeah, paraffin works and saves you
some money. On the other hand, I figure the cost of waxing a pair of
skis
with Toko System 3 or the like at a dollar or two, so you're not going
to go
broke that way either. If you do use paraffin, make sure it's not
intended
to make scented sand candles or something.

Humph. What's wrong with scented wax?

Well, of course, because that might impinge on the supply so desperately
needed by scented sand candle makers.

I use normal paraffin, but I've
got a lot of old "designer" candles (no, not full price; yard sale)
that work just as well. No sand, though. Do people still make
candles? Why?

Lovely gifts. After all, it's the thought that counts, isn't it?

sjjohnston wrote:
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you're not going to go broke that way either. If you do use paraffin,
make sure it's not intended to make scented sand candles or something.


Why not? for dry-slope racing we use a lot of wax, and though for races we
use CH4 amongst other things. for training you can use anything. I tend to
save the remains of candles and melt them down. for over a season I have
been using a strawberry scented block, and it works fine.


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