Question about storing skis

When I wax my classic skis for storage do I have to wax the kick zone?

THanks, Kuan

prenex wrote:
When I wax my classic skis for storage do I have to wax the kick zone?

THanks, Kuan

Some people just iron a layer of glide wax over the entire ski. Others
have told me that you don't have to worry about storage wax for the
kick zone, just put it on the glide zone. I don't like "contaminating"
the kick zone with glide wax because it takes some effort to get it
back into shape for kick waxing later. I don't like leaving it bare,
even though the kick zone probably isn't harmed by that.

What I do - which makes sense to me -- is I wax the glide zones with
whatever wax I'm likely to need when the snow flies next winter,
leaving it unscraped. I keep that wax out of the kick zone. I wax the
kick zone with a good layer of a fairly hard, not too gooey kick wax,
completely covering it. The entire bottom has a nice barrier layer
keeping air and dirt off the ski surface. At first snow, I can just
scrape and brush the glide zones (if the storage wax is "close
enough"), then scrape off the kick wax and cork in a couple layers of
fresh kick wax of the day. All the dust and crap from summer storage
comes off with the old storage glide and kick wax.

I have to storage wax and "un-storage" several pairs of skis for my
family, everyone wants them ready "tomorrow" when the snow flies. This
seems the most efficient way to get a bunch of skis ready to go at
first snow.

Camilo wrote:
prenex wrote:
When I wax my classic skis for storage do I have to wax the kick zone?

THanks, Kuan

Some people just iron a layer of glide wax over the entire ski. Others
have told me that you don't have to worry about storage wax for the
kick zone, just put it on the glide zone. I don't like "contaminating"
the kick zone with glide wax because it takes some effort to get it
back into shape for kick waxing later. I don't like leaving it bare,
even though the kick zone probably isn't harmed by that.

What I do - which makes sense to me -- is I wax the glide zones with
whatever wax I'm likely to need when the snow flies next winter,
leaving it unscraped. I keep that wax out of the kick zone. I wax the
kick zone with a good layer of a fairly hard, not too gooey kick wax,
completely covering it. The entire bottom has a nice barrier layer
keeping air and dirt off the ski surface. At first snow, I can just
scrape and brush the glide zones (if the storage wax is "close
enough"), then scrape off the kick wax and cork in a couple layers of
fresh kick wax of the day. All the dust and crap from summer storage
comes off with the old storage glide and kick wax.

I have to storage wax and "un-storage" several pairs of skis for my
family, everyone wants them ready "tomorrow" when the snow flies. This
seems the most efficient way to get a bunch of skis ready to go at
first snow.

I was taught to hot-wax the entire ski with base wax, then scrape it,
once a year. Then cork in kick wax in the kick zone when ready to ski.
I guess the base wax is glide wax.

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