Re: ski storage following horrible season

[JollyJake99]

2015-16 History of Skis:  December: binding check, tuned & stone ground, multiple layers of base prep wax, one layer underlayment wax, wax of the day.  Skied on ONLY twice: the weather, family illness, the weather, dr.'s appointments, the weather, veterinary problems, the weather.

Current Plans for 2016-17: Touch up edges; Wax heavily with undercoat wax (enough to cover the edges); store until next season; scrape off storage layer; wax with wax of the day, then ski.  Get binding check only if significant change in weight.

Thoughts, comments, pros & cons?

Thanks!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

You don't have to do anything. Stick your skis in a closet. Why would you touch up edges if you only skied twice. I skied 36 days so far this season and only had edges done once.

[JollyJake99]

"Touch up the edges": use a ceramic stone to smooth out any small nicks by hand.

 

And I'd put the layer of storage wax on to prevent rust from forming over the summer.

Edited April 4, 2016 by JollyJake99

[indiggio]

That's what I do, take a gummy stone to the edges to get rid of any rust.

 

Put a heavy coat of wax on making sure to cover the edges (obviously don't scrape) and put them away.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I've never done anything other than bringing skis in from my car.

[enjoralas]

I've never done anything other than bringing skis in from my car.

Yeah, but you don't need yours to turn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I keed, I keed.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Yeah, but you don't need yours to turn.

I keed, I keed.

My skis better turn when I'm skiing the Pali area at Abasin...atomic Jeff only waxed my skis once this season. Skied the shiros 34 days and the mantras twice so the mantras still have wax on em.

[sibhusky]

I generally just store them in a dry closet, vertical, with a plastic dish under them to protect against moisture. No storage wax any more. I do all the work pre-season. I should do a binding check every season, but confess to doing it only alternate seasons. But pre-season, they'd get "the works". However, in your case, given the lack of use, I'd only do wax of the day and go ski. Depends on what they look like when you take them out of the closet if I'd even worry about brushing them. I've had skis look brand new when I took them out in October.

[Kyle]

I'm with Doug, bring them in, put them in my closet and wait for November.

 

 

Then again, my skis are heavily abused park skis so it doesn't really matter.

Edited April 5, 2016 by Kyle

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I usually don't even put skis in a closet they are displayed in the corner of my living room.

I used to have like 8 pairs and my old maintenance guy was like WTF

[AtomicSkier]

I just finished up the post season maintenance work on skis, including side wall planing, and setting the edges on my new Kastles.  The edges on those things are polished to a mirror finish.  I take the diamond stones to all the skis, hot wax/scrape then storage wax on all the pairs of skis for the summer.  Was probably 4 hours of work for 3 skis (the race skis were already done earlier in the season).  I like having nothing to do but scrape next winter.

[phillycore]

My skis get waxed once a season..... Edges....I usually replace the skis before I do anything with them. And summer wax..... Ha.....wtf is that

[sibhusky]

Why bother waxing at all if it's only once a season, I'm wondering? It's only going to last about three days with the manmade snow. It doesn't work like lemon oil for wood, sinking in and staying there. It only goes so deep and eventually is skied out of every little hiding place in the structure and now needs to be replaced. You might get five days on soft snow at best. So, if an unwaxed ski is good the rest of the season, why do it at all? It's not "conditioning" the p-tex the way old ski "dope" conditioned old wooden skis. It's facilitating glide only as long as there is some actually on the ski. Once it's off and abrasion is occurring because the wax molecules aren't there to be sheered off instead, the ski's ability to glide on certain types of snow is increasingly impacted, but its ability to accept wax on the abraded (base burned) areas is also reduced. Slapping wax on after three months doesn't fix the abrasion, it needs a stone grind or sustained work with a base flattening/structure tool. So, I've gotta ask, if the slowly reduced performance after its three days with wax isn't bugging you, why do it at all? Maybe it's wishful thinking? Possibly the usual icy conditions there really don't even require wax for glide, and only fresh snow (natural or uncured man-made) would yield a benefit? If that is what's happening, then why spend the money?

 

But your edges? Different story. You guys need your edges sharp. Here we need wax, but we can let the edges go most years.

[mbike-ski]

i'll throw a coat of summer wax on the race skis at a minimum but the rest all depends on if and how deep the flyers go into the playoffs.

 

love to wax skis, drink beer and watch hockey

[indiggio]

There's something soothing, relaxing about waxing on, waxing off.

[NMSKI]

Agree. I wax off twice a day.

[Johnny Law]

Why bother waxing at all if it's only once a season, I'm wondering? It's only going to last about three days with the manmade snow. It doesn't work like lemon oil for wood, sinking in and staying there. It only goes so deep and eventually is skied out of every little hiding place in the structure and now needs to be replaced. You might get five days on soft snow at best. So, if an unwaxed ski is good the rest of the season, why do it at all? It's not "conditioning" the p-tex the way old ski "dope" conditioned old wooden skis. It's facilitating glide only as long as there is some actually on the ski. Once it's off and abrasion is occurring because the wax molecules aren't there to be sheered off instead, the ski's ability to glide on certain types of snow is increasingly impacted, but its ability to accept wax on the abraded (base burned) areas is also reduced. Slapping wax on after three months doesn't fix the abrasion, it needs a stone grind or sustained work with a base flattening/structure tool. So, I've gotta ask, if the slowly reduced performance after its three days with wax isn't bugging you, why do it at all? Maybe it's wishful thinking? Possibly the usual icy conditions there really don't even require wax for glide, and only fresh snow (natural or uncured man-made) would yield a benefit? If that is what's happening, then why spend the money?

 

But your edges? Different story. You guys need your edges sharp. Here we need wax, but we can let the edges go most years.

Why ask a question just to humble brag ?

[AtomicSkier]

Why ask a question just to humble brag ?

 

How was Aspen? 

[toast21602]

How was Aspen?

Why ask a question just to humble brag ?

[phillycore]

Honestly....I don't give two shits about the technical molecular physical chemistry breakdown structure gangnum style funkodelic delivery of nubian genocidal antacids....

When my skis feel slow, I either switch to a different pair or I wax the fuckers. Than they aren't slow anymore... Problem solved.

 

 

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[Ride Delaware ?]

I do some quick edge tuning if I recently had a tune done, but if it has been awhile, then I have the board get a stone grind, edges sharpened, and a wax so that they are ready for the season when I need them.

 

If I can't get them to my buddy who has a full set of tuning equipment, then I'll just put on a summer wax and throw the board in the closet.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Thanks RideDE!!!