Why
Wax Your Ski or Snowboard? Ski and snowboard bases can
easily lose their ability to absorb wax efficiently. The most common cause is
simply neglecting to wax regularly. The high friction of snow acts like sandpaper
to abrade the ski or snowboard base, wear off wax and leave the p-tex dried out. Another cause
is too much heat created by a poor stonegrinding, the use of excessive speed
or pressure when rotobrushing, or, most commonly, from an improperly used or
uncalibrated wax iron. About half the surface area of most sintered ski and snowboard racing bases
will absorb wax when new...these are call "amorphous" regions. Excess heat converts
these to "crystalline" regions, which do not absorb wax. Furthermore, heating
the ski or snowboard base can increase its oxidation by atmospheric oxygen. Overheating a ski or snowboard base
also dries it out and results in the creation of more unwanted, drag-inducing
p-tex hairs. WHAT ARE
FLUOROS? Humidity Swix
Toko Dominator
Holmenkol 100% FLUOROCARBON
OVERLAY WAXES 100% FLUORO
POWDERS 100% FLUORO
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