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i'm in the high arctic, just south of the arctic circle. snow is sunbaked 24/7 mostly water. extremely sticky in the can't slide down a 40 degree slope very fast kind of sticky. actually difficult to go downhill.
no wax resources, i didn't bring any and am in bush ak. candle wax? scrub brush? give me your ideas proven, unproven i don't care, bring em forward!
Pam
base structure
sex wax
olive oil
silicon spray
scotchgaurd
don't get killed in a wet slide.
slides can occur at lower angles in the high arctic, so i'm sticking to steeper lines to be safe:biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
yeah IIRC as low as ~15*s
parafin wax that you can buy at the grocery store or candles
I think I remember reading a HUGE thread about their use on gapicski.
edit: according to this thread zardoz or ivory soap if its really wet
Polar bear dung...but its gotta be fresh
chunky peanut butter works well but you gotta put it on really thick.
could be fungus - is the snow all pink? That happens at Aly alot - try Pledge or Enddust (although its more likely you have wax than those...)
wd 40
It's water proof.
Just gotta spray on after every turn.
Open up your structure with some 100 grit sand paper.
stucture, structure, structure
structure is a damn good start, but if you need wax, you need wax
if you are near a confuser, you must be near a Post Office. Whaddaya need and where are you? I'll mail you some shit if you want. PM me.
I just got what is supposed to be the slickest wax on the planet. pm me if you get mail.
Hershey's chocolate bars work great.Lots of Paraffin in them.Gulf candle wax at the grocery store is a good paraffin also.I skied on candle wax all year,but I ski crappy.Good luck.
what I like to do is rub Yellow swix on and dont iron it on it will break the suction. structure structure too but i guess you cnat change now.
WD40 also works great, was using many days at snowbird in the spring and had very quick skis due to it;)
Swix yellow, red, wowax, and some other stuff en route.
Layer it up hot with ridges starting at the tail and one of them should work.
I'm told Rain-X is the shiz for wet, sloppy, sticky snow. Any store with an auto parts section should have it.