Check Out Our Shop
Results 1 to 20 of 20

Thread: Icy top sheet...tips/tricks?

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    CO
    Posts
    200

    Icy top sheet...tips/tricks?

    I had heard people asking about this in the past and never paid attention as it never caused me much concern. But my latest plank attracts snow and it freezes on, creating a catch all for even more snow. Adds weight. Pain in the butt.

    Not sure if it is happening on this plank as it is black or if it is more of a texture thing. Last board was Navy blue, so I don't see color should matter much...

    Should I rub dry wax on it?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    North Vancouver
    Posts
    6,473
    pam

    4567

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Posts
    1,787
    get them cold before you ski them. Let them sit in the back of your truck, out on the ski racks, etc. If they're freezing snow won't melt and then freeze on them. Some snow attracts more snow.

    Crayon ski wax on the top sheet if that doesn't work....

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    At Work
    Posts
    3,008
    I've found my Spatula top sheets are snow-magnets. It's impossible to keep the things free of snow whether I pam, windex, rain-x, whatever them.

  5. #5
    BLOODSWEATSTEEL Guest
    I like to pour lighter fluid on mine and light them on fire right before I drop in.

    I think it looks pretty sweet when you ski down the hill real fast like.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    659
    Quote Originally Posted by BLOODSWEATSTEEL
    I like to pour lighter fluid on mine and light them on fire right before I drop in.

    I think it looks pretty sweet when you ski down the hill real fast like.
    CORE!

    678

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Posts
    3,609
    My freinds with gotamas have this proplem alot, i have sugested to use a cheep rup on wax or just rub any way on the top sheets.
    ‎Preserving farness, nearness presences nearness in nearing that farness

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    Suckramento
    Posts
    21,975
    Quote Originally Posted by riderspro
    I had heard people asking about this in the past and never paid attention as it never caused me much concern. But my latest plank attracts snow and it freezes on, creating a catch all for even more snow. Adds weight. Pain in the butt.

    Not sure if it is happening on this plank as it is black or if it is more of a texture thing. Last board was Navy blue, so I don't see color should matter much...

    Should I rub dry wax on it?
    Bukkake.
    Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon.
    Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol.
    Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel.


  9. #9
    Join Date
    Oct 2004
    Location
    retired
    Posts
    12,456
    feces work well
    go for rob

    www.dpsskis.com

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    CO
    Posts
    200
    The "getting the board cold" thing has worked for me in the past, hence it never being a probelm for me before. But this board, even if I ride all day (and then the board should be as cold as it's going to get), and scrape every little bit of snow/ice off, it gloms back on.

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    121 msl
    Posts
    2,580
    silicone spray might work

  12. #12
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    LV-426
    Posts
    21,753
    Just scrape off the loose snow on one ski by using the other ski, sitting on the chair lift.

    Whatever you can't scrape off, just piss it off while on the lift. The smell also helps protect your skis from getting stolen from the lodge.
    Quote Originally Posted by powder11 View Post
    if you have to resort to taking advice from the nitwits on this forum, then you're doomed.

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    SoCal
    Posts
    6,770
    My black-topped Maden's are terrible for this, Rain-X helped a little but not much. The black just soaks up sun on the lift, then it freezes when you start skiing again. Wish they were a lighter color....grrrr.

  14. #14
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Here
    Posts
    683
    I've also had the same problem with my goats all year. I love the black topsheet but that color/topsheet material combo just attracts snow like no other. Personally, I've given up.

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Victoria, BC
    Posts
    509
    suck it up, princess

  16. #16
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    West si-ide
    Posts
    242
    cover your topsheets with reynolds wrap/ tin foil. When they get heavy, peel them off and throw them away. Problem solved

  17. #17
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    On the water.
    Posts
    2,086
    astro glide
    Since then it's been a book you read in reverse, so you understand less as the pages turn.

    The things you find on the net.

  18. #18
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Skiattle
    Posts
    7,750
    i actually think hertel makes something just for this purpose.
    never used it, thought it was pretty stupid
    grow some, stop complaining, and just ski

  19. #19
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Access to Granlibakken
    Posts
    11,939
    i'm pretty sure a high-quality condom could be stretched over the entire ski. after each run, peel off the condom, roll such that the snow accumulates in the reservoir tip, discard, and put a fresh one on.

    hope this helps!

  20. #20
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    SLC
    Posts
    416
    is anyone going to send this guy to epic ski?

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •