by HeluvaSkier » Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:05 am
If you're not prepping the entire ski every time you wax, you run the risk of doing more damage to the base than the base burn does underfoot. The reason-being is that if the ski isn't being completely scraped (excess wax removed) then completely brushed with brass, re-waxed, and scraped and then brushed with nylon or horsehair, you run the risk of waxing over the nastiness that was picked up by the excess wax on the ski. This just locks all that crap into the wax on the ski and never really cleans the base. If you're not doing it already, you should be giving a ski with base burn a thorough brushing with a brass (or sometimes even soft steel) brush. This will get rid of all the damaged base material before you put a coat of wax over it.
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