Glide Waxing

We've assembled some resources that can help you learn to apply glide wax, or improve your glide waxing skills.  While there is no substitute for working directly with an experienced waxer, there are basic principles to keep in mind while you learn:

1. Always clean your ski bases before waxing.

2. A proper amount of heat bonds hard wax into your bases.  Too much heat burns your bases.  Heat transferred to your ski is a function of iron temperature and time the iron is in contact with the ski.  Thusly: 

1. • Select proper iron temperature for the wax you are using (typically 2-10℃ above wax melting point)

   • Keep your iron moving on the ski.

   • If some wax is not melted on the first pass, wait until ski is fully cooled before making another pass with the iron.

Pioneer Midwest Basic Hard Glide Wax Tutorial

• Note that base cleaning is not discussed in the accompanying video

Hard and liquid glide wax clinic with Jeremy Hecker of Pioneer Midwest

Covering:

• Base cleaning

• Hard wax application and ironing

• Liquid wax application

Pioneer Midwest Cold Ski Wax Application Tutorial 

• Colder temperatures require harder waxes... which are harder to apply.  This tutorial will help.