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I block mine with a combination of Swix wax cans, or corks, or some combination of that.
I have retrained some camber and tip-flattening with moderate success. Time helps. The tip thing was pretty rugged, the skis were quite flat, I dumped them in a bucket of water for three days and then used a tip spreader. It OK. Not as good as new, but should be quite serviceable.
I picked up a 215cm pair of Asnes Tur-Langrenn skis off Craigslist today, before reading this discussion, of course.
The camber feels flatter than cross countries typically do, but the wax pocket seems intact. Looking forward to learning how to maintain these skis
I picked up a 215cm pair of Asnes Tur-Langrenn skis off Craigslist today, before reading this discussion, of course.
The camber feels flatter than cross countries typically do, but the wax pocket seems intact. Looking forward to learning how to maintain these skis
Be sure to read the "Ski Care" (and watch the videos) section on the Woodenskis.com site!
I have the skis stored in the garage, with a block underfoot, and a small board to keep the skis from touching the concrete. Looking forward to learning the pine tar thing soon. The glide wax and kick wax parts appear to be identical to what I already do on my other waxable skis.
Welcome to the old timey winter obsession/rites of passion, riel! Hopefully, those whom you live with will enjoy the lingering scent of heated pine tar!
Years ago...er....decades ago....a school where I taught was throwing away 15 or so Tur L's ....Had been part of the Phys Ed program....Gathered them all up and they reside up in my shed....From very short to quite long....If you like these skis and your up this way and you would be kind to them....I would give a few away....TM
Very generous offer by gt. A little too far for me, but those of you in the area ought to take advantage of gt's generosity. Those woodies might just have some life in them yet!
"The glide wax and kick wax parts appear to be identical to what I already do on my other skis"
Without backtracking these posts too much, I'm assuming (dangerous, I know) the above quote is in relation to your new to you wood skis. I'll simply offer that woodies are, and have been, mostly a full length, one wax affair. Pine tar prep, of course, then a foundation of Polar. Waxes du jour after that.
Not knocking the grip/glide wax technique; I sometimes go this route with my synthetic base boards. Full length waxing works quite nicely for bc applications.
