One question and one finding. First the question.
Does anyone know the the properties of recovered wax? When we iron in wax we scrape it off right? I recover this debris and now have enough that I could melt it into a usable form. But, I'm concerned about the properties of this recovered wax. If the properties of our wax did not matter we could all run out, buy 10 lbs of paraffin for pennies and be done with wax. But, that doesn't cut it. The properties of the wax we iron on matter greatly. I wax for base consistency. I don't need more speed. I already initiate turns to control speed. What I need is for my equipment to quickly and consistency respond to my desires. This equals safety. So, back to the question - does anyone know of any studies that reflects what is left of ski wax once it is applied with an iron and scraped off?
Now a reflection on waxing stands. For the last few years I've been using a sort of scissor leg thing with soft rubber tops. Think of ironing board legs with rubberized tops. This works well and stores easily. Before this device I was literally using 2 foam coolers flipped over. Laugh, but they work well and are the cheapest things on earth. They just don't offer a very good working position. But, I now have snow sliding tools that range in size from 101cm to 185cm. This stretches the capabilities the the scissor leg setup. So, yesterday I came up with a cheap, highly functional alternative. I went to the home store and purchased a cheap, workmate style work bench for $25 and another $1.50 got me 6 ft of pine 2x4. I clamp the 2x4 into the table by opening it up and just dropping the 2x4 in the middle. I also have a set of clamping stands I put on either end of the 2x4 and these serve to hold snow sliding devices off the table. I love it. Less than $30. the clamps easily slide up and down the 2x4 to properly support different length tools and when done stores up and out of the way in a flash.
Does anyone know the the properties of recovered wax? When we iron in wax we scrape it off right? I recover this debris and now have enough that I could melt it into a usable form. But, I'm concerned about the properties of this recovered wax. If the properties of our wax did not matter we could all run out, buy 10 lbs of paraffin for pennies and be done with wax. But, that doesn't cut it. The properties of the wax we iron on matter greatly. I wax for base consistency. I don't need more speed. I already initiate turns to control speed. What I need is for my equipment to quickly and consistency respond to my desires. This equals safety. So, back to the question - does anyone know of any studies that reflects what is left of ski wax once it is applied with an iron and scraped off?
Now a reflection on waxing stands. For the last few years I've been using a sort of scissor leg thing with soft rubber tops. Think of ironing board legs with rubberized tops. This works well and stores easily. Before this device I was literally using 2 foam coolers flipped over. Laugh, but they work well and are the cheapest things on earth. They just don't offer a very good working position. But, I now have snow sliding tools that range in size from 101cm to 185cm. This stretches the capabilities the the scissor leg setup. So, yesterday I came up with a cheap, highly functional alternative. I went to the home store and purchased a cheap, workmate style work bench for $25 and another $1.50 got me 6 ft of pine 2x4. I clamp the 2x4 into the table by opening it up and just dropping the 2x4 in the middle. I also have a set of clamping stands I put on either end of the 2x4 and these serve to hold snow sliding devices off the table. I love it. Less than $30. the clamps easily slide up and down the 2x4 to properly support different length tools and when done stores up and out of the way in a flash.
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