Cold Weather Waxing (Old School) for #Nordic #Skiing

These instructions are for temperatures below Minus 18C.

Glide Zone  

I clean the base with wax remover. Wait for a half hour.

Sand the glide area with very fine silicon sand paper (at least 320 grit.) 

Fibertex the base (30 passes) in the same direction. (why?, because, lol.)

Hot wax with Swix CH4 and scrape while still warm

Hot wax again with CH4 let it wait for an hour or so and then scrape, brush, several times. Put outside scrape brush, several times.

Hot wax some cold weather powder. Scrape, brush a few times.

Set outside to cool

Brush with a horsehair brush

Then I take some fiberlene and wrap in a cork and cork again (30 passes)  

Kick Area

Scrape what kick wax you can off. Then use wax remover. Sand with 120-180 (or lower) grit silicone sand paper. Cross-ways, angle ways, both ways, and then length ways. Fibertex, Clean with wax remover, wait a half hour.

Iron in some cold base wax

Then use some -10C to -30C kick wax. The first few layers you need to be very careful not to mix the kick wax with the base wax. 5-7 layers of VR30 

Swix is common around these parts but each brand have a complete line

Cold weather wax takes a lot of effort and elbow grease. Keep your mouth closed while scraping, lol. Yes cold weather skiing is strength training as it sometimes feels so SLOOOW!

Below are some blueberry pancakes with Chia seeds, Flax seed, and Hemp hearts, for cold weather Nordic Skiing recovery. o yah!