What goes into a Salty Ski Wax?

One of the best parts of a mobile ski shop is our ability to travel around Salt Lake City, Park City and the surrounding neighborhoods to meet our customers, and teach them about how to properly care for their gear. Often, your ski or snowboard is one of the most expensive things you own, and we want to ensure that we are helping you keep it in tip top shape.

Our Wax Process →

1. Inspection: A ski wax starts first with a full examination of the base of your skis or boards. We look for any old wax, damage to your bases, or delamination. As a note: if we find minimal damage to your bases, we would recommend our Edge & Wax service. Similarly, if you have some large scrapes or gouges, we would recommend our Full Tune or Pro Tune services.

2. Cleaning: After inspecting your skis (we’re happy to show you anything we see!) we get to work removing old wax and any other debris from the base. We do this carefully using mechanical methods such as brass and nylon brushes as much as possible and we finish using a enviromentally friendly base cleaner to get the base ready for a fresh coat of wax.

3. Hot Wax Application: Using our iron, we start the hot wax application by dripping plenty of new all temp wax (see Hot Wax for more information on what we use!) onto your base for ample hydration. Once we have enough on your ski or board, we iron the wax into the bases of your skis for up to 1 minute. We ensure that the wax never smokes and the bases are never damaged from too much heat. 

4. Excess Wax Removal: Once the wax has been fully applied and dried to room temperature (it doesn’t take long when you work in a van with no heat in the winter) we begin the scraping process to remove any excess wax.
   Wait…we just applied wax, why would we remove it?
   The base of your ski is porous and absorbs the wax. When we scrape the excess wax off Your ski your now skiing on the base of your ski and not on wax. The base of your ski has taken on the properties of the wax and that’s what give you the best glide.

5. Polish for Glide: Lastly, we use a motorized nylon base brush to help polish off the base of your ski or board to get the cleanest base and the best finish. After all that you are ready to rip!