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Comax was founded in the post-war period on the initiative of Presiese Carlo Codega as a company producing scissors and cutting tools. The business, now taken over by the founder's heirs, continues to develop and live on.
A passion for winter sports and elite-level alpine skiing led Massimo Codega and his sons Carlo and Ivan to develop a side edge sharpener that is easy to use, perfected in function, and practical in shape and size. In 2008, the idea was born to design and develop a technically advanced sharpener for steel edges. Through continuous research, experimentation, and collaboration with scientists and industry professionals, Comax developed Carrot, which has had its products available on the market since 2011.
"We sharpened blades for 60 years. Our long history of scissors producer has never stopped challenging the future. Our innovation is intuition, continuous research and experimentation, union of cutting-edge technologies, manual knowledge and... passion for skiing!"
Carrot's waxes were developed by their chemist Luciano, who has many years of experience with other wax manufacturers. Carrot's goal was and is a wax with minimal friction over a long period of time, something Luciano has succeeded in achieving. Wear tests that have been carried out show that the wax stays on the ski for many tens of kilometers of cross-country skiing or several days on the slopes. It is therefore suitable for all snow disciplines.
The composition of the waxes includes, among other things, three different waxes in order to provide both a well-conditioned ski and outstanding glide. You will find more than twice as many ingredients in Carrot as in competing products.
What you will not find in Carrot is fluorine, which was removed three years ago in order to produce and deliver a wax with glide equivalent to high-fluoro waxes when the fluorine ban becomes a reality. We can proudly say that this work has produced very good results.
Carrot's liquid waxes should be regarded as a liquid wax and can be used without hard paraffin or with hard paraffin. In both cases, you get a well-conditioned ski thanks to the high wax content. If you want to achieve that little extra, you should use the liquid wax as the base layer and then melt on hard paraffin. Regardless of which method you prefer, Carrot's waxes should be allowed to cure properly in the cold once they have dried before you scrape and brush thoroughly, preferably with a roto brush.
All Carrot waxes are eco-labeled according to EU standards.
Feel free to read more about Carrot's products at carrot.ski
A tip when reading about Carrot wax. They state the waxes' temperature ranges according to snow temperature, not air temperature as most other waxes do. This means, for example, that their warm waxes range from 0 to -8 degrees. Snow cannot be warmer than zero degrees, otherwise it melts.
