If you have bought a new ski, you can follow these steps.
New ski:
If it's the first time you wax your new skis, you should do a base preparation to saturate the base.
- Scrape off the protective paraffin that may have been applied at the factory (see the video below). Then make a few strokes with a brass, fine steel brush, or fibertex on the base to remove any micro hairs and open up the base. Work from front to back.
- Now you should do a base paraffining/saturation. See the following instructional video that applies to points 3, 4, and 5.
- Melt in a soft glider or a cleaning & saturation paraffin with the waxing iron on low heat (max 120°C). Don't skimp!
- Scrape off everything while the glider is warm with a plastic or acrylic scraper (this is to clean the base). Then brush out the base with a nylon brush.
- Repeat steps 3 and 4, 3-4 times.
- Melt in a soft glider. Let cool, scrape off, and brush (brass brush). Let cool indoors for about 15 min.
- Melt in a hard glider, type green or black, preferably graphite. Let cool, scrape off, and brush (brass brush). Let cool indoors for about 15 min.
- If you are not going to apply glide wax and ski on the ski immediately after this base paraffining, let the last layer remain unscraped until you later wax and go skiing.