If you have bought a new ski, you can follow these steps.
New ski:
If it is the first time you are waxing your new skis, you should do a basic 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 microhairs and open up the base. Work from front to back.
- When you do the basic paraffining/saturation for a pair of classic skis, no preparation should be done on the ski's grip zone. 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 everything off while the glider is lukewarm 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, type purple or blue. Let cool indoors for about 15 minutes, scrape off and brush out with a nylon brush.
- Melt in a hard glider, type green or black, preferably graphite. Let cool indoors for about 15 minutes, scrape off and brush out with a nylon brush.
- If you are not going to apply glide wax and ski immediately after this basic paraffining, leave the last layer unscraped until you later wax and go skiing.