Ski and snowboard wax can be made at home, using the right ingredients and a little foresight.

Diy ski wax. In fact, in this kit. For last week's sit down sunday video click here: This can be created by tracing a 2 by 6 to the profile of the ski so that pressure can be applied to the whole base of the ski when brushing off wax.

Let the skis completely cool for two hours or more at room temp. As he explained it to me it's a hotbox in less than a minute without cooking the binding and especially the ski and it's bonding. Most diyers will use a block of ski wax.

The demon hyper speed ski tuning kit comes complete with one pound of wax, iron, nylon and brass brushes, a metal scraper, a polish pad, and a whole lot more. You can also buy liquid wax that uses a rag for application. Measure, cut and install the bike tube for ski/snowboard supports.

Plastic cannot dry out the wax is only for protecting the plastic from the micro crystals in the snow/ice and it only appears dry from that. Skis are my work ride. The main body of the ski that contacts the snow is called the base, the edges are the metal strip along the edge (obviously).

Hold the iron vertically with one corner facing down, just above the ski. We’ll start this list of the top snowboard wax kit options with this great pick from swix. Ski wax is pretty easy to find online or at a ski shop.

My local shop has one of these. Before doing so, make sure that your skis have room temperature as this facilitates the waxing. Just brush with a brass brush using moderate pressure.