Waxing - Learn how to wax your skis

Good waxing is often a prerequisite for a successful day of cross-country skiing. Whether you're planning to take part in a competition or just for exercise. So we thought we'd go over the basics of waxing, and tell you more about how to wax your skis on your own!

How to wax your skis

There are many strong opinions about how to wax your skis. If you ask ten different people how to wax, you'll probably get the same number of answers. That said, we thought we'd share our top tips on how to wax below:

Base waxing your skis

First of all, you need to prepare your skis. You do this in the following way:

  1. Use a brass or steel brush on the underside of the ski (coating).
  2. Then melt the paraffin/soft model slides on the wax mould, which should have a maximum temperature of 120 degrees.
  3. Once the paraffin is in place (and still warm), use a pick. Then brush with the brush.
  4. Use a soft base paraffin that you melt down. Then let it cool before reheating it. After it has cooled down once more, add the sable followed by the brush.
  5. Then take a harder base paraffin and carry out the same process as above.
  6. Then finish with a hard paraffin wax - blue, green or black, for example - and carry out the same process for the sable and brush.

Your skis are now fully waxed. However, you can choose to take it one step further by applying attachment or glide waxing.

Apply fastening wax to your skis

  1. Use an 80-100 grit sandpaper to roughen the coating.
  2. Then apply a thin layer of primer/wax.
  3. Then finish by applying fastening wax of the desired type.

Apply glide wax to your skis

  1. Start by cleaning the coating by heat-soaking the ski.
  2. Then apply a hard base paraffin.
  3. Then melt the paraffin wax that suits the day's surface.
  4. Finish by sickling and brushing.

Leave the herding to us

When you visit us at Stöten in Sälen, you can of course leave the ski waxing to us. Simply drop off your skis in our ski workshop. If you don't have the energy to bring your own equipment, you can use our ski hire.

We hope you now have a better understanding of how to wax your skis. See you on the cross-country ski track!