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Surrey, BC
Canada
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 11:33 AM
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what do you use? metal or acrylic scraper?
on sunday in manning powder, our skis were accumulating ice and my metal scraper was actually shaving off bits of base. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 11:51 AM
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| Metal scrapers are for flattenning you base when it's too high in the middle. For waxing & general use I use a plastic scraper. |
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Moxie scambler of pinnacles, tireless leader haunting the CDN/US border climbing everything in sight
Burnaby, BC
Canada
1272 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2006 : 1:10 PM
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| For ice, I use a Save-0n-Foods card. I rarely/never shop there anyway. |
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Mountain Grammar Police
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 Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 1:57 PM
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Yeah, I never shop at Manning either  |
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Surrey, BC
Canada
405 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2006 : 2:06 PM
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Originally posted by Peak Bagger
For ice, I use a Save-0n-Foods card.
right on !  |
Edited by - Turandot on 02/08/2006 2:06 PM |
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Surrey, BC
Canada
405 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2006 : 2:13 PM
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Originally posted by scottN
Metal scrapers are for flattenning you base when it's too high in the middle. For waxing & general use I use a plastic scraper.
i'm paying big bucks for filing & waxing
i should perform this chore myself. but heck, i can barely remember to oil my bicycle chain, or sharpen this or that thingy. |
Edited by - Turandot on 02/08/2006 2:32 PM |
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| LeeL
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Extreme ski tourin, mountain bikin addict who hikes at least once a year
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Surrey, BC
Canada
405 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2006 : 2:43 PM
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Originally posted by LeeL
yo J. Its easy to file and wax. Don't file too often as you'll just lose edge. This is pretty anal but look here
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5528&highlight=tuning
I only go in for major tunes when I've done stuff like this where my usual duct-tape and hose clamp fixes don't work 
dude, you wreck your skis like i wreck my snowshoes.
tx for the link. btw: i meant filling, not filing. (i've always had trouble with that word.) i've gone 3 seasons without maintenance (if i dare to count last year). the ski tech was appalled at how dry the base was.
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Extreme ski tourin, mountain bikin addict who hikes at least once a year
2506 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2006 : 3:07 PM
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| if the good lord didn't mean skis to get beaten to crap why make the bases out of anything but granite? |
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Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 3:57 PM
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| Because granite is is short supply and She only had enough to make rocks for the climbers. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
1038 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2006 : 4:17 PM
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Originally posted by Turandot
dude, you wreck your skis like i wreck my snowshoes.
He must have a pro-deal on new setups, J.
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Vancouver
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 9:02 PM
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At home, I use a paint scraper. One with a thin, flexible blade works best. In the field, I use the metal edge of the other ski. At least I usually remember to have it with me.
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Manitoba's misadventurin' bushwhackin', dog sloggin', dehydratin', beer drinkin' biggie - who's eager to peak bag Mt Currie in a dress
Squamish
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Posted - 02/08/2006 : 9:29 PM
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What's this? Scrapers? For ice accumulation?
Hey, that's a great idea! I used my ski pole the other day, and it didn't work very well. |
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Scraping skis
