How to maintain skis effectively?

Skis are sturdy, but that doesn't mean they don't need maintenance. Regular maintenance can improve the performance of the skis, prolong the service life of the skis, but also keep a good image of the skis. However, ski maintenance is not for the average skier, because it requires specialized equipment and tools that the average person does not have to have fully equipped. The repair and maintenance of skis should belong to the after-sales service content of ski equipment suppliers, and most ski resorts can also carry out daily maintenance. Understand the maintenance process of skis, appliances, to you familiar with their equipment performance or great help.

Before skis are maintained, the skis should be secured with a workbench and a jig. Table is divided into many grades, fixture is also divided into alpine ski fixture, simple ski fixture and veneer fixture.

Once the skis are fixed, clean the skis first. Remove the dirt and excess wax on the board with a scraper, can also use fiber nylon brush and copper brush, wax to use special wax agent, and finally with a soft cloth or strong adsorption paper wipe snow.

If the bottom of the plate is damaged, repair it. In the past, repairing plate rubber strip and steel scraper were generally used. The new technology is high-temperature hot pressing plate, using special hot pressing rubber strip.

The steel edge of the ski side is vulnerable. To repair the steel edge, the damaged vertical edge and horizontal edge should be roughened with diamond file first, leveled with the ski corner trimmer, and then processed with fine steel file, and the whetstone should be deburred or special deburring diamond. There are professional tools for repairing steel edges and file sets at different angles. Of course, save trouble or use power tools - electric edge to repair steel edge, generally three to five minutes to complete a pair of snowboard. Every major ski equipment manufacturer produces this kind of power tool.

Waxing the skis is a measure to maintain the performance of the skis, using a special snow wax. There are many kinds of snow waxes. According to the environment temperature, snow quality (new snow, old snow, dirty snow, ice snow, rough snow), air humidity and other conditions, as well as alpine board, single board, the corresponding snow wax is selected. There are also fast waxes suitable for all temperatures and snow quality. Snow wax can be divided into liquid and paste. In ski resorts and snow shops, wax with an iron, waxing from the head to the tail of the board, and sometimes polish with wax. Advanced snow wax is classified by material as hydrocarbon snow wax, low fluorine snow wax, high fluorine snow wax, fluorine snow wax.