If I buy a pair of new skis which have been laying around a storage
room for several years are they oxidized? I read untreated bases will
begin gaining pollutants and oxidized unless protected with storage
wax. So would these skis need to be lightly steel scraped or grinded?
I bought a pair of skis which are 4 years old but still in the
wrapper. After hot boxing them with warm and then cold wax I swear I
can't get them to be fast and they look dry after short workouts. It
would be interesting to know a time line when "new" bases are to far
gone and need re-surfacing.
I got a pair of 15 year old new old stock Fischer RCSs a few weeks ago. The bases appeared to be as new. I heated in some yellow Star Uniblock wax about three times over 10-15 minutes, and the wax looked like it soaked in well and reached saturation. The appearance of the Uniblock wax (unlike other waxes) seems to change as the skis take in wax, but consider that somewhat speculative. I then put in a layer of Swix CH6 that I used for a week of skiing without noticeable wax loss. I waxed with CH4 a week and a half ago. Skiing in temperatures from below 0 F to 15 F, they still show no wax loss. The skis are fast, even with the new warm "plus" grind in very cold conditions.
So, basically, my conclusion is that at least some unwaxed skis don't go bad at a noticeable rate.My experience with "oxidized" looking skis were on some Atomics from the late '90s that always turned white, even after metal scraping. From what I've read, I think many of those skis had bases already "cooked" or otherwise bad directly from the factory because others shared that problem and it often remained a problem after stonegrinding. Other skis of mine have looked whitish from scratches or abrasion (color change caused by p-tex"hair"/texture), and, on classic skis, kick wax deposition.
If I buy a pair of new skis which have been laying around a storage
room for several years are they oxidized? I read untreated bases will
begin gaining pollutants and oxidized unless protected with storage
wax. So would these skis need to be lightly steel scraped or grinded?
I bought a pair of skis which are 4 years old but still in the
wrapper. After hot boxing them with warm and then cold wax I swear I
can't get them to be fast and they look dry after short workouts. It
would be interesting to know a time line when "new" bases are to far
gone and need re-surfacing.
That phrase 'laying around a storage room' sounds ominous. I hope you do the squeeze test and check for tracking before buying. That defunct photoprinter awaiting disposal could just have been standing on one of the tips at one stage, by sheer accident of course. Mike
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