Home wax room

[Sibhusky]

Tons of us do. Many threads on the subject.

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[Dwight]

Maybe, but a little glittered.

 

[mdf]

What's your set up look like?

A mess actually. Especially in summer when non-ski stuff accumulates.

But when the time comes, it works.

 

[Dave Gomme]

A mess actually. Especially in summer when non-ski stuff accumulates.

But when the time comes, it works.

good thing i didnt show my garage. haha

 

[PisteOff]

Now that I live in close proximity to skiing again it was time to get a tuning set up again. Just finished this bench this morning. Spent a good portion of yesterday on it. Still have a shelf to put up and lighting. I’ll post again when it is complete.

 

[anders_nor]

I need some more ideas for containing wax scrapings and drips.. and also maybe some rotobrush?

my new tenants are also avid skiers! so ideas for outside wax room also welcome, I said they could do it outside their side of the house (renting out part of the house to someone on youth national crosscountry team)

 

[snwbrdr]

I need some more ideas for containing wax scrapings and drips.. and also maybe some rotobrush?

my new tenants are also avid skiers! so ideas for outside wax room also welcome, I said they could do it outside their side of the house (renting out part of the house to someone on youth national crosscountry team)

Put a cheap Harbor Freight tarp on the floor under the work bench

 

[Dave Marshak]

Keep the wax off the floor. Work out a way to hold the ski six inches back from the edge of the bench, ditch the iron and get an infrared paint curing lamp to melt the wax.
You’re welcome.

 

[cantunamunch]

Interesting - I apparently have a thread I am only just now posting in.

Cool? *Flexes Fingers of Peerless Power*

 

[Dave Gomme]

I need some more ideas for containing wax scrapings and drips.. and also maybe some rotobrush?

my new tenants are also avid skiers! so ideas for outside wax room also welcome, I said they could do it outside their side of the house (renting out part of the house to someone on youth national crosscountry team)

I had a big piece of rubber roofing left over. I cut that down to size and placed it under my waxing table. super easy to clean.

 

[Dave Marshak]

I had a big piece of rubber roofing left over. I cut that down to size and placed it under my waxing table. super easy to clean.

That's better than a tarp, but you're still walking around on the wax drippings. The problem is that typical vises hold the ski over the edge of the table. Better to move the ski back from the edge and keep most of the wax off the floor. Save the vise for when you need to do base flattening or structuring.

dm

 

[mdf]

I've never seen it, but I've heard some people use a section of rain gutter to catch scrapings.

I manage my scrapings with a cardboard box on a stool under the end of the ski. If the initial scrape is heavy, I run a small box next to the scraper as I go.

 

[Sibhusky]

I do my scraping with the scraper angled diagonally at first so most of the wax goes on the bench. I'll change to a normal angle as the amount of wax is reduced. I have a large box under the "tail" end of the bench to catch wax and I use an old scraper to move the loose wax on the bench into the box. There is a rubber-backed mat on the floor just in case. It's got carpet on top, but it's got years before it'll need replacement.

The rotobrush has a shield so the existing set up catches any downward bits.

 

[cantunamunch]

I do my scraping with the scraper angled diagonally at first so most of the wax goes on the bench. I'll change to a normal angle as the amount of wax is reduced.

^this.

 

[SkiMore]

Another option is to add a piece of wood in front of the bench that serves as a tray to catch the wax scrapings. @Doug Briggs posted a while back here https://www.skitalk.com/threads/vises.7604/post-180242. I copied this design, and it works well.

 

[cantunamunch]

I actually thought of doing that on my old* FKS vise bench. Then got an attack of lazy and opened a red wine bottle.
Maybe next season. Or the one after that.

*made in my first postgraduate group house - from lumber from my college waterbed.
#patina

 

[anders_nor]

Put a cheap Harbor Freight tarp on the floor under the work bench

tarp is the plan for the outside as of now, tiles are tempting as well

 

[PisteOff]

Ok, it’s finished.

 

[mikes781]

One of those pairs looks familiar. Shop looks great! Wish I could mine they organized lol.

 

[PisteOff]

One of those pairs looks familiar. Shop looks great! Wish I could mine they organized lol.

Thank you. I love the Stocklis. I only got a couple days on them last year. They’re going to get a lot of days this season.