I just used Renew for the first time and it had a 24 hour cure and is hazy. So far, the skis look worse than when I started. Still have other things to do to them so I am hoping this clears up. Certainly not sold on the stuff at this point. Did hot scrapes first, although they'd been tuned, waxed and stored at the end of last season, then hot scraped, waxed, and used two days before coming home again. (They really didn't need hot scraping, in other words, but I didn't want to strip the skis before using this stuff.). Renew has a very oily smell while being ironed, and seems quite sticky. After the 24 hour cure I scraped and brushed, then scraped and brushed again because of how the ski felt and looked. Starting to apply next wax layers now hoping this improves. Right now, definitely not sold on the stuff. But the proof is in how the ski does going forward. They looked beautiful and glossy and in need of nothing when I started. Now cloudy/hazy.
Sibhusky,
I'm not a Dominator rep but if you go to their site, they have email links. IIRC the guy is out of Stratten. I have talked to him a couple times via phone and email setting up deals for the race club. Good guy and I'm sure would answer any questions.
What I do know is the first time I used this I had the same issue (not with Renew but Race Zoom - Previous Rep straightened me out) but it was because I didn't let them cure long enough. That certainly doesn't sound like your issue.
Guessing, is it possible the application period (time heating the wax on the ski) was shortened or the iron wasn't hot enough? Again, I'm guessing.
Also, Renew is a very soft wax that is designed I believe to use to hot scrape to clean the skis and to prep the ski with a substrate that makes a better bond for following harder waxes being applied.
Another thought is how they were stored during the cure period. Again guessing but if you waxed them then put them out side it might have short cycled the cure process.
From Dominator's Tech Education link:
"Delivering wax to the base: The time element Sufficient time must be allowed between ironing and scraping: When the wax is melted (liquid), the cards are in random positions, away from each other. As the wax cools and solidifies, the cards are on top of each other but they are not stacked well and internal friction is high. After some time the cards organize themselves to the tight deck and the minimum internal friction.
The cooling must be slow, if it happens too quickly (like taking a warm ski outside) the cards freeze in a position that has higher internal friction. Typical “cooling” times between ironing and scraping are overnight for very soft waxes, three hours for normal (pink, universal) waxes, one hour for cold range waxes, and around 15 minutes for extreme cold waxes. If sufficient waiting time is not available, paste or rub-on waxes are the best options."
Though you won't get a brilliant shine with Renew like you would with harder wax, they shouldn't look hazy,
Here's Naga's contact info from their site as well:
North America
Naga Kusumi
Dominator Wax USA
PO Box 440
Stratton Mt, VT 05155
TEL: 917-273-0818
Email: Naga(at)dominatorwax.com
He's also a Race Coach so you might not get hold of him until after the weekend.
I just did four pairs of skis with Renew or Race Renew and did not have this issue. My basement never gets below 55 and is where I store them during the cure process. In the thread on using Fiberlene I laid out the steps I went through. Because I had so many pairs to do and needing a total of 9 hours of cure time (Renew, Zoom, Zoom), I was using a timer for the three hours except the last coat that went over night. All the Renew applications, whether Renew or Race Renew, were right at three hours.
Sorry to hear you're having this struggle. I'm a big believer of Dominator and is all I use. I'm sure Naga (or others here) can get this sorted out.
Ken