How to Clean the Wax From a Skate Ski

Skate skiing is a fast form of cross country skiing. Skate skis are narrow and use specialized bindings and boots where the skier simulates an ice skating stride that glides the ski over the snow. Skate skis do not use kick wax unlike their traditional cousins. Glide wax is used on skate skis and occasionally needs to be redone or changed. To change, first remove the old wax. Removing glide wax off the bottom of skate skis follows the same process used for removing wax from cross country skis.

Things You'll Need

  • Ski work bench
  • Ski vise
  • Plastic wax scraper
  • Scotch Brite
  • Nylon stiff bristled brush
  • Horse hair brush
  • Ski cork
  • Paper towels
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place the skate skis in the vise, so their bases are facing up and lock them into the vise on the ski work bench.

    • 2

      Scrape excess glide wax off the base by using the edge of the plastic scraper. Start at the back of the ski base and push the scraper forward toward the tip of the ski. When you reach the end of the ski, pick up the scraper, move to the rear of the ski and scrape again. Go only in one motion--toward the front.

    • 3

      Spray some Scotch Brite onto the remaining wax. Brush the Scotch Brite into the remaining glide wax using the stiff bristled nylon brush. Again, push the brush form the rear of the ski to the tip.

    • 4

      Wipe off the ski bases with the paper towels. These absorb the Scotch Brite and the wax it dissolved. Brush the bottom with the horse hair brush.

    • 5

      Rub the ski bases with the ski cork, going from the rear of the ski base to the tip. Rub to smooth out the ski base of any remaining wax.