How to Use a Groove Scraper for Waxing Skis

Re-waxed your skis, from time to time, just to clean up any dirt that has accumulated and give the base of the ski a fresh polish for better maneuvering on the slopes. The recommended method for cleaning and waxing skis is to perform a hot scraping. This process entails pouring hot wax on the base surface of the ski and scraping off the wax while it is still hot. A groove scraper is a tool specifically designed for ensuring a smooth ski base.

Things You'll Need

  • Iron
  • Ski wax
  • Groove scraper
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Instructions

    • 1

      Get the iron hot. Hold your ski wax against the iron and distribute the hot, dripping wax over the base of the ski. Iron down the wax onto the ski as if you were ironing clothes.

    • 2

      Hold the groove scraper with two hands. Scrape the wax off the ski while the wax is still hot. Get leverage by positioning the scraper at a downward angle and scrape away from your body in powerful, long strokes.

    • 3

      Rotate the groove scraper until you find a shape on the tool that matches the groove inlays of your ski. Scrape the wax in the groove inlays away from you following the direction of the groove. Scrape until you have scraped away all the wax.