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...base serves various purposes; it keeps the water from soaking into the wood, it fills in scratches and dents, thus giving the ski a smooth running surface, and the surface wax will adhere much better to a base than it will to the raw wood...
...important functions of waxing are first, putting on the base, and second the surface wax...
...sheet copper. Sore at heart that I am so empty-headed on nature. Watch the workmen attach the needles and leaves to a wire, first twisting each into boughs. Many single wires are twisted for the bare branches of other trees. Hardwood trees. One man making figures of wax for the big model; leaves them naked. Musculature must be correct before they can be clothed. To a corner to examine the unfinished model. Its plastic terrain has been completed and part of the surface painted. Trees have been soldered and painted according to colored sketches. The background is in place...
...Wax varies in hardness and is classified as hard, medium and soft. The hardest waxes are for gliding or increasing speed down hill. The soft waxes are for climbing, and medium waxes are used for both up and down hill. There are some exceptions to the above, as Lard wax will soften as the temperature rises. The climbing properties of waxes are increased if the wax is applied thickly, the most satisfactory method being to build it up in layers. However, many skillful skiers know nothing of the intricasics of ski wax...
...suggestion is to go to any reliable dealer and get about three grades of wax, and become familiar with the use of it. I will be glad to help solve personally your ski problems...