This is most of what comes through the door. Anything with a hole in it belongs on the repairs page.
The side edge goes to 88° and the base edge to 1° unless you ask for something else. We file, then stone, then take the burr off by hand, so the edge bites on ice without catching in soft snow. The hot wax goes on afterwards, because a file leaves the base dry.
Ironed in, left to cool for an hour, scraped and brushed. We choose the hardness from the snow temperature for the week you are skiing, which is why we ask.
The base is ground flat on the stone and given a fresh structure, then the edges go back to set angles and the hot wax goes on. This is what to ask for once a season, or after a week on a rental-shop wax.
A fine stone structure, edges to your own angles and three layers of hot wax, each one cooled and brushed before the next. It takes four working days and must be arranged ahead.
Wax by snow temperature
Five bands from deep cold to spring slush. The green shows where each one sits on a bar from minus 20 to plus 5, with ticks at minus 10 and zero.
It is a piece of stiff paper we punch each time. It does not expire, and it works for skis and boards alike, so a family can share one.
No fluorinated wax. We stopped using it and we are not starting again. For cross-country skis we do glide wax only, so no grip wax and no klister.
Everything else we say no to is listed on the workshop page.