Re: [XC] BIRKIE TOKO WAX RECOMMENDATION

[Clare Seguin]

Title: Re: [XC] BIRKIE TOKO WAX RECOMMENDATION

Help! I'm preparing for my first Birkie and am worried about doing a good job of waxing (skates). This last e-mail only made matters worse. Can anyone help me decipher this, or offer other tips/advice? Specifically, should the first two layers ALSO be ironed in, or just the third? What DO you do, if not iron them? Why NOT scrape the third layer? How do you polish? Is there an incantation I should be chanting while doing all this? And by the way, what do y'all think of the new wax in a tube? I like the idea of not breathing flouros....  Please pass on any solace and wisdom you care to share. I guess I could just take them to a shop, but who? The grouchy guy on Monroe St., or the snowboarders downtown? Yarghh.... Glide:  Dibloc LF Molybdenum, scrape, brush, Dibloc HF Blue, scrape, brush.  Iron in JetStream Old Snow, brush, and polish.  Lightly rub on JetStream Old Snow and polish.  **Wave 2 and later should substitute HF Red for HF Blue** -- Clare Seguin REACH  Program Lincoln Elementary School 909 Sequoia Trail Madison, Wi. 53713 (608)267-4262   X150 (608)241-5663  (home)