Sharpening and Waxing Skis 

I have been dealing with Kunstadt Sports (primarily Bank street locations) since 1985 and their staff and the family have never disappointed in product or service. My quiver has seven pair and all the accessories and all still in use. Following Mr. Kunstadt's lead or advice of my favorite technician (Gaetan@South Bank St. Location) will put u in good stead on the slopes...guaranteed. Truly a family operated and local business brand, with dedicated employees for which I only have good things to say. (No I do not work for them, they simply have earned my trust and loyalty)

It is so reassuring to learn from an expert. Clear, concise, logical and practical information you can count on. Thank you for taking the time to educate us mere mortals.

This is the best home tuning guide so far on RU-vid. Uses all stuff a home tuner would have, covers everything, and shows subtle things other insturctionals did wrong like oxidizing the ptex candle. Good job and thanks

I really appreciate how you point out the differences of finish and WHY we would want these finishes. Same with the edge angles. That’s stuff most people don’t know. Like a more textured finish for soft or powder snow, Vs polished for hard pack. Been skiing since 84 and had no idea about this!!!

The best ski tuning video, by far. Thank you sir for sharing your wisdom!

best video I've seen on tuning and I've watched about 7 of them.

Excellent guide. Very well explained in a very assuring manner. The teaching style is first class. Really well done. Thanks for sharing some of your lifetime experience.

I'm gonna be honest, I can't take the logo of the store too seriously, but I'll trust this man witheverything about my skis.

I have previously been sharpening and waxing my own ski’s. Mainly by trial and error because the ski techs in resort do-not give away there secrets easily. I am pleased to find a guy who knows his “stuff” I think i have previously being doing it right but i have learned a lot from him. Thanks

I have been skiing since the early 1950s. I once worked in ski rental shops and elsewhere in several ski areas. However, all my ski repair and preparation knowledge is quite out of date. For example, I have repaired many screw-on metal edges. You know, like a winter dinosaur. SO: I am very happy to learn these things in this video. I can carefully handle the sharpening tools because I am a good chain saw sharpener. Everything about the ski base was new to me. It has all changed for the better since my day. Everything I once knew and did is quite out of date. One thing I am sorry about is I threw out a lot of ski wax when I was moving. It turns out it was all the right colors. Anyway, I learned quite a lot, and I thank you!

Totally agree with Ken Masters. Most useful home tuning video I have seen and very comprehensive.

Killer video. Hits all the important parts with no bs in between. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing everything in such a clear way, I now know how to correctly use the Ptex candle. The tip about putting the strap in between the skis for protection is really helpful too, never heard anyone say that before.

Thanks so much for sharing your expertise, this is definitely the most complete ski tuning video.

Very good video, explains what the different tools do and when and why to use them. Useful tips on cheap materials. The instructions are clear and you can see clearly what he is doing. Great tutorial video i can now go and try out tuning my own skis.

Thank you for an informational presentation. I appreciate your comments and video.

Thank you for teaching everything with great detail and professionaly! Busted some myths there (many channels recommend using steal brush AFTER waxing!)

Wonderful expertise. Very helpful. Thank you!

I've seen quite a few videos but this one includes everything, wish I saw this first

Thanks alot for sharing your deep knowledge with simple and easy understanable explanation!

Great teacher! Great explanation and best tuning and waxing video I've seen so far!! Nice work!

You sir are the best! Thank you for the video!

Skis Doctor 👍🏼 master, thank you very much for the video.

Bosch belt sander with a fine belt does the edges nicely.

Thank you..... I feel like I'm ready to tune my own skis.

Very well done. Thanks

Outstanding presentation. Thank You

Thanks for the great video. The only thing i have been thought in the basics, is that you have to do every movement like sharpening edges or scraping the base from the tip to the tail of the ski. Is there any reason why you do it the other way around while sharpening edges? thanks so far

great video, thank you so much!

This guy really knows what he's doing

Thank you for this!

Great tip at the end of the video!

Thank you for the great video :)

Amazing. Each video I watch makes me more and more confused. I purchased a ski tuner kit. Came with a lot of stuff, but no nylon brush for example. It has a nylon/copper brush though. So I need to buy a nylon brush. Some video says you MUST use a cleaner wax. Some like this don't even mentions this. I did use a power sander as the surface had a lot of small scratches and got tired of the manual sanding. I used 600 and then 1500 grit sandpaper. The bottom now is smooth. I think I also removed all the old wax with simple green and of course the sanding. I have a "wax" absolutely no idea what temperature it is, so I will need to hope it is what I need. So many different techniques and procedures and I have no idea which one is better or not. I do ski fast and mostly blacks but not really a pro on setup of the ski. I think I will pay for a tune-up next time as it is the most confusing thing I have ever seen. I watched 6 video's and each was a little different and use different tools, different waxes, different brushes, different technique to remove scratch, remove rust, etc. I think my power sander method is the fastest. Not sure if the best but I don't think the ski will mind the small scratches the 1500 grit did. It had a lot more before and those were making the ski surface rough, while now it is completely smooth.

Exelent !

Excellent thank you already bought all my own equipment and use this tutorial for reference every time i tune / wax my skis ,,, does it make me faster ??? I'm trying :)

Should i use a fresh clean scouring pad for the post-wax clean?

I chose this video amongst all the other returned results because the speaker's face was on the thumbnail of the video. I could tell he is older, wiser and has been doing this for a long time. I didn't want to learn this from a young punk. Well done! Very helpful video.

Where can you buy the little sleeves to do the base angles. Can you post a link?

When would you use a horsehair brush?

Do not and I can't stress this enough, do not ever touch the base edge. As a 20 year ski tech this will ruin your skis and it will be very difficult to ever get your ski back to running great.

1:13 this high tech stuff we call a rubber band in Europe

This guy is awesome! Although I still think it's dumb to wax the ski and then scrape it off, let's be real it doesn't fucken soak in! They are made of metal and fiberglass or carbon fiber those material wrong absorb fucken wax!

100% + + top flight across-the-board!! One tip.................. HERTEL WAX. Unparalleled.

Great video. Thank You :)