Waxing Irons

Maybe I don't know what I've been missing, but my el-cheapo clothes iron set, if memory serves, in the "permanent press" range, does the trick quite well for me. Steam holes and all. You guys have me wondering if I should succumb to iron envy. It is time for me to finally accept that I should have bought new ski clamps a few years ago...

I have a Maplus, which is also branded as Wintersteiger and maybe some other brands. Pretty sure it was made in Japan. Got it from Slide Wright. It has a 1/2" plate and yields better waxing than a dirtbag clothes iron, perhaps because of the steam holes.

I wax outside on a covered porch. I think it is harder to get the wax to soak into cold skis so it helps if you leave each ski inside till the last minute on super cold nights but it works fine.

I wax outside on a covered porch. I think it is harder to get the wax to soak into cold skis so it helps if you leave each ski inside till the last minute on super cold nights but it works fine.

Excellent tip. Thanks. Do you think it matters if the ski sits outside while the wax hardens? I seem to remember someone mentioning that you should let the ski sit for a half hour in a room at room temperature before scraping.

I'm a telemarker, so naturally I have a thriftstore special.  It cost me $1.50, but I scoured all the local markets to find one w/o holes.  I may be cheap, but I have standards.
I also go by the 'no smoke' thermosetting.  Works well.
Ski bench is a couple of saw horses with a  6" length of cut up bike tire nailed to the top of each one.  Works great. -Spent way too many years wrestling with skis on a workbench before I tried this!

Thrifty special.  Holes don't matter.  Not impressed by so called wax irons; they still make a mess.  Key is proper spreading, proper scraping, and so on...