T179O Brush oval, steel

You brush skis to get rid of any excess glide wax and to polish the surface. First, use a coarse brush, immediately after scraping, such as a bronze brush, then polish with a nylon brush to finish.

Video: How to glide wax cross-country skis

We have different brushes with different features. Brushes are used to freshen up the ski base, remove dirt from the glide zone and to brush away glide wax after heating.

We recommend a combi brush or bronze brush and to polish with a nylon brush to finish.

For beginners who want to glide skis, we recommend a combi brush consisting of bronze and nylon. The bronze brush is used to remove glide wax from the ski base, while the nylon brush polishes the surface.

Learn to prep skis here: Swix school – How to prep your skis

We recommend a combi brush or bronze brush and polish with a nylon brush to finish.

1. Removing excess glide wax with a bronze brush
2. Polishing with a nylon brush

First, use the coarsest brush, then a finer one to get into the grooves properly. You can also use roto brushes. For roto brushes, we have good combi brushes in horsehair and steel or horsehair and nylon.

Learn to prep skis here: Swix school – How to prep your skis

You can use the same for everything. What you need is a coarse steel/bronze/horsehair brush and a fine nylon brush for final polishing.

When using it for all types of skis and snowboards, it’s a good idea to use the square hand-held brushes (e.g. the T179B Brush rectangular ) or single 100-mm wide roto brushes (e.g. the T16M Rotobrush horsehair ).

You can use a hand-held wire brush and a hand-held nylon brush for almost everything. If you want to use a roto brush, you must use a drill that holds approx. 1500RPM and use a 100-mm brush in horsehair and nylon.

Learn to prep skis here: Swix school – How to prep your skis

It depends on your desired result, how much time you want to spend and your budget. You will get better results by using different brushes. If you're planning to prep multiple pairs of skis, it’s worth investing in a roto brush. Here are our recommendations:

Beginner: Combi brush

Training: Handheld Steel/Bronze Brush and Nylon Brush

Competing:

• Roto 140-mm Combi Brushes Horse/Steel and Horsehair/Nylon for cross-country skis
• Single 100-mm horse hair and nylon for downhill/snowboarding
• Roto fleece and wool for applying TS liquid and hard gliders (e.g. Marathon ) 

Learn to prep skis here: Swix school – How to prepare skis

Roto wool is an innovation in waxing, allowing you to get top glide without using a hot waxing iron. Roto wool is often used as a topping on skis to get a thin film with glide wax that glides well.

You will need:

• Roto wool 100 mm (Cross-country) or 140 mm (Downhill/Snowboard)
• Roto Handle 100 mm (Cross-country) or 140 mm (Downhill/Snowboard)
• Swix Marathon Wax

Here you can see a video on how we recommend using roto wool: Get a better glide with a roto brush

Roto brushes are attached to a drill that has a speed of approximately 1500 revolutions per minute. Make sure you don't apply too much pressure, but let the brush do the work. Brush away from you, preferably in the gliding direction. First use a coarse horsehair brush and then a fine nylon brush to polish.

You will need:

• Rotobrush horsehair T16M
• Rotobrush nylon T17W
• Rotobrush combi horsehair and nylon T15DB
• Roto Handle 100 mm or 140 mm

Video: How to use a roto brush

Roto Fleece is used to apply our new TS liquid glide waxes. It can also be used to apply our other liquid products (e.g. HS6 Liquid ).

1. Spray on a thin layer of TS liquid (e.g. TS6 Liquid )
   • Use a felt cork, spray on the felt and glide it out
2. Let it dry at room temperature for at least 10 minutes
3. Use Roto Fleece T18F-2
4. Polish with blue nylon T17W
   

Video: Swix TS Liquid with roto fleece

Roto cork (T18C Roto brush cork ) is used for heating glide wax and liquid products, but for best results with liquid products we recommend Roto Fleece.

Video: Swix TS Liquid with roto fleece

Roto wool is mostly used for Marathon, but can also be used on other hard gliders.

Designed specifically for longer distances on fresher and clean snow.

Marathon Black is specially designed for wet conditions and dirty snow.

You will need:

• Roto wool 100 mm (Cross-country) or 140 mm (Downhill/Snowboard)
• Roto Handle 100 mm (Cross-country) or 140 mm (Downhill/Snowboard)
• Swix Marathon Wax

Here you can see a video on how we recommend using roto wool: Get a better glide with Roto Brush

Roto Cover Suction will reduce dust in your waxing booth.

We recommend using a vacuum cleaner that is easy to wash out. Do not use your normal vacuum cleaner. When you prepare skis and use brushes, there will be a very fine dust that can quickly ruin an ordinary vacuum cleaner. A normal vacuum cleaner will then get the filter full of glider dust and will potentially be destroyed.

Now you can also buy a flexi hose and attach it to the roto cover with suction and suction on the waxing iron. You may also want to angle the roto cover.