Also, always keep the iron moving. Too much heat will damage the base of the ski. The bigger and thicker the iron the more steady the heat will be. Kick waxing can seem like a mysterious and complicated process, but it really is quite simple. You only need to make two determinations to pick the right wax.
Old snow gets klister and new snow gets stick wax.
The temperature determines which color of wax to use. To reiterate, here is how you choose between stick and klister. After the snow has thawed and frozen a few times it is transformed and you need to use klister. Manmade snow at Weston starts out transformed so you always need klister for it. This means you only should apply it from the end of your heel forward an equal distance in front of your binding.