Klister can be applied with a plastic blade or with the palm of the hand.

Klister is also colour-coded: red, purple, blue and silver.

The first commercially produced synthetic adhesive was Karlsons klister in the 1920s.

Klister, which helps get a grip in warm snow, was invented and patented in 1913 by Peter Østbye.

Klister is discouraging for amateurs, as it is very sticky, it is easy to apply but very difficult to remove.

Since klister is a non-polar substance, a non-polar solvent (such as mineral spirits) or a soap is necessary to remove it.

One must therefore resort to klister, which is a glue-like paste (in Scandinavian languages "klister" means "glue").

Friction, of course, is gravity's near cousin, yet the klister wax outsmarts it, not only on the level stretches but also when the trail narrows past some birch and starts gradually to climb.

In times when Kick wax and Klister don't produce enough grip, skiers will sometimes make Hairies: a process of turning the skis into waxless cross country skis by roughing up the base significantly.

A significant advance for cross country racing was the introduction of klister, for good kick in warm snow; klister was invented and patented in 1913 by Peter Østbye.

Letting our retriever, Cider, hop in the back of the station wagon, I drive up into the hills that rise behind my home, smear some klister on the skis, clip my boots in place, harness up the pack and start out.

There are times when neither kick wax nor klister can create effective grip; a technique that is not technically waxing is used to create grip in a particularly specific snow/air temperature (around 0 C) and snow grain (new, abrasive snow).

Klister is notoriously sticky and deserves its reputation as a difficult wax to use, but is excellent when used in icy conditions (below freezing, when the snow has lost good crystal structure) or with snow that is relatively warm and wet (above freezing).

A waxless ski is inferior to a finely tuned waxed ski, but does not require the sometimes time-consuming and sometimes costly selection and application of kick wax or klister and will work between temperatures, an important advantage in areas with many sun/shadow boundaries.