The first rule of Wax Club is 'Don't overthink it'.
The second rule of Wax Club is 'Knock yourself out, literally dork yourself to death, smear the balls of your feet in pasteurised Swix and get a PhD in the hydroresistant properties of paraffined stearates in a conditions of contact-friction melt on p-tex bases on crystallised snow'.
Everyone's probably got a somewhat different philosophy/ limit to their dorkery/ levels of perfection/ patience. And everyone skis in different terrain and conditions, too.
But I think it's probably good advice to say that grip wax is basically easy. Do what the tins say, so you don’t get ice on the bottom of your skis or slip around. Look at YouTube if you want tips of how to cork it in.
The kits of grip wax essentials come with a cork and a couple of plastic scrapers, which are really useful. This kind of thing:
https://www.swixsport.com/us/ski-wax/wa ... 5950000239 You may need some colder wax if it gets colder where you live. The brand's not essential. These kits are probably 20 USD cheaper than buying the bits and pieces individually. I predict you won't be using the klister in this kit.
If it's your very first time out using grip wax in the grip zone and other wax on the glide surfaces, there's probably some merit in getting your bases prepped in a shop first (ie., they'll iron in some glide wax on the glide surfaces for you so you don't need to think about it for a couple of months). Although glide wax isn't essential for the kind of skiing you want to do, and while there's very little you can do to your un-waxed bases that can't be fixed with the rub of a fine fibertex pad (other than the kind of damage that glide wax won't prevent anyway) I daresay it's good to get something on there to protect them.
I'm suggesting this because If you're really just getting to grips with grip wax, I think you'll probably want to concentrate on focussing on how to get that right. Not worrying about glide/ Polar/ ironing/ whatever makes that a bit simpler.
But even the glidy bits can be as simple as you want them to be, honestly.
Over a season I'll use nothing at all, Swix Polar, glide spray, and ironed-on solid wax on the glidy bits of different skis. Very often I use nothing at all because, well, it's not a race, and besides look at that snow, let's go. If you have nothing on you don't have to clean your bases to put something else on. I do like to use my favourite skis in all conditions and I go fast enough. On the other hand, I do like to try stuff out, because the dorkery's fun too, and I am a bit of a ski dork... shiny bases are sexy, and before you go out for a long trip you feel like an explorer preparing your gear for the north pole. But everyone has a different philosophy.
Swix Polar tip to tail is probably the closest you can get to a simple, universal, all-conditions rub solution. But sometimes, you either just want to go, or you feel like dialling in the glide a bit because... why not? The sprays are really good now. Using an iron's a pain in the rectum if you're not in the mood for it.
I don’t know about skins for those awesome military surplus Åsnes skis you’ve bought, but I know someone will have some advice! The commercial Åsnes skis are very versatile in that department.