[Smolenski7]

I was on another forum, Bestlawn.info, and one of the posters put this up as a way to protect the underside of a mower's deck. I've been looking for a way to not only protect the deck but a way to keep the grass from sticking. Any opinions?

Here's the post:

If you have rust, I recommend the following:
1. Sand/wire brush the heavy rust. Ideally you get it to bare steel.
2. Treat bare metal with a metal etch with something like Eastwood's "Fast Etch"
3. Prime with a chassis coat primer (get at NAPA)
4. Paint with a chassis coat.

This is a very durable set-up and if you spray the deck every year with fluid film it will last a loooong time.

 

[larrybl]

Pull the deck
1. Clean by scrapeing, Wire brush ect.
2. Wash with Simple Green.
3. Paint with a good spray enamual

Do yearly

I don't think there is a product that will prevent "sticking" or last more than a year in sandy soil.

 

[Cat385B]

Remove Deck.
Clean deck.
Paint deck.
Wax deck.
Repeat.

 

[Smolenski7]

Sounds like a good winter project. I think I'll try a chassis with a good primer. My deck has been through about 160 hours the last 3 years, so I could use it. The paint is all but totally gone and there is a bit of rust....not too much though.

 

[wh55]

i've been using rustolium oil base paint,seems to hold up well...i should do it every year but i admit i slack off at times

 

[Toolin]

More deck clean/protect discussion than you probably care to read...

 

[Smolenski7]

Anybody know anything about por-15 or Eastman's Extreme Chassis paints?

 

[hgl1]

Pressure wash the deck and let it competely dry then coat with JD Graphite paint. Used mine all summer and none of the paint came off even at the discharge chute. I used 1 whole can to coat it and a couple of coats near the discharge chute even tho' it is a mulching deck. When we cut wet grass with it some would stick to the bottom and as soon as we fired it up to cut the next next time the dried out grass will drop into the blades and end up as more mulch. That stuff is soooo slippery that not much sticks to it. I will recoat in the spring more for preventitive maintenance than anything else.

 

[U.S.A Tractor Joe]

I used a 4 inch flap wheel on my angle grinder after scraping and the wire brush. This was on the 42" deck on my White lt-14.

I then brushed on a primer sealer, and painted light ford blue. Some of the paint has worn off already,...must be the nature of the beast.

I could have had it sandblasted.

 

[fergus]

wow, sounds like a lot of effort, but I guess those mower decks can be quite thin.

with my tractor toppers I have a pickup truck liner prayed onto them! I have also done this with trailers and the floor of an older ford tractor. the stuff works really well.

 

[gray wolf]

instead of putting teflon on frying pans maybe they should be putting it on mower decks.don,t know maybe it would.n hold up.

 

[Toolin]

Teflon is notoriously difficult to get to stick to anything (that's kind of the point). This includes the frying pans it is used on. Because of this, it is not very durable and easily scratches off. This is why you're not supposed to use metal utensils on a teflon pan.

So I think on a mowing deck Teflon would be gone in short order. It's a pretty hostile environment.

Polished stainless steel, on the other hand, while probably prohibitively expensive, would probably work quite well.

 

[PA318Guy]

They do have Teflon paint available for coating equipment. I have some in the basement waiting till I can paint my deck next spring!

 

[Tracor_Newbie]

You can use PAM cooking spray on shovels to make snow slide right off.
(I know silicone spray might be the "professional" choice, but I know more people with a can of PAM within arms reach.) Maybe it would work on a mower deck too?

 

[marlboro180]

Anybody know anything about por-15 or Eastman's Extreme Chassis paints?

If you check out MTF members Ruadub's site, you will find his posts on Chassis Paints.

http://www.1969supersport.com/03chassis2011.jpg

Here is a teaser... well founded, wonderfully executed, and beautiful 2 part paints.