[AT] Mower Deck Coating

[Dean VP]

Gene:

Vely intelesting. I've tried a few coatings but not with any real success.
The coatings I have tried seemed to do the job but didn't seem to last very
long. I too prepped the deck before painting by sandblasting. My analysis
was the stuff I had used just wasn't hard enough. It stuck but wore off. 

Epoxy resin sounds like a significant step forward. I've heard of others who
have had the decks coated with P/U bed coating with good luck as well. Maybe
it really is similar stuff. 

In our constant wet weather mowing conditions it is very difficult to keep
the underside of the deck clean for good mowing and the constant wetness
brings on the rust.  Decks don't last long here. 

I'm going to try your suggested coating on any deck that I know won't be
used for a couple weeks or so. That may be this fall at current grass
growing rates. 

I've also considered powder coating the underside of the deck but the only
place I've checked about that quoted me a price that caused my hemorrhoids
to flare up. :-) 

We can almost watch the grass growing right now and not get bored. Lot's of
spring rains and absolutely gorgeous sunny weather the last few days. The
Dandelions seem to grow at night, go into bloom and shed their seeds before
you wake up the next morning. Nasty suckers. By the time I get one end of
the lot mowed the other end needs to be mowed again. Seems to me there are
other things that need to get done besides mowing the lawn.  

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Gene Dotson
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 5:32 PM
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Subject: [AT] Mower Deck Coating

    A few months ago someone posted a question asking what to
paint the underside of a mower deck to keep grass from sticking.
    I have had the same problem on my John Deere 240 and last
week after spending 2 hours scraping the grass from the deck, I
decided to do something about it.
    For the last couple of years I have been pondering the idea
of coating the underside of the deck with epoxy resin. So after
getting all the grass scraped out, I cleaned the deck with my
angle grinder and wire brush and then sandblasted it. After a
light sanding and cleaning, I mixed a batch of epoxy resin and
painted it on.
    Today I finally had a chance to try it out and it is amazing
the difference it has made with the mower. The grass doesn't
stick at all and blows out much more freely. The grass comes out
almost completely whole and not mulched up like it did before. I
was able to mow a gear faster and not even work the governor. I
mowed my lawn in 4th gear and my airstrip in 5 th gear. The
finish of the mower is much better too.
    This is too good not to pass along.

                        Gene

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