[AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing

[charlie hill]

Larry I just spent about 15 minutes searching just out of curiosity.  All I 
found were aerosols, some of them going out of production, and folks looking 
for the stick type.  Someone else might have more luck.  I don't need any 
but if I knew what was in it I think I'd try to cook up a batch.

Someone suggested trying places like motion industries.  I searched Granger 
Industrial Supply and McMaster-Carr and didn't find anything.

Charlie

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From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:37 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing

> Google or Yahoo for Belt Dressing Stick and you'll probably get several 
> pages of sources.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 13:24
> Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>> I find the flat belts are very subject to slipping and the
>> slightest
>> mis-alignment of pulleys. The other day I hitched the Cockshutt
>> 50 up to the
>> hammer mill with the long (30 feet) flat belt and got it right
>> first time.
>> It ran for the entire 150 bushels of oats with no problems of
>> slippage or
>> running off the end of the pulley. More good luck than good
>> judgement I'd
>> say. Some times I can try numerous attempts to correct the
>> alignemnt by
>> moving the tractor fractionally one way or the other with no
>> success. .
>> I did not know Princess Auto store was not available to you but
>> if memory
>> serves me this belt dressing might have been a Wynns product.
>> I'll try and
>> remember to check next time I am near it.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gunnells, Bradley R" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
>>
>>
>> > Thanks Mike. I guess I should have mentioned it's a flat belt.
>> When
>> > cutting the blade slows considerably and that is when it tries
>> to walk off
>> > the pulley. If I could get it to not slip then I can fiddle
>> with the
>> > alignment.
>> >
>> > Thanks everyone
>> > Brad
>> > On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
>> >
>> >> Bread - It has been my experience that a belt coming off the
>> pulley is
>> >> usually the result of conditions not related to the need for "belt
>> >> dressing".
>> >>
>> >> One cause is an old belt that has softened or been damaged
>> and no longer
>> >> maintains its profile. Another problem is a decent belt but
>> one with the
>> >> wrong "V" profile, causing it to ride incorrectly in the
>> sheaves. While
>> >> most older machinery used "A" or "B" profile belts, some folks
>> >> substitute "fractional horsepower" belts that look similar
>> but have
>> >> different profiles and work poorly, if at all.
>> >>
>> >> If it is a flat belt, then I would check to make sure that
>> the pulleys
>> >> are in precise alignment - even being slightly off could
>> result in the
>> >> belt coming off under load. (Ralph - Princess Auto closed all
>> their US
>> >> operations several years ago, and I miss them.)
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >> On 8/18/2010 11:24 AM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>> >>> Brad I don't know if you can still get the solid stick type
>> belt
>> >>> dressing as
>> >>> its been years since I got one. The latest I use is in a
>> spray can and
>> >>> it
>> >>> seems to work well too. Not sure if the last can was from
>> Princess auto
>> >>> or
>> >>> Peavey Mart but it should be available where you are.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ralph in Sask.
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Gunnells, Bradley R"<brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
>> >>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion
>> >>> group"<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:30 AM
>> >>> Subject: [AT] WAS: Snow Blower now Belt Dressing
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Seeing this video and Ralph cutting wood with a buzz saw
>> reminded me of
>> >>>> a
>> >>>> question I was going to ask the list.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Does anyone know a source for belt dressing? A brand name
>> or place
>> >>>> (such
>> >>>> as TSC) where one might find it? I got the old buzz saw out
>> a while
>> >>>> back
>> >>>> and was cutting some small stuff and the belt was slipping
>> and sliding
>> >>>> off
>> >>>> the pulley. Once it recovered the belt would return to the
>> proper
>> >>>> place. I
>> >>>> assumed some dressing on the belt would help with the power
>> loss and
>> >>>> it's
>> >>>> tendency to slip off.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanks
>> >>>> Brad
>> >>>
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