Ceramic coating for mower deck

[solo machine]

I thought I'd share this. I bought some ceramic coating after talking to a young fellow at work.
I cleaned my mower deck and applied it underneath.
I was amazed the first time mowing! NO stuck grass!!! Absolutely none!!! I've mowed 4 times now and only have a tiny bit the size of a pinky finger sticking.
I'm going to use this ceramic coating on all my hoe buckets and see what happens.

 

[Racer4]

How about some details on the ceramic coating you used? How was it applied, what preparation did you do to the bottom of the deck?

Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[Mtsoxfan]

It would have to be brand new clean for it to work. Not sure how long it would last with all the "abuse" from mowing. It'd be great if it held up though.

 

[solo machine]

How about some details on the ceramic coating you used? How was it applied, what preparation did you do to the bottom of the deck?

Inquiring minds want to know!

I bought it from Amazon COLLINITE INSULATOR WAX. I used a knotted wire brush on my grinder to knock as much of the old grass and old coating as I could. Harbor Freight has some wire wheels I used also.
I was at it for a good while getting the bottom as clean as I could.
I had used brush on graphite, applying several coats. It worked good, but I had to wash the the deck every time I mowed. Some grass still stuck. The more I mowed, the more stuck.
I have to mow tomorrow, I'll take a before and after pic.
I'm telling you guys, I am amazed at how clean the deck stays......Unreal !!!!

 

[stevem5215]

Some pictures of each mow after use with some details how long you mow (more than 30 seconds please) etc...

 

[solo machine]

It looks I have to eat some crow. 1st pic is before mowing( 4th or 5th time mowing) 2nd is after. Not much difference. But I did mow when it was wet. Maybe this is why I have so much build up now. I swear, when I first mowed- nothing there! 2nd time- nothing! 3rd time a little bit sticking.
I'll pull the deck and clean, then reapply. From now on I will wash under the deck. Then we'll see what happens.

 

[stevem5215]

The reason it worked was the first few times it wears away a little and then a little more and then it's done. That's been my experience as well with all the various non stick coatings. There's just too much friction going on cutting area. It just wears away the protective coatings and you are back to nothing again.

 

[solo machine]

The reason it worked was the first few times it wears away a little and then a little more and then it's done. That's been my experience as well with all the various non stick coatings. There's just too much friction going on cutting area. It just wears away the protective coatings and you are back to nothing again.

well, rats.

 

[Tony H]

I thought I'd share this. I bought some ceramic coating after talking to a young fellow at work.
I cleaned my mower deck and applied it underneath.
I was amazed the first time mowing! NO stuck grass!!! Absolutely none!!! I've mowed 4 times now and only have a tiny bit the size of a pinky finger sticking.
I'm going to use this ceramic coating on all my hoe buckets and see what happens.

Very cool idea! My only negative thought on such a great way to seal the metal from the moist grass is IF you get a crack in the ceramic then moisture gets behind it. It may stay wet under there a long time causing hidden rust issues.
I do like the idea of not hoisting and crawling under the Deck to keep it clean

 

[5030]

Looks pretty wadded up to me...

 

[dadohead]

Some pro cutters have the bottom of their mower decks sprayed with bed-liner material. The first coat is smooth and then they splatter coat the 2nd... you request the smooth finish be left of course. The reports were that it provides an incredible non-stick surface. More importantly though, it prevents the abrasion wear some regions are known for.

As a tractor/mower engineer I took a prototype mower to a bed-liner shop and had it coated. $600ish? They took the drive parts off and masked the spindle pocket areas. That's where all the costs went. I ran the machine at our Florida test site (the sandy soil wears blades to nubs in several hundred hours). At end of test most mowers have the beginnings of at least one wear through area. This deck had none; the bed-liner was completely intact. The mower deck then ran another full field test in Wisconsin... it stayed much cleaner than any machine we had ever tested.

Enough interest was generated by leadership that I put a team together to investigate adding this process to the factory. Ha! Manufacturing wanted NOTHING to do with it... a nightmare material to incorporate into a production facility. Costs would have been wild too. Impressive solution though!

 

[5030]

600 bucks... Why not buy a gallon of Herculiner at HF and do it yourself? It's like 80 bucks a gallon. Gallon should do it multple times...

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

A couple years ago I bought this 2000 Deere 455 the owner took care of it. He decided to rebuild mower deck so removed it, completely disassembled and had the deck sandblasted and powder coated JD Yellow. Then new spindles, blades hardware & belts. The deck stays clean top and underneath probably since it was powder coated.

 

[5030]

Obviously, you don't have sandy loam like we do. Nothing can stand up to the sandy loam sandblasting. Have to renew the blades every year as the kick up on the backside wears away.

 

[dadohead]

Nice Fuddy! 60" deck? I worked on that machine. JD Ecoats & powders everything since the '80's.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Nice Fuddy! 60" deck? I worked on that machine. JD Ecoats & powders everything since the '80's.

Yes, 60" deck. It was painted from factory, the owner had it powdercoated.

 

[masscity]

My arthritis made it difficult to change implements on my B7100DT so I retired my Woods RM48 and bought a Husky zero turn, now I just keep my box blade on all the time.

Bought and started using the zero turn in 2022, in the fall every year it's loaded with grass stuck to the bottom. That's with a nicely painted deck underside.

My Woods RM48 is now 47 years old and the underside of the deck has been rusted for years. While I was still using it, in the fall I would remove it from the tractor under my hoist. Pick it up with the hoist so it is hanging at 90 degrees. I would clean it good and spray it with Fluid Film, now the following fall there would be very little grass stuck on the underside. I think that Fluid Film would soak into the rust somehow and prevent the grass from sticking.

 

[solo machine]

Masscity, I have since used Fluid film under the deck. The ceramic (wax like thin coat coating) worked like magic.
It didn't hold up very long though. The fluid film is working fine for protection, but I liked the ceramic better.
But I'm not taking the deck off every 3 or 4 mowing's.