spray liner

[gd.pudge 2]

has any one ever tried spray on bed liner for the underside of a mower deck?seems like it offer long lasting protection from rust&wear :thumbs:

[williambogner 0]

I have never seen that nor heard of it but it sounds like a good idea! Youd have to do some homework on that one. Maybe rhino lining or some other type of spray on liner. Great idea and good luck with it!

[1117scooter 0]

Hey Guys - in my experience,the smoother the finish on the underside of your deck the better.This allows for proper clipping dispersal and ease of cleaning.My advice is to get a good cleaning on it, then spray with paint w/hardener for the best results-spray can would work too but as we all know that stuff does not have the same wear ability.

Neil

[Jim_M 179]

Clean the loose stuff off and paint the bottom side of it with POR-15. It dries smooth, slick and hard! I have a 48" deck that I painted with POR-15 5 or 6 years ago, it's my main mowing deck and gets used a lot. It still looks as it did then.

[Kelly 1,033]

I agree with Jim, I refurbished a tractor (C-120 hydro) for my parents a year ago as a christmas gift, and sent it to them in TX they have a very sandy yard, and it eats mower blades (sandblast them) and he's on his second set of blades, but he said the deck still looks like new on the inside, I sandblasted the deck and put 2 brushed on coats of POR15 on it, let it set for a month it was like a rock, but if it is open to the sun, it needs to be top coated as it does not have any UV protection, the stuff is not cheap but decks are not either.

[qd-16 14]

I know a guy who has a ventrac mower and mows yards. He had his mower deck underside coated with rhino lining. He said it cost around 100 bucks. He also said he probably wouldn't have it done again, grass sticks to the ruff texture and rocks chip it off. He didn't think is was worth the money.

I've also heard good things about POR-15 though I have never tried it. My brother used it to repaint his snow mobile trailer and liked it, seems he said it was around $40.00 a quart.

[gd.pudge 2]

were do you get por-15?and cant you grt smooth finish bed liner?

[Nick 13]

Normally when coating deck undersides comes up a spray on product is mentioned. I forget the name, slick or sheet maybe?

Found the stuff. Its called Slip plate, looks like its good for snowblowers and blades also.

http://www.slipplate.com/

[CasualObserver 3,411]

Nick are you thinking of Slip Plate? It's a graphite paint. Works decent on snowthrower parts to keep snow from sticking. Don't know how well it would hold up on a deck.

[Nick 13]

Thats it Jason, guess I should have reloaded the page before doing my post edit. It has come up a lot over on the yahoo group and from what some have said it works well. The manufacturer also shows it for this use on the applications page

http://www.slipplate.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=9

[qd-16 14]

John deere sells a graghite based paint like slip-plate, I got it at the impliment dealer. They had it in spray and quarts, the quarts were around $14. It seems to work okay but grass still sticks some to the underside of the deck. I painted the deck with rustoleom white and then followed with the graphite paint (blackish-grey). When the graphite starts to wear off you can see the the white rustoleom underneath and know were to touch up.

I still scrape the undersides of my deck with a plastic scraper every few times I mow. I have a near perfect deck on my 310-8 and try to keep it rust free.

[Rideawaysenior 25]

POR-15 is the trick. It is very durable and will protect your deck for a long time. I've used it on a couple of decks already.

Jack

[HorseFixer 2,013]

Yep Por 15 is the stuff and a couple years ago they added HARD NOSE PAINT to their line which is even harder than standard POR15 and it takes U.V. rays which POR 15 doesnt. I did a 1950 ford F1 frame in back in 1992 and have used their products ever since!

Gee I was young once!

[scifi4all 6]

I gotta jump on the POR-15 bandwagon! I put it on the underside of my deck. See This post Deck rebuild. I had to pull the deck off today (due to my doing something stupid). While I had it off I decided to scrape the deck off. I didn't end up taking any of the paint off while scraping. It has hardened nicely, after only two months. I believe the Hardnose actually hardens faster the more it is exposed to moisture.

Good Luck! :scratchead:

[MikesRJ 558]

Gee I was young once!

...and had more hair too! :hide:

[Raider12 13]

I'v been told you can actualy put this stuff right over a rusty surface as well and it will still hold nice. Does anyone know this to be true?

I realize that a rust free surface would be best, but I had other projects in mind as well.

[qd-16 14]

That's what I have heard, you can put it (POR-15) on a rusty surface. The stuff dries hard as a rock! I still think for better coverage it would be better to sand or wire brush the surface.

This fall after mowing season is over I would like to do the underside of all my horse's decks with this stuff!

[Jim_M 179]

Actually the instructions say to knock the loose rust off but not completely clean the metal. They say it works better on a rusty surface than it does a clean surface.