[DForal]

Thanks for the reminder. I'll take a look and report back. Hopefully this weekend. It will be a good test as I've mowed wet grass due to the frequency of rain. Dave

 

[DForal]

OK, I went out last night and took a look under the deck to see what it looked like. I had been cutting some pretty thick and wet grass lately.

There was build-up of grass at a few locations. I was surprised at how clean the rest of the deck looked; I'd have to say that the grass is not sticking as much as it did before. I did not take the time to see how difficult it is to remove the build-up that I saw - the machine was in the garage and I didn't want to get stuff all over the floor.

The main reason I got the coating was to prevent rusting and keep the grass from building up. The build-up I'm seeing is where there is a "ledge" for the grass to collect on. The "roof" of the deck is quite clean and I was pleasantly surprised by that.

I would say at this time the stuff appears to be helping. After the cutting season, I'll take the deck off and do a cleaning and see if there are any indications of rust. As you can see in my pictures above, there was some rust on the one year old deck.

This stuff is not cheap, but either is a new mower deck. So far, I don't feel "ripped off", but the jury is still out until I find out if this stuff really stops the rust like it says. Anyone else use this stuff? Please weigh in if you have. Dave

 

[DForal]

Another update. I went out and finished mowing long wet grass this morning (supposed to rain this afternoon and for the next few days).

After mowing, I hooked up the water hose and ran the mower for about 10 minutes. I moved the deck up/down and moved the mower back and forth a short distance - an effort to "dislodge" any grass clumps.

Afterwards, I pulled into the garage and inspected the deck with my work light. It looks very good; I only saw one place where there was any grass clumping (on a ledge) and it was not too big. Most of the deck was basically free of grass material.

Bottom line, I never got that kind of cleaning from running water before. In fact, I had quit running water because it didn't seem to help too much - oh, that and I'm lazy

So, I have to say that it is making a significant difference. Real test will be when I take the deck off this fall and inspect it more closely for rust, etc. I'd have to say I'm glad I did it and that it was worth it to me so far. Dave