Rustproofing a mower

[KennyV]

because WD40 is supposed to be a lubricant

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There are good lubricants and there are bad lubricants...
WD 40 IS NOT a lubricant...
There are a lot of people that use it as such...
If you want a lube use silicon, graphite or oil/grease... If you want a penetrating oil use PB Blaster, or the like, but don't use WD40 ... If you have and you think it did the job of a penetrating oil, most likely any liquid would have done the job...

As a to flush water from something like a distributor cap WD40 works good... If your using it to flush something out... DON'T forget to lube it with lubricant after using WD40... :smile:KennyV

 

[carl22]

To keep your mower from rusting, at the end of the season, make sure any old dry clipping have been cleaned from the deck and give everything a good spray of oil or other lubricant (not WD-40). I even put a coat of wax on my mower at the end of the season.

 

[CarlGlas]

Well Kenny, according to WD40's website, the product is a lubricant.
2000+ WD-40 Uses | Remove Paint, Rubber Adhesive, Rust Stains, & More

There are good lubricants and there are bad lubricants...
WD 40 IS NOT a lubricant...
There are a lot of people that use it as such...
If you want a lube use silicon, graphite or oil/grease... If you want a penetrating oil use PB Blaster, or the like, but don't use WD40 ... If you have and you think it did the job of a penetrating oil, most likely any liquid would have done the job...

As a to flush water from something like a distributor cap WD40 works good... If your using it to flush something out... DON'T forget to lube it with lubricant after using WD40... :smile:KennyV

 

[KennyV]

Well Kenny, according to WD40's website, the product is a lubricant.

In the strictest seance of lubrication ... Water is also a lubricant.... it is just not necessarily a good lubricant for many applications... :smile:KennyV

 

[Sammy the Red]

MSDS for WD-40

 

[Sammy the Red]

There are good lubricants and there are bad lubricants...
WD 40 IS NOT a lubricant...

Not a lasting one nor is it a good one.

We do carry a can of it on the farm tractors in case we drop a nut or bolt in the dirt, then we use it to wash off the dirt from it.

Use some Fluid Film for protecting your equipment all winter long......and then some ! :thumbsup:

 

[KennyV]

Not a lasting one nor is it a good one.

We do carry a can of it on the farm tractors in case we drop a nut or bolt in the dirt, then we use it to wash off the dirt from it.

Use some Fluid Film for protecting your equipment all winter long......and then some ! :thumbsup:

I think I might describe it as a POOR lubricant...
But as you say it is a GREAT parts wash... I use it to flush out hydraulic Quick couples... and anyting else that might collect dirt & dust... :smile:KennyV

 

[Dangeroustoys56]

They have stuff to 'convert' rust - big trucks use this stuff called POR-15 - they have rust converter paint at any auto parts store.

I agree- even a tarp is better then leaving uncovered- i used to ( and still do for my project tractors) use tarps and plastic sheeting- when covered with a tarp i always use a plastic garbage bag over the motor - my runners or either in my wooden shed or autoshelter garage- back before i bot the new one, i had a 'temp garage' i put plastic and old tarps down on the ground- my tractors would get filthy when it rains- i dumped quite a few wheelbarrow fulls of driveway stone in there to help keep em drier and up off the ground.

Could probably use spray in bedliner material to undercoat the tractor chassis's.

 

[wjjones]

Big lots, and some other stores carry those square shaped tarps made just for mowers it fits right down over it to keep it covered, and out of the weather..

 

[orthco]

WD-40. I hadn't thought of that. I'll give that a try on my shovels and pitchforks. Even though I clean all the stable equipment religiously, the humidity that we get in July and August, just makes all the equipment rust up so easily. So thanks MowTown for you suggestion. My mower doesn't get very rusty, at least not yet. It is fairly new, and I wipe it down every time I use it.

WD-40 is good alternative but it still wipe out in time, especially when it is been rained. It is better to apply rustproof paint on the parts where it is not painted.