Paul in WI
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I see a lot of restored plows with silver colored bottoms. What kind of paint are you putting on the bottoms to keep them from rusting and still rub off when you plow with it?
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EVILBOWEVIL
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Central Ohio what ever is handy
prefer half empty cans of spray paint
clay soil
Ron
prefer half empty cans of spray paint
clay soil
Ron
Nebraska Cowman
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People paint them silver beacause they are too lazy to clean them up so they will scour. Once you get a plow shined up use grease on the bottoms to keep it from rusting. They sell a soft paint that will scour off but I think it's black. Yeah, some soils are better to scour than others.
I use used engine oil on mine. It was this shiny when I bought it with an old garden tractor back in 1960. The lady's former husband kept everything sheltered. I never leave it out when I'm finished plowing. I just painted the beam and the blue lever for tilting the plow point for depth. Hal
Brian Schmidt
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OK, call me lazy. But I am one of these guys that paints his plows to make them shine up and protect them from rusting. I use the cheapest siler paint I can find. $1.00 spray cans work well. They can sit outside and not rust for 3 years. Try that with grease. I also find that the silver acts like a lube to aid in getting an old plow to scour. And the look nice between plowing. Gotta paint them as soon as you get out of the field or the rust will start.
There used to be a soft black paint called "Plow Coat" that was sold at almost all of your farm supply stores. I haven't seen a gallon of that in years, and sadly, used up the last of what I had last year. I use cheapo wheel bearing grease, out of the large can. Its easy to get out and smear on w/ rubber gloves. I DO keep my plows inside, so weather is not a concern as far as the durability of the grease is concerned. If you use paint, I'd recommend a soft black paint so it will scour off fairly easily. No recommendation as to brand though, sorry.
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