OT: Non-stick paint

Sep 26, 2005 6 Replies
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I have a ride-on mower which keeps getting clogged up with grass mulch because the underneath surface of the deck is rusty and rough. When I finally get it clean, I want to paint it with something that will stop the grass sticking so much. I'm looking for a paint which is a) non-stick as far as possible, and b) tough as old boots, as the sticks, stones and general crap that the blades kick up have removed most of the original paint - hence the rust. I'm not a big fan of hammerite, but that might do it. I would be happy to repaint it say once a year.



Anyone any ideas?



Thank you



DaveP



Use a machine enamel - let it dry for at least a month before hitting it with a hammer to prove just how "tough as old boots" it can be!

PTFE based marine antifouling (Normally sold as "Racing") should do the job quite nicely.

Available from any yacht chandler.

P;.

As an aside, how do they get Teflon to stick to frying pans?

They acid-bath the pan which creates lots of pits in the metal surface which allow the PTFE something to mechanically jam into - sort of (but not very) like anodising.

P.

In message , Mother writes

Acid etch then lots of froopy processing! :-)

Can't help, but it puts me in mind of an old mate of my Dad's, who was a painter and decorator in a factory in the day's when factories had their own such. A colleague came to him and said he'd glossed all his woodwork at home - after a week still hadn't dried. What could he do?

"Stop stealing my f**king paint" was the answer...

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