So I was cleaning off my machine today, its fairly new. I got it 18 months ago, so all last year's season and half of this years. I noticed these scapes and the start of rust in the impeller housing. I was wondering if you all thought I should do a full sand and paint to the bucket in the rust spots? I saw a video on how to removed the augers and impeller on my machine. Seems not too bad but time consuming.
Should I wait for the spring, or do it now?
There is Fluid Film in the housing (all the bubbles).
PS this is my first quality machine. I got my fathers when he passed away but it was Swiss Cheese by the time I got it.
I have mine apart and am painting it currently. That being said I also have several snow blowers, so if we get a storm I have something to use. If I were you I would wait till spring / summer. It is much easier to paint when its warm and you can take your time doing it right. Plus paint will dry much faster in the summer.
This happens no matter what. Its only a concern if you leave it for multiple years without fixing it. Gonna want to wire wheel it or sand it off during maintenance time and repaint.
I choose a warm summer day, 5 minutes with a wire brush and/or emery cloth. Wipe away the dust, a few blasts of spray paint, and it looks as good as new.
My driveway is crushed stone (gravel) and my machine looks 5X worse than yours. Just coat it with oil when the season ends to keep it from rusting, cause repainting is going to be a temporary fix that you are going to have to repeat every year!
The only thing you can do is grind the paint off, spray some rust converter, and repaint... But its just going to keep coming back as it gets scratched again. Moisture and bare metal. The problem with the newer machines is that they use steel that's half as thick as it used to be, so that gives you less time between new and rust holes. But On the plus side, by the time that rots away and becomes an issue it'll be illegal to run a gas engine anyways, and your machine will already be in a landfill and you'll be struggling with some battery powered nonsense.
I'm in the same boat regarding the best way to manage rust on a new machine. I live on a paved road and have an asphalt driveway, but the city puts down a very abrasive scoria rock that ends up in the end-of-driveway berm anyway. So I'm forced to suck some of this through my machine. I noticed the following comments on another post:
"I also ceramic coat 3 coats deep everything on the machine. I also use a hardened rubber epoxy on all the front housing edges. My methods work a charm. No dings, no scratches, no dents and no rust. And very very miniscule paint lost if ever even in the chute or impeller or auger housing."
I'm a little skeptical that the scoria rock wouldn't still scrape through any type of coating, but he talks about a ceramic coat, which does sound a bit better than just regular paint.
Has anyone else use his technique with any descent results?
Is anyone familiar with any particular "ceramic coat" type of product like he mentions?
Thanks,
Eric
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