Never use any of that stuff. Anyhoo, ALOHA from the Paradise City.:smiley-rpg027::smiley-rpg027::smiley-rpg027::smiley-rpg027::smiley-rpg027:

 

:welcome: aboard! It must be beautiful there, Bob Seger country.

Congrats that is a nice new machine, you will be happy with it.
I have yet to use anything on my current machine, possibly because it has a painted steel chute that is still in good condition. Though I have had minor issues with late season heavy wet snow not flowing through as well which is to be expected. I seemed to have more of a need to do something on my mid '90's MTD polymer chute. I used to use silicone spray on that once a year and it worked very well. Fluid Film would be another option but a more costly one. I have heard that anti-stick cooking spray is a much more cost-effective remedy that is said to work very well.

 

No spray lubricant stays effective for long. Your best off using a spray like fluid film at the end of the season to prevent corrosion on non painted parts, and seal the painted stuff.

Adds a nice shine too.

 

I waxed/buffed mine with car wax. It's my first year with a snowblower so I have no idea how many uses I'll get out of one coating until it wears off.

 

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Hello Paulie139,

Was your doggy possessive of the new snow blower and hold it for a ransom of milk bones before he let you wax it??:grin:

 

I use Fluid Film on everything that is in direct contact with snow-in a pinch I use WD-40 but it needs to be reapplied more often.

You can spray the fluid film in several coats to coat the interior of the snow blower being the cross augers, the cross auger housing and the impeller and impeller housing and the chute and spout.

Making several coats of fluid film will let you apply it and then let it dry completely and then apply the second coat and let it dry and then the third coating and then you can always spray the impeller, impeller housing, the snow blower chute and spout as you work as they will have the most friction.

You can always just spray the chute and spout as you work as you will know when the snow blower will have difficulty and begin to plug.



The big tall cans of no stick spray from wally mart and the others are goods too but you need to coat it as you work as it does not stay as well as Fluid Film.

You would be well off getting a gallon of Fluid Film and a hand sprayer and you can dilute it in a fifty fifty mix and you will not have clogging problems.


Some of the folks use car wax on the chute and spout too so it depends on how much time you have I guess.

 

Never mind the spray, Install an Impeller Seal.

 

What do I use? Absolutely nothing..
I tried a few things the first winter I had my snowblower, 9 years ago, and quickly realized that for me it was pointless and unnecessary..snowblower works fine without it.

Scot

 

What do I use? Absolutely nothing..
I tried a few things the first winter I had my snowblower, 9 years ago, and quickly realized that for me it was pointless and unnecessary..snowblower works fine without it.

You mean to tell us, Scot, that you send your snowblower out there...naked and unprotected?

 

I am a bad boy been dealing with snow blowers since 1981 and I have never used a spray of any kind, and can not see me changing. Using 2 blowers and no issues with the Husky or my Toro in the last 3 winters.

 

Spray silicone for many years in three machines - but it seems to strip away quickly.

I'll try Fluid Film this year - super slippery + plus anti-corrosive properties.

The manufacturer says it never completely dries:

https://www.fluid-film.com/frequently-asked-questions/

 

I sprayed my entire mower with Fluid Film to see if it repels mice hoping they wont loiter on something that's wet and gooey. FF seems the perfect app for this.

But how long can FF or any other spray-on product survive in the abrasive atmosphere of an impeller housing and chute when even the paint itself can't take the punishment?

Installing slippery Teflon or SS linings are the only true solution, IMO







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:welcome: to SBF hootchiesmom

I guess it must depend on where you're at and the temps you encounter. I've never had a problem so I can't recommend anything because I've never seen the need to use anything. The impeller mod is nice for slush, that's one I do.

Please take the caps lock off. It's hard on the eyes :crying:

 

Ya anything you put only lasts minutes prob. No spray is needed in my opinion. Have tried it in the past but works just fine without it. Save your $$.

 

If I did not use fluid film on the JD junk I would want to get rid of it even more. My beautiful Toro snow pups would not work very well at all with the amount of salt the State of New York uses to make ice dams on my road.

The unwritten rule for those people is bare wet roads at "speed" and all I have to say to that is you NYSDOT certainly have wasted many billions of tax dollars on rock salt when it was not needed, BAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

add the NJDOT to that list. and i know there is more,,

 

I just hope that I do not have to blow another $130.00 on one of their plastic chutes-If I do I will scrap the bloody thing and go back to using my toros all the time-TAKE THAT JOHN DEERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I tried any number of things over the years and was just wasting my money. I don't use impellor kits either. Keep the belts tight and use a high enough gear to keep the bucket full and always run the engine wide open. My rusty old two stage Cub Cadet will throw slush just fine but my single stage Toro is a wet/slush eating machine I use on 8" or less of any type of snow.

 

Sorry for the caps... Trouble seeing lower case...

Cannot seem to comment reply to postings...
Not sure what i am doing wrong at the postings...

 

Pauly139, was the furry rugrat expecting a treat for allowing him to be photographed?

for our other members that do not live in New York State we can no longer repair automotive frames and if the vehicle frame is bad the vehicle will fail its annual inspection and cannot be repaired and it must go to the happy hunting grounds.

 

Pauly139, was the furry rugrat expecting a treat for allowing him to be photographed?

Close - he brings his tennis balls to me, tosses them into my lap & then waits for me to throw it again. If I don't do it in a "timely manner", I get the "paw".

 

i use spray pam cooking might not work
it might help
it doesnt hurt
EOM

 

Yes... it helps the kielbasa from sticking. :grin:

 

Add me to the never needed spray group. I found that properly 'run in' auger belt(s) that are (is) well adjusted are (is) all that is needed. Never a clog here after learning the importance of belt adjusting.

2001 Ariens 932101 - original belt was 15 years old when changed out last year.

 

forget all this spray and wax stuff put at least 2 paddles on the impeller and forget it. Wont clog EVER and will increase throwing distance. Its the first thing i do to all my 2 stages that i am going to keep for a while.

 

No spray but a DIY impeller mod made a world of difference; the wet slushy stuff would ooze out of my smaller blower like a belching snow cone machine and then plug up, I would have to continuously stop to clear it out. Now it throws the stuff across the street.

 

The last two Ariens I purchased don't clog under any snow conditions. From 50% slush to nice powdery snow.

I found in the slush if you go a little faster with the ground speed it helps keeping the chute clean (if your having issues).

I had other machines 10 years back(not Ariens ) that would clog in slush. It was irritating when I had to stop and dig out the plastic chute, to go another 40 feet to do it again.

 

I've been using Snow Jet for the last few years, thanks to finding it over half off and buying quite a few cans of it.


I'll continue using it since I noticed something that I hadn't thought of when I first started using it. Having a gravel driveway I pick up rocks from time to time which has worn the paint off the bottom area of my impeller housing. When I uncovered my Ariens Platinum 24SHO this season I noticed this paint free area was still a shiny silver, like the paint was worn off that day with not even a hint of surface rust.


Basically my main reason for continuing to use Snow Jet is for rust prevention..............

 

I use a product called "slip plate" It is a graphite based paint.

 

I hauled new cars with an 18 wheeler and we used Slip Plate to lube the trailer lift bars. Anything that moved up and down in and out.
It is not a paint but more of a spray lubricant? They also sold it in a can like a soft paste wax that you could paint on with a stiff brush.
In an aerosol can it was easier to apply, but the paint/brush on can would save you as little money but it was more work to brush on but would last longer.

If your talking about the stuff I used it is messy if you get it on your hands or clothes. Like grease.
Don't know how long it would last in the bucket and shoot throwing the snow out.
It would be blackish/gray snow coming out if it was what I used.

They sell a "paint" now?

 

I have never used any kind of spray, but I am thinking about it. I certainly don't have any problems with snow/slush clogging up the chute. I've had my Ariens 24" Deluxe for 6 years now, and I don't think it has clogged even once, no matter the conditions. However, I do notice that there is enough snow stuck to the housing and blades afterward that I would love to find something that might reduce that. It would reduce the time it takes for me to "clean" the machine after using it and reduce the amount of water left in my garage when everything melts. Would a spray lubricant help me in this situation?