How do you keep your deck clean?

[grass lover]

Is this Modeck stuff as good as they claim? No problem keeping the topside blown off after use, but having trouble keeping the underside clean. What do you use to clean your deck with and how often? :confused: :confused:

[barnard]

A putty knife. Clean as needed

[FrankenScagMachines]

Gasket scraper. It's like a cross between a screwdriver and a putty knife... I could use a putty knife but sometimes the stuff is so packed tight that I'm not sure it would get through it as easily...

[NCSULandscaper]

I have used Mo-Deck and for me it did work pretty good. Cut the amount of grass under the deck down by alot. However i do not do as much mowing as most people on here, only mow contract houses. Before that i used a pressure washer to clean the underside of the deck.

[Bunton Guy]

I havent honestly cleaned the underside of my deck...I dont touch it cuz within 2 lawns it will be just as dirty. If it wasent for changing blades I would never peak under the deck.

[DLCS]

The deck on my ZTR doesn't let grass build up. So I never have to scrape.

[bobbygedd]

i just take a shower

[steve225]

Old edger blade works great!!

Steve Snider

[jaredslawncare]

call me crazy but i found that wd 40 help to keep the grass from clogging up my deck

[bob]

Originally posted by steve225
Old edger blade works great!!

Steve Snider

I tried this. It goughes my palm. I use a strong putty knife.

[bobbygedd]

oooo, you said DECK

[kppurn]

I use a putty knife.

My Lazer with the Ultra Cut deck rarely needs it. My Toro with the mulch kit is a different story, especially in the spring.

[bluemoon7]

WD 40....cheap and works great... buy it by the gallon and put it in a handheld sprayer

[thartz]

long handled snow scraper.I found it at autozone if this helps.The scraper is 6" wide and has a nasty wisk broom on the reverse side.

[tiedeman]

use a putty knife

[greenman]

How do I kept the deck clean? Mulch kit! I never have to scrape the deck, the mulch kit keeps it clean.

[Rustic Goat]

Go ahead Bobby, use a putty knife on it!

Tried the 'No Stick' spray, it's really worked pretty well, but you have to apply it like you were painting. Clean surface, dry surface, apply product, let dry, then mow.
It's water soluble, so first really wet cut and most of it goes away.
Haven't compared price to WD-40, but you can buy Pam cooking spray in bulk also, and it works good, smells good, biodegradable.
Works on shears and hedge trimmers too, without oiling up the plants.

[Art Stubbs handy 58]

Used the product for the first time this year. :D
I have put on 3 applications this spring but not much need for it this summer so far decks are really clean with this product.. I also put it on my trimmers, clippers, all my small hand tools. and i even put a coating on my blowers and i have to do is hose off and looks spotless.. Good stuff makes the clean -up less headaches.

I have also put it on my brick saws, dust and debris comes right off...

[GTLC]

What about spraying PAM?

[burnandreturn]

There's a product called Show Sheen. It's for show horses. It is the slickest stuff in the world. The intended purpose is after you wash a horse you spray this stuff on the hair coat and nothing will stick to the hair coat. Grass stains or used horse feed! One big problem with it, the saddle will not stay on the back if you get it there. The manufacturer recommends you saddle your horse before spraying to keep the stuff off the place where the saddle goes. The stuff is downright dangerous on a horse, BUT on the underside of a deck it works great!! I wash out the deck and spray this stuff on the underside of the deck. Helps alot. Anything you put will get essentially sandblasted off, but every little bit helps.

[burnandreturn]

I use a sprayer bottle to apply the Show Sheen. Don't get it on your hands, hard to turn your steering wheel on the truck, your hands slip. Oh yeah, it doesn't wash off with water.

[JB1LNDSCPR]

Fill up a hand pump sprayer with diesel fuel or soak a rag and rub it on. its the cheapest and the best way to do it i have been doing that for years and i learned from one of my old bosses.

[Mikes Lawn Landscape]

Originally posted by n1alx
What about spraying PAM?

I tried that she kept gettin mad

[pcnservices]

I use a PRY BAR. They are hard tempered steel, curved at an angle and just long enough to get in underneath the deck and still have enough leverage to scrape it. I sharpen mine with the angle grinder and it works even better. You can grind the corners or edges of the "T-end" of the pry bar round and smooth so it won't hurt your hands. These pry bars usually sells for around $1-2. Pretty cheap tool and a must have in any toolbox.
You can also spray WD40 or old drained oil underneath the deck. It stops grass clippings from sticking and building up. The old drained oil works well but I still have'nt found a way or a spraycan to get the thicker, heavier oil sprayed upside down into the deck.
Good Luck
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[proenterprises]

use a cats paw nail remover and just scrape and shovel it away.

[Tonyr]

Do products like WD40, diesel etc harm the grass that you are cutting, e.g the residue left on the turf and clippings would kill or sicken the turf wouldn't it?

I realise the application is thin but still this stuff contacting plant material makes me think it could be damaging....has this even been a problem?

Thanks,

[pinnacle]

Tony, I have used "Inox" on the deck once and I'll never use it again!! Left the whole perimiter (the part I mowed first) yellow.

The best thing IMO is to mix veg oil with water in a little sprayer and shake it up and spray it. I've used castor oil too and It dose a good job. So I'd agrre 100% with your statment mate.

Theres a mob in Brisy that dose all sorts of Teflon applications and IMO Tefflon would be the most supirior non-stick product that is avalible. Probably some good money to be made if someone brought out a long lasting Tefflon spray designed for mower decks and priced it reasonably.

[David Haggerty]

Originally posted by Tonyr
Do products like WD40, diesel etc harm the grass that you are cutting, e.g the residue left on the turf and clippings would kill or sicken the turf wouldn't it?

I realise the application is thin but still this stuff contacting plant material makes me think it could be damaging....has this even been a problem?

Thanks,

Nope. Whatever oil etc gets wiped off goes onto the clippings, not the live plant.
I use used diesel oil cut with mineral spirits so it will spray thru a nozzle. (Spraying gas or even diesel fuel is pretty dangerous.)
There's been no problems with the lawns and the decks stay cleaner with each application.

It's not like shrub trimming where the oily blade comes into contact with the plant. The lawnmower blades are wiped clean in the first split second of operation. I don't even bother to spray the blades. But it wouldn't hurt anything if I did. The amount of residue would be minuscule.

I have to have some kind of deck dressing. The lawns I mow are very lush and fast growing. Without regular treatment the decks would rust completely thru.

Dave

[David Haggerty]

Well, there you go Tony. Two extremes on the same subject. (Same time too).

All I can say is I perform my operation on Kentucky bluegrass with some fescue. Pretty hard stuff to kill.

Lawns in Ohio are intended to soak up all the nasty stuff we humans throw off. Cigarette butts, gravel, rubber off of auto tires etc, and come back looking good. We don't have to nurture it much. It's the indiginous ground cover.

Maybe that's the difference in responses. I dunno.

Like I heard said once, "works for me."

Dave

[Meg-Mo]

We did everything all you folks did until I invented the MEG MO blades and have not cleaned a deck on any of our mowers for the last 10 years. Also no more lump or clumps on turf.

[LawnPerfect]

LOL
Meg Mo strikes again

[PrecisionLandService]

Power washer works good ... but u might get a little wet

[thfireman]

Cooking spray and medium putty knife. If it gets to dry and hard I will spray with a hose and let sit for a half hour before scraping to allow the grass to loosen up.

Personally I rarely pressure wash because I worry about watter being forced into the seals and bearings. Then I do pressure wash I immediatly grease all my points untill fresh grease is forced out. This will get most water out of those areas.

[imograss]

I had to take my trailer in to the tire shop. One oft theguys there said whayudoin? I

[thfireman]

Originally posted by imograss
I had to take my trailer in to the tire shop. One oft theguys there said whayudoin? I

Sorry but you lost me on that one....???:confused:

[Tonyr]

Thanks Dave and Alex for your reply, appreciate it.

[dishboy]

QUOTE from MEG-MO

"We did everything all you folks did until I invented the MEG MO blades and have not cleaned a deck on any of our mowers for the last 10 years. Also no more lump or clumps on turf."

Are you telling me that with MEG-MO blades I can mow in the pouring rain and grass will not collect under the deck and not clump or dump on the lawn. I mow Bluegrass and creeping Bent in this area and always bag [grass gobbler]. If this is the case I'll buy two sets for every machine I own.

[Meg-Mo]

What I said before is true and there is a 30 day money back to back that up.

[DLCS]

Originally posted by dishboy


Are you telling me that with MEG-MO blades I can mow in the pouring rain and grass will not collect under the deck and not clump or dump on the lawn. I mow Bluegrass and creeping Bent in this area and always bag [grass gobbler]. If this is the case I'll buy two sets for every machine I own.

While I haven't mowed in the pouring rain with my Meg Mo's, I have mowed wet grass. The results were excellent, with no clumps and no double cutting. My deck is still as clean as when I first installed the Meg Mo blades even after mulching leaves in the Fall. :)

[Flex-Deck]

I have some people really happy with the Meg Mo's also - One in particular has a hustler WB - lives in Tenn. or KY. - He got bashed quite badly as a new member when he tried to talk about the products he had and was very happy with, and in fact has not been heard from since. I do not blame him one bit.

[Eric 1]

Like others said,,,clean the deck, why bother?

[laborador]

has anyone tried this product

[mkwl]

Originally posted by barnard
A putty knife. Clean as needed

I too use a putty knife, it works for me!!!!:D

[RedWingsDet]

it looks photoshopped to me and like wouldnt work, but sense ive never used it i wont diss it. but who knows, wouldnt hurt to try it.

[Ax Man]

Originally posted by bob
I tried this. It goughes my palm. I use a strong putty knife.
Grind one end smooth and wrap it with duct tape!

[MacLawnCo]

DC magic mulchers (aka wizmos) will keep the decks cleaner between scrapings.

[Rustic Goat]

laborador,
By chance does the deck cleaning product list any of its ingredients, or say what the main one is?

Where did you find this item?

I'll say the before and after photos make the after look way too clean, as in unreal.

[The Lawn Boy Pro]

Originally posted by bobbygedd
i just take a shower
Originally posted by bobbygedd
oooo, you said DECK HAHAHAHAHAHA ROTFLMAO :D

[The Lawn Boy Pro]

Originally posted by PremierLandscaping
it looks photoshopped to me and like wouldnt work, but sense ive never used it i wont diss it. but who knows, wouldnt hurt to try it. It looks VERY photoshoped, and i think it is, because the base layer (the mower), is exactly the same as the mower with grass on the deck. everything matches up perfectly. Pitiful advertizing....if ya gotta photoshop it in, then it must not work that great.

[laborador]

Originally posted by Rustic Goat
laborador,
By chance does the deck cleaning product list any of its ingredients, or say what the main one is?

Where did you find this item?

I'll say the before and after photos make the after look way too clean, as in unreal.

I found this item in Harriet Carter catolog that is mailed to
people. THis catolog has a lot of neat stuff in it. Its basically items that you would see on invamersials. You can check it out at www.harrietcarter.com.

[rotgg]

we have been in business for 20 years and never cleaned under a deck lol

[PMLAWN]

Lighter fluid, the type used on your grill. Put it in a spray bottle and cover the deck. Grass will fall off when cleaning. Dealer told me he does this on his demos to clean them up for sale. Works well on the white wheels too. I believe it's the oil in the stuff.

[Cuttingedglwncare]

I pressure wash mine once a week. I tried the Mo-Deck and in my opinion it made it stick more. Put on 3 coats(Not sure what went wrong there)