Re: (ET) Grass sticking to the deck.

[William Wallace <bill-wallace att net>]

My father and I used Meyer PLOW Yellow SNO-FLO Paint on the underside of 
decks we've owned.

Jun 29, 2022 3:12:50 PM Larry Chace <RLC1 etnainstruments com>:

> Paul asked about sticky grass.  I've observed the same effect.  My deck 
> is an "AA42RC", meaning that it was fitted with the rear discharge 
> baffles ("R"); I don't know what the "C" implies.
> 
> When I got the deck, it had no baffles, and so I used it as-was in rear 
> discharge mode.  (There have been suggestions that the baffles do little 
> more than provide places for grass clippings to stick.) One day the side 
> discharge cover came off after having rusted quite thoroughly.  I 
> started using it with the side discharge opening open. There did seem to 
> be less build-up, though there was still quite a lot.
> 
> Then the deck cracked in the vicinity of the discharge opening and right 
> caster.  (The cover had provided some degree of reinforcement until it 
> rusted through.)  A local machinist was able to weld the crack back 
> together and he also fitted a reinforcing bar around the opening.
> 
> Not being sure if it was safe to use a garden hose to rinse off the 
> underside of the deck, I've been using plastic putty knives to srape off 
> the clumps of clippings.  And now one of the helper springs has broken, 
> right where it attaches to the helper chain.  (The deck did seem to lift 
> rather slowly and incompletely...)  If it's not one thing it's two...
> 
> Larry Chace  Ithaca, NY  E15 and I-5
> 
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