Mower Deck Paint
 

I took the deck off my grandpa’s Husqvarna LT to clean and sharpen the blades. It is rotted pretty bad. What is a good paint to use on it that will not wear off too quickly?

Truck bed spray liner????

You might try a rust converter first then a Por 15 on top of that. Otherwise you could clean up and use some rusty metal primer from rustoleum.

Rustoleum Farm & Implement paint is great for this. You can get it at Tractor Supply. That is the paint I used on this deck:
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No matter what you put on will eventually wear off. When I worked construction and carried a diesel fuel tank in the back of the pickup it would leak all over the bed. Every fender, door and hood on that truck was rusted beyond belief but that truck bed was like new, not one rust hole in it. I've always cleaned the deck a few times a year and brushed or sprayed diesel fuel on it and never had a problem...:TwoCents:

Whatever you decide I would have it sandblasted and treat it accordingly after that....:beerchug:

Thanks for the replies. I think I’m going to use a rust converter then paint.

As said by others if the deck is used, it is going to get blasted by debris.
If one has sandy soil or bare spots, nothing is going to hold up.
oh and mulching dry leaves will clean up the underside of a deck like sandblasting it. BTDT:beerchug:

:beerchug: What he said! I usually paint the underside of my deck after my agrifab leaf sucker has sucked its last leaf of the fall.

If its really rotted like you say, sand blasting will more than likely leave you with a sieve

We’ll see how long it lasts. If it needs, I can put another coat of paint on at the end of the season.
I’m not going to sandblast it, just wire brush the heavy rust off.

After a rust converter and two coats of Rustoleum, it looks much better now. We’ll see how long it holds up.
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Looks good:ThumbsUp:

Is this mower deck on leaf duty in fall?

Looks like a really rough underside surface.
I would not expect that to shed grass clippings that are damp very well.
Good luck!

Thanks. They only have 1 tree, so there won’t be a lot of leaves.

It can’t be any worse than before.

I tested it out today. The grass didn’t seem to stick too bad. We’ll see how it holds up over time.