Thanks for the insight Jonathan. Reminds me of when a guy asked one of the professional woodworking shops what they treated their planer tables with to keep them from rusting. The response was, 'we use them every day... They dont have time to rust and stay polished from use'
I have some graphite paint leftover from a QA thrower I coated, the blower housing might get that then..... It did pretty good at preventing sticking. Shiney glossy paint does seem to be a magnet for wet snow. Hmm... I could paint the front of those vanes with the graphite as well.
Part of the reason I did the blower vanes this way was a durability test. I want to see how the paint holds up. But if it gives any problems throwing snow I will consider stripping it.
Of course, if I don't get this back together before winter it doesn't much matter how its painted.
