Brinly plow #2

[olds45512]

I picked up another plow about a month ago and I'm planning to use it behind the 1211 this weekend at plow day, the 1211 looks pretty nice so I wanted the plow to look decent and I didn't have time to take it apart and sandblast/paint it like my other one so I gave it a down and dirty paint job. I spent about 5 minutes going over it with a sander to knock off the flaking paint and rust then painted the white with krylon almond, once the white was dry I put a bag over it and hit the rest with krylon black. It looks decent enough until I have time to do it right, here's a pic of it with my other plow.

[longislandcubs]

It looks cleaned, ready to go, nice job.

[cubcadet]

Originally Posted by longislandcubs

It looks cleaned, ready to go, nice job.

I agree, very nice job.

[Merk]

Both plows look good.....need coulters.

One thing I learned a long time ago is not to paint the moldboard part where the soil slides off. The soil will stick to a painted or rusted surface. Best thing to do is use a sanding flap disc on a grinder to remove the rust. You want a shinny-smooth surface so the soil will roll off the moldboard.

Here is a good example of a shinny moldboard.

This is a Homelite moldboard plow.
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Plow was sprayed with PAM cooking spray after I was done plowing. I have a person who is big into organic gardening. They get upset if they see grease on my plow. I don't mind using PAM. It keeps the plow from rusting plug the organic gardener pays good.

The coulter was modified to plow bean stubble and corn stocks.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by Merk

Both plows look good.....need coulters.

One thing I learned a long time ago is not to paint the moldboard part where the soil slides off. The soil will stick to a painted or rusted surface. Best thing to do is use a sanding flap disc on a grinder to remove the rust. You want a shinny-smooth surface so the soil will roll off the moldboard.

Here is a good example of a shinny moldboard.

This is a Homelite moldboard plow.
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Plow was sprayed with PAM cooking spray after I was done plowing. I have a person who is big into organic gardening. They get upset if they see grease on my plow. I don't mind using PAM. It keeps the plow from rusting plug the organic gardener pays good.

The coulter was modified to plow bean stubble and corn stocks.

the face of the plow only has 1 coat of paint on it, last year the paint was off it and it was shiny in about 15 minutes.

[Oak]

Tim, time to shine the old 10" up for Pam.

Merk, good idea on the cooking spray. I was using WD40 and other stuff but I always thought "this can't be good for the garden"

We need plenty of pics from the plow day Tim. I was going to be there but work got in the way.

[Jeff122]

Nice looking plows, Tim. My outlook is they are working tools. They don't need to be showroom quality unless you are going to collect and show them. My two plows are as I bought them, except I polished them with a flap disk on the grinder and then, yes, used PAM. I really wanted to be at plow day this year. It just wasn't in the cards for me. Aside from the fun of plowing, I wanted to meet my fellow OCC members. So, I want to wish you all well and have a fun and successful day of plowing. Looks like nice weather. I'll be there in spirit. Looking forward to lots of pics!

[drglinski]

Yep- no paint on moldboard bottom face. Merk's picture is a great representation of a plow that's been shined up nicely. The more you use it the better it'll look.

[zippy1]

They look good Tim
Which one is which?
Yeah I know. Just had too.

[ACecil]

Nice plows, Tim.