Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Is there anything I can spray on my snow thrower auger housing and discharge chute, and my shovels, to stop wet snow from sticking so badly? I tried silicone, and I did not see any improvement. Do I just need to scrub them down with an abrasive cleaner like Soft Scrub?

Do I just continue to swear?

BTW: We received our first real snow in Spokane - 6 inches and still coming down, more on Thursday. Yahoo! (Last year was record dry!) My 926DLE does great but  sheared a pin on a sprinkler head or something, and the clip holding the chute deflector shaft to the u-joint departed half way through the job. I was glad to have spares, and strongly recommend that everyone have a few shear pins and cotter pins on hand, and a complete set of belts if you are comfortable working on your own machine.

Thanks.

John Davies

I use candle wax rubbed on, but others have used Pam; Rain-X; automotive wax; and floor wax. There's also a $10 per can concoction that's "specially formulated" for just this purupose....

Do you store your snowblower inside? The snow doesn't seem to stick as bad if you let it cool to ambient temp before commencing.

John,

What was the temp when you were blowing??

If the temp  was below freezing, the wet slush was sticking to your blower because it was frezzing to the metal. IMHO

                                                                   Fred

JohnEDavies wrote:

Hi John.  I have always used multiple coats of automotive wax on snow removal equippment. Apply the wax to a clean surface Sometimes during use (wet, sloppy stuff) I will give things a shot of Pam cooking spray.  This all helps out a bit, but some snow is likely to stick regardless what you do.

http://www.mo-deck.com/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=8

Theres a link to a product which will coat with a polymer i.e making it more like the so called "plastic" shoots equipment is using now

Clear bottle of stuff called  "Snow Shooter"   $5.99 can.  Purchased it at Canadian tire but I have seen it at Home depot too.

It works too!  I sprayed it on my neighbors machine and it actually threw snow a little further.

Down side is you have to apply it every time you use your blower.