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aa335

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Repainting a snowblower bucket
Original Message Oct 5, 2010 6:49 pm

I have a 10 year old single stage snowblower that's undergoing a full restoration this winter. I got the snowblower bucket disassembled from the chassis and engine. The bucket has been completely stripped down to bare metal. I want good adhesion and abrasion resistance and I'm willing to put in the time and money to get the best paint job that I can do myself without sending out.

What do you guys recommend for primer and paint? Any preparation techniques in addition to stripping down to bare metal and roughing up the surface?

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aa335

Joined: Nov 28, 2008
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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #31 Nov 5, 2010 5:40 am

I'm getting impatient with paint stripping process. The snowblower auger housing is 95% stripped down to bare metal. There are a few areas and tight corners that needs some manual sanding. Last night, I was thinking I should start with the primer coat. Upon reading last post about sealing the seams, I'm reconsidering doing that before laying down first coat of primer. The problem now is with the metal exposed and nicely sanded, it looks too beautiful to cover it up with paint again, I'm thinking just to clear coat it. :) Of course, this nice and clear coat is not hold up well.

Anyone ever gone with the bare metal look on their snowblower? Protected metal of course.

chefwong

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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #32 Nov 5, 2010 5:46 am

120 Grit
220 Grit
Nikkens 1000 Grit
Nikklens 1500 Grit
Nikeens 2000 Grit
My preferred Metal Polish - Heavy Metal Polish Green Cut
Followed by their Blue Cut

Clear Coat Twice Per Season. Once before and Once After.

It will be truly something special ;-)

jrtrebor

Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 9, 2010
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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #33 Nov 5, 2010 4:07 pm

Here is a photo of my blower housing. Using the Seam Sealer, primer and paint.
I also lined the housing with a piece of stainless steel and inside the impeller housing as well.
Lengthened the impeller blades with weld and then ground them to shape.
I now have only a 1/16 + clearance in the housing.
Really curious to see how that effects the blowing capabilities especially with the wet slushy stuff.
This is an Ariens 32" bucket on a Model 924084 / 1032 blower.

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aa335

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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #34 Nov 5, 2010 4:21 pm

Nice work, I like that stainless steel lining.

jrtrebor

Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #35 Nov 5, 2010 4:41 pm

A few other modifications I've made ( I get carried away sometimes with ideas)
Adapted power seat screw motors for moving the deflector and rotating the chute.
Both movements are controlled by a little 4-way joystick located on the right handle.
The system is powered by a 12v scooter battery which hangs in a bag below
the control panel. It has a plug so I can just remove it and take it inside to charge.
Although last year here in Mi. It didn't leave the blower to be charged until
March. And I only took it in to charge it because I thought I should.
It hadn't shown signs of getting weak at all.
I was amazed at that.
Also took off the old rounded deflector and made a new one with
square corners

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aa335

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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #36 Nov 5, 2010 8:15 pm

Very nice work. The chute deflector motor set up looks highly similar to the new Deere 1330SE.

By the way, what's the yellow triangle on the chute?

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Shryp

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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #37 Nov 6, 2010 12:39 am

aa335 wrote:

Very nice work. The chute deflector motor set up looks highly similar to the new Deere 1330SE.

By the way, what's the yellow triangle on the chute?

He uses the triangle to judge how far the deflector can move because the seat motors don't have limiters and he doesn't want to break it.

I remember seeing a video on youtube about hit setup a while ago.

GtWtNorth

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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #38 Nov 6, 2010 6:20 am

jrtrebor, nice job on the painting, how did you fasten the stainless into the housing? Those seat motors look nice & compact & plenty powerful. What car are they from & do they turn fast enough?
I have a larger joystack from an arcade game that I will hook up to both motors.

chefwong, please don't take this the wrong way, but unless you are building a show (not snow) machine, 1000 & 2000 grit sounds like way overkill. Aren't you giving yourself a lot of work for minimal return.

Cheers

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aa335

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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #39 Nov 6, 2010 7:15 am

chefwong wrote:

Somehow I suspect these sandpaper are expensive and are made in Europe. Never heard of Nikklens before but it sure sounds expensive.

jrtrebor

Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
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Re: Repainting a snowblower bucket
Reply #40 Nov 6, 2010 4:49 pm

aa335
The other poster is correct. It gives me a visual reference on how far up the deflector can go.
Here is a link to the video that I made last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwbfkLuhdhw

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