best way to shine rusty plow shares?
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Topic: best way to shine rusty plow shares?
Posted By: troy(el paso, il)
Subject: best way to shine rusty plow shares?
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 8:06pm
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Hello All-
Just wondering the best approach to cleaning and shining old plow shares? I can't get my two bottom plow to cut into sod.......Thanks in advance.
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Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 8:14pm
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I use a wire wheel on something like a grinder or buffer. Works for me.
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Posted By: Matt MN
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 8:15pm
I use a wire wheel on a small grinder to get most of the rust off.
I have been told that if you paint them with spray paint it creates a slippery surface and they scour better.
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 8:28pm
Find about 20 acres of sand to plow first. I borrowed a big electric disc sander. My dad said you'll ruin it by scratching it up. I started on the first bottom lightly sanding, moved to the second and then the 3rd. I just kept switching from one to another till the disc was nothing but the backing. Then I went to the neighbor and helped plow some hills that were about half clay and half sand. It works pretty good to coat the plow with slip plate graphite paint when you get it kinda cleaned up. The slip plate will polish off the smooth spots and gradually the whole thing will shine. Charlie
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Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 8:47pm
Charlie beat me to it. Plow some sandy ground if you can.
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Posted By: Rick of HopeIN
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 9:10pm
I cleaned mine up a little with a wire wheel the first year I used my plow but a couple of rounds of plowing and they were cleaned up like chrome.
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Posted By: C. Burnett
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 10:22pm
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Could there be another reason your plow won't cut into sod? Sod ground always gave me the best polish job of all.
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Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 11:13pm
I used a flap sanding disk last time I needed to clean up a plow. The surface is very hard so you won't scratch or damage deeper than the rust. Then finish up by plowing. Be sure to paint or soft coat the plow when you put it away. Cheap spray paint lasts best, soft coat comes off faster the next time. If you keep it inside a complete smear of chassis grease will protect it but outside grease won't last a year. Soft coat won't last more than two or three years.
Gerald J.
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Posted By: JimIA
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2010 at 11:18pm
Ive used what I call scotch discs for the angle grinder. They are a disc with basically emery cloth around the facing edge of the disc. Clean all of the rust off till smooth. Then, as Matt stated spray paint the moldboard and share. I have done this on atleast four plows now and have not had to stop and scrape one off yet. Works great!
Jim
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Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 7:29am
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When I was a kid, evry year Dad would bring home this big side grinder from work. I would have to grind the two bottom plow. When I was done they looked like chrome. At least that was his decisison when I was done! :)
Maybe not the easiest, but that's the best way we ever did them.
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Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 7:49am
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All of the above suggestions are on target. I cleaned up a #73 plow last year by using a 4" wire wheel grinder first followed by a flap disk. Once they're fairly clean you're ready to plow. That's the only way to get them bright and shiny all over. When you're done, apply a spray coat of black slip-plate or graphite for storage. I used mine again this year and the graphite wore off after about 10 rounds of plowing. It's now ready to be coated again and put away for the winter. Good luck.
Brian F(IL)
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Posted By: firebrick43
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 8:29am
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A rusty bottom in no way should keep a plow from cutting in, especially in sod. If the bottom doesn't scour it just makes a mess but it will still cut. You have an adjustment problem or your points/shares are worn if it won't cut.
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Posted By: KC-WD45
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 9:13am
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Great information! I am getting ready to drag one out of the weeds that hasn't plowed inprobably ten years. Guess I'll be stopping by the hardware store for some sanding disks!
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Posted By: troy(el paso, il)
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 11:07am
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Thanks everyone for the tips......yea, the funny thing is I used the plow in some ground that was already plowed and it seemed to dig in just fine, but when I tried it on some sod, it wouldn't take a bite, it just skimmed the top. I leveled out the plow, but I think I need to play with the adjustment some more for the angle of entry......I know if I could actually get into the sod it should shine it up.........Troy
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 1:06pm
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I leveled out the plow, but I think I need to play with the adjustment some more for the angle of entry
How did you level it? You should have the left wheel 6 to 8 inches up on blocks and level the bottoms with the ground.
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Posted By: firebrick43
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 1:14pm
Also troy, I don't know where you are in Illinois or how the weather is, but here in central indiana its to damn dry to plow, the ground is rock hard, that could be part of your problem, People have stop chisel plowing as well, just tearing up equipment, using to much fuel. We are getting some rain however as I talk, first in over a month.
As tucker said block up the left wheel, i prefer to do the front one as well. You must be on hard level ground, then set your plow down and make sure it contacts the point/share/heel evenly. You may need to replace/resharpen your shares/points.
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Posted By: troy(el paso, il)
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 4:26pm
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Firebrick, it is extremely dry here too........I had actually thought that maybe that was part of the problem. Maybe i need to wait for good soaking rain before I try again. Thanks. Troy
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Posted By: C. Burnett
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2010 at 4:38pm
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I was wondering in my first post if the ground might be too dry because I had never seen rust keep the plow from taking ground, it just won't shed good. It is possible that a set of new points might be in order also. Good sod ground, as I mentioned before, does a good job of cleaning a plow because it usually rides across the whole bottom before it rolls over.
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