[Randall]

I am new and after cutting my 2 acres my mower deck top and underneath is dirty and I want to clean it but I dont want to use water on the deck because it has not seen the rain since I have had it.

I was wondering how you clean off your decks and the dirty and dust from your mowers?

 

[BOSMECH]

I use my leaf blower.

 

[bsa_bob]

A power washer works miracals on lawn mowers and many other impliments.All my stuff looks new.hth

 

[Lawn345]

Powerwasher and air compressor for the easy stuff mainly on the machine itself. Under the deck I use a screwdriver to get the other stuff.

 

[stygz]

You can find a plastic putty knife / scraper at a local harware store (paint dept.) for cheap for the underside. Use a leaf blower for the top.

 

[Austen]

I use my leaf blower.

Glad to see I'm not the only person that uses one to blow the grass of their machine!

I hear you guys about using water. I powerwash my JD a once or twice year, but using water around the deck always makes me a bit leery as there are so many small crevices that water is going to find and sit in. The killer of mowing decks.

I usually use an air nozzel attachment on the compressor to blow off my old reel mowers after use.

 

[Mark / Ohio]

I use compressed air with an extended reach blow nozzle for the fluff and dust especially around the transmission and engine cooling air intakes, fans and cooling fins. Under the deck I normally have some soft pine kindling wood laying around to scrap with. It is rare that I use water on them.

 

[bsa_bob]

I use compressed air with an extended reach blow nozzle for the fluff and dust especially around the transmission and engine cooling air intakes, fans and cooling fins. Under the deck I normally have some soft pine kindling wood laying around to scrap with. It is rare that I use water on them.

I concur on this post bob s

 

[freginold]

Once you clean off the underside, spray some kind of lubricant like EcoTech Mower Coat around it to prevent grass from sticking as much next time around.

 

[Austen]

Once you clean off the underside, spray some kind of lubricant like EcoTech Mower Coat around it to prevent grass from sticking as much next time around.

Good idea!

 

[blueflame6]

I do as Mark / Ohio says, engine and under the deck with the extended air nozzle. Been doing this for 30 years after every mowing, no rusty decks, no smelly fermenting moldy grass :cool