Snow sticking to mold board

[Dfrenzy]

I painted a plow last year it was a last minute thing that i decided to do before the season started. The snow stuck to it like I used some type of snow bond or something. I waxed it and waxed it again and again and again. I tryed cooking spray but still stuck like glue. I thought maybe due to painting it in colder weather maybee it just needed some summer temps to harden it up all the way. This year Ii put so many coats of wax on it a bug counn't leave a skid mark but it still sticks. Anyone have any better ideas? I'm not a fan of the snow shields either.

[pbeering]

Try some :ff. Thin coat.

If that doesn't do it, get a thin sheet of Tyvar plastic and attach it to the face. Nothing much sticks to it.

[Rick]

What is Tyvar????

[pbeering]

Tivar is a trade name for UHMW Polyethylene is an outstanding choice in material when you need a relatively low cost abrasion, impact, and chemical resistant material. UHMW is used in extreme wear situations such as hopper liners, conveyer systems, marine fender pads, and sand and gravel movement.

[snowjoker]

Some sort of poly shield, or silicone spray works well, and much cheaper than Fluid film..

[Rick]

Tivar is a trade name for UHMW Polyethylene is an outstanding choice in material when you need a relatively low cost abrasion, impact, and chemical resistant material. UHMW is used in extreme wear situations such as hopper liners, conveyer systems, marine fender pads, and sand and gravel movement.

Thank you Peter. I like to know things,or at least a little more than I did the day before.

[stargazer]

I'm not there, but it sounds like the snow is freezing to your plow. In certain conditions it happens, almost no matter what. Very cold air temperatures, with warmer conditions underneath - snow is a very good insulator, almost like styrofoam - will cause snow to stick to anything at air temperture. The warm, wet snow underneath (or the warm wet dirt) will freeze to the frigid metal plow blade.

Sometimes when you cross country ski in those conditions it wiill freeze to your wooden (metal free) shiny finished and waxed skis.

I wouldn't worry about it, those conditions don't happen enough to bother, though they can be bad when they are happening. Wax doesn't really last for a lot of plowing, your paint will be enough in normal conditions. Wax never hurts, unless you hope to paint again soon, it just doesn't last in heavy continuous plowing.

Once real winter temperatures freeze the ground and base the problem should disappear untill you get a sudden thaw after a deep freeze.