Plow Prep

Over the last week or so I have noticed many diffrent ways to get them shined up to plow good. Now myself over the last 45 years have tried just about everything and have found only one good way to do it and works everytime. I am not saying anyones wrong on how they do it, This is the best way I have found. I put a 3 or 4 inch wire wheel on my drill and take the big crap off first then take my DA with 80 grit to sand them down. I dont try to make them shine(like after a 100 acres) I just make them smooth. Blow off with an air hose and give them a good coat of primer to fill in the pits and make them slick. Plow a round of two and there shining up. When I am done plowing, I will clean and spray them with primer or paint till the next time there used. Over the years I have bought a lot of plows(about40) cheep because they had sit for years outside and were rusty and this is how I got them ready to use. It works everytime. I and most people dont have a sandy or gravle area to shine them up in so I had to find a way to do it. Like I said everyone has there way to do it, Its just this works everytime for me and it should work anyware. I dont want to start a war, But there are people out there who will argue that there way is the only way to do it. Please dont beat me up to bad for my ways. Just my 2cents. Bandit

What I find works well is when I get done with it, back up to the shop door, look through my rattle cans of paint and find one that I will probably never use, and paint them before I drop it.

Thanks BANDIT-I got into collecting wheatland tractors and now pull type plows to pull behind them. Most of them have sat in the grove the last 20 yrs. so I will try your way. THANKS

Your way woks well, Bandit..

I would ask you (or anyone) to just try using the Thin Cut-off wheel approach just once..
Held at a low angle..it acts just like a "Powered Putty-Knife" and leaves the Plow Steel with a Polished finish..
It takes the Rust OFF, right down to the Black Oxide surface ON the Steel, and that will scour right off..
I don't think anyone has used this Method and believe ME, it is better and Faster than wire brushes (probably Safer) and will not leave any damage in the Steel..
4 1/2" angle-grinder with THIN Cut-off disc..

Just trying to help..
Ron..

Graphite paint

When finished with my plow I like to paint the bottoms with clear coat.It looks like it just came out of the field even after sitting in the shed a few months.We paint the coulters and landsides as well.It is not better than any other paint,I just like the way it looks.

Both of mine I just pulled them stopped couple times to knock dirt off with putty knife and painted with heavy grease afterward has worked for me

Clear coating..... I like that idea! I love that shiny moldboard look!

This plow came with a Viking walk behind garden back in 1960. It was stored in a old chicken house for years. The plow had a coating of grease and was still shiny. I keep the tractor and plow in a mini barn and the plow is still shiny. I use to brush some old engine oil on it, but I haven't put oil on it in a long time.
That Viking tractor started easily after sitting all those years. It was made in 1936. I have a spare plow point too. Hal

These Oliver plows were headed for the scrap yard along with some other equipment. The guy that farms some ground beside us said he had a 6" grain auger he wanted to sell so I went to look at it. Long story short I bought the auger and Oliver plows and 4 other pieces that were about to be cut up "To clean the place up". None had been used in years but I just could not see letting them be cut up so I bought them in a package deal for less than scrap price. Anyway when I got them home I did my thing on the plows and started plowing with them. When I got done I cleaned them off a sprayed some primer on them and there waiting for spring plowing now. I just want to pass on what I have learned from all the mistakes I have made over the years and let you guys know what works good. There is nothing more agrovating than getting to the field and trying to plow and get them shined up then they are rusty and it sticks and plugs up. So I hope that some will try this way and it saves them some agrovation come plowing time. Bandit