I Ceramic Coated my SNOW BLOWER to make it NON STICK
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- čas přidán 25. 12. 2020
- Nobody likes a clogged snowblower so I had the idea to Ceramic Coat it just like car detailers do to make it NON-STICK to stop snow and ice build up on my SNOWBLOWER. Did it work? See how I did it and if it worked?
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These knock off Chinese ceramic coatings don't even last longer than off the shelf wax. That's why it's $10-20, not $100-200.
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Grabbed it! I have the materials to add the rubber paddles but never got to it. I always try to find easier way before opening or drilling anything. But I am surprised that S.C. have not yet done rubber paddle extensions himself
I'm on a hill. I'm going to treat my whole driveway and watch the snow slide right into the road.
Car slip and slides are fun
Big brain
And you car won't have any traction, hahaha!
Sorry, I meant your car.
@@utmark07 ?
Please try to remember to add a follow up at the end of the season to tell us how many times you ended up using that machine, what kind of snow you got, and how the coating held up. Thanks!
Will do, I want to know as much for me as you do too. The clogs and blockages are the worst!
@@SilverCymbal Are you planning to (re)coat the areas that you mentioned at the end of the video before the next snowfall? I'd be interested in seeing a side-by-side comparison of a screen shot of what you showed here and a screenshot after a secondary application.
@@SilverCymbal Subscribed for the follow-up video at end of season!
@@SilverCymbal Well?
@@troye.1309 lol, the quality of a youtube person is often seen in the promises they keep or follow up videos
This makes me ponder doing this to my lawn mower deck.
Ceramic coatings are amazing for everything! Turtle wax has a spray coating that is easy to apply and works amazingly. You can get it at walmart or auto parts stores. You can use it everywhere you need to clean hard surfaces.... think showers/tubs, appliances, really anywhere where a hydrophobic surface would be a benefit. Have fun!
That's what I was thinking
My friend waxes and ceramic coats his lawnmower. He says it works great. He has one of those $7000 spartan units he bought 2 years ago. I have a 21 yr old Ferris, so it's not worth the experiment for me. 😉
@@jamesthomas3749 This would stop wet grass from sticking to it? My boss is a professional gardener and this would save us so much time.
FabAutomotiveDetailing did that to his new zero turn. Came out pretty good from what I can remember.
For years I have been waxing the chute and blower housing on my snow blowers and it really helps so I guess this could be the next step for me!
Nice job on the video!
Just use wd40
I watched your video a couple months ago and finally got around to coating the snowblower. Awesome! Worked great on heavy packed slushy snow and then powder on top. Worst snow we’ve had in years and it didn’t clog once.
I tried coating mine and my arm almost got cutoff, next time I’m gonna use the other arm! I’ll show it who’s boss!
Did the same to my blower with some 3D ceramic coating I had left over. Works really well. Even dawn and vinegar stripped my shower doors with a magic eraser and ceramic coated those as well. So easy to keep clean!
Sir I am in Jersey and we got hit really bad with snow. This trick of coating snowblower literally saved me lots of frustration and time. I wanted to thank you for this valuable tip. Stay safe and thank you once again.😀
My grandfather back in the 60’s used to use Crisco and then started using spray Pam. I’ve used Pam and even silicone spray, but now I will give the ceramic coating a try.
Thank You for the video!
I would have never thought to try that! I've used the cooking spray trick before. Now I live in a warm climate and don't have to mess with snow but thank you for sharing!
Wonderful idea!! I am definitely trying this out and getting it for $13 and some change is a steal! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for that video , I had been using Pam on my snowblower and it helps for a while . This looks like just the ticket for the super wet snow we usually get where I live . My two stage blower chills it as it passes through the chute and it is amazing how quick it will freeze solid .
You are a genius!! I just finished blowing a 500ft driveway with over 24” of snow and it worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing this tip !
That is awesome! I appreciate the kinds words.
Huh, my father and I happened to be talking about that a couple nights ago, good to see that somebody’s done this already!
That's an interesting tip! I don't have a snowblower and I often have to shovel snow with a shovel. I've learned that spraying silicon lubricant on my shovel when the snow is wet and sticky. It doesn't last long but it works well. It would be easy and cheap for me to apply this ceramic coating to my snow shovel. I think I'll give it a try. Thanks for posting.
Reminds me of Clark W. Griswold's secret sled spray.
Lmao, love that scene
Later dude's, Let 'er rip hang 10
@@madmax2069 You gotta lot a nerve talking to me like that.
I wasn't talking to you...
Clark W Grizwald, still the funniest darn movie ever.
She'll see it later, Clark. Her eyes are frozen.
Lmfao!!!
"Now Clark, I don't know about sailing down no hill with nothing between my brain and the ground but a piece of government plastic" ....
😉 “Bingo”
Cool idea. Here in Minnesota we get pretty dry snow 99% of the time, but I think I'll still do this for the one or two late March/ April storms we get . Thanks
Excellent idea . I have never used a DIY ceramic coating but have used sealant on lawn mowers and car wheels/rims . Easy to maintain and clean. You could use a spray wax topper and microfiber wipe after using snow thrower. It will increase the ceramic coating longevity and surface slickness
Thanks for the general directions. I received my ceramic stuff as a hand me down without the sponge & cloth, so I didn't know about it at all.
Just satisfying to watch the snow for it never snows in San Antonio Texas😎. When it does snow the city shuts down due to the icy roads and myself included inexperienced driver on the slippery roads. Enjoyed the video have a safe 2021
Great tip !!! Wet snow is always an issue for sure with my 24” Honda. Thanks for sharing, that’s pretty cool 👌👍😎.
I appreciate that, I am going to be doing this each year. I loved my Honda blowers too but they always clogged, I wished I had this earlier.
I live in CO. Today, we received over 5 ft of snow. I saw your video in Jan 2021 and applied it as directed on your YT. This snow was wet, not something we usually desl with in CO. Well, your little trick was GREAT! Snow stuck a little bit to the center but mothing big. I will be doing this every year. THANK YOU!
That is awesome! So glad it helped!
When I was a kid growing up in rural Indiana I LOVED winter. Not only was it time to get out the snowmobile but I made a ton of cash. My dad bought a Wheel Horse tractor with the front PTO and 30" snowblower attachment. We put tire chains on all four wheels along with the heaviest wheel weights they made. I would just start on one end of town and clear every driveway I could get. $5 minimum, $10 for the really big ones, plus their sidewalks and porch. But I would have to clear jams a lot. I wish we had this stuff to coat the snow contact parts. That is brilliant
I coat mine every year with some type of wax or sealant. This year it was the spray graphene coating. I haven’t had a chance to try it this year yet. In past years everything I tried has helped just a little. Hoping for better results this year. My snowblower is 10 years old and because I protected it, it looks like I just bought it. My neighbors ask every year if I got a new one and can’t believe it’s that old. Great video!
This is great to hear, so many people do nothing to their machines and they just wear out so fast, why waste your money? Great info!
Thanks for this! I'm guessing I've got several decades on you and snowblowing a 200' driveway is becoming increasingly difficult. There's a pretty substantial incline. After watching your vid on ceramic coating your lawnmower I decided it might well work on my Honda snowblower. We recently had close to a foot before it turned to rain. Thanks!
Some great advice about how they all favor one side to blow the snow out of, and it’s not a small difference in many cases. I think tracks are really needed if you have more than a sidewalk. Nice machine
Its nice to see someone using hearing protection also. I like my hearing too. Great idea on the coating.
This video is worth watching! More of this, please!
If we had snow here, I’d definitely be adding that coating. I remember living in the north and putting “Cisco cooking grease” on my snow shovel before I did a driveway and sidewalk for money as a kid (60 years ago - haha)
@@DigitalYojimbo No it's Cisco, you're just too young to remember. The company was bought out by Todd Chrisley about 40 years ago and he renamed the product Crisco.
@@TRICK-OR-TREAT236 Sorry, I meant CRISCO
@@DigitalYojimbo Sorry, I MEANT CRISCO cooking grease
Baby oil (mineral oil) also works great and now really cheap. I cut it with rubbing alcohol, 4:1 ratio and put into an old spray bottle. This also rust proofs the snow thrower and/or shovel. 👍
@@whatthe2458 Approximately, doesn't need to be precise. Basically, the alcohol thins the oil for better penetration hence lubricity. Works a treat.
I did the mudflap impeller mod on my blower haven't clogged once since. The impeller mod and the ceramic coat would be a good combo.
As the oldest of 7 children, 5 boys 2 girls, my father didn't buy a snowblower until the oldest 3 sons had moved out.
Same here! Thanks DAD.
I walked to school in a foot of snow barefooted for 3 miles uphill both ways. Well a tad exaggerated but not that far from truth.
No reason to spend extra money when you have all that man power, plus without feeding 3 more people he could finally justify the cost 🤣😂🤣😂
@@akaredcrossbow Yeah my Dad was all heart. Some of the neighborhood kids would help us at times. Driveway was at least 80 yards long, with a turn out. When he did finally buy a snowblower, I would race to his house after work if it was snowing to use the snowblower. He would come down the driveway and say what are yeah doing? I would answer, just wanted to see what it was like.
Letting the girls off easy, 'eh? Tell them to get out there and shovel too, everyone could use a little more humility.
Thanks for the idea & the great deal on the coating! I just ordered some for my cars to try.
I really appreiate that, I had a great experience with it
Genius!!!!!!!! I always have issue with slush on my long driveway. Thanks for the tip.
Great idea! I’ve always had problems with every snowblower I’ve had, when it’s a wet snow.
use hydrophobic paint is more better no need to repaint
Have had fantastic results with a ceramic spray coating for my vehicle, so this looks like a great hack for my snowblower. Blow is definitely going to get a treatment.
I'm definitely going to try this out on my new Briggs and Stratton snowblower. Thanks for sharing 👍
Great idea! Just ordered the stuff and will be doing it next week.
Excellent. I waxed my snowblower 4 times before the first snow here in the Poconos. Great video.
Another great tip and profound idea thanks for sharing this the Pam spray does work great 👍🏻 happy holidays
That's a really good idea. Thanks for posting!
Great video. I live in Vermont and luckily haven't had to use my snowblower this year.
I bought it at the end of the season but never used it. I put some rubber pieces on my impeller during the summer and haven't needed to use it yet. It's a bitter sweet I suppose. I put the rubber on my impeller because I saw it on CZcams. It's supposed to throw the snow further and being that the rubber is closer to the housing it means less build-up if snow and more importantly no ice when it's been sitting. I've heard that it will throw your snow 30%-40% further. It cost me around $10-$15 dollars for everything. I used two bolts with washers and nuts to hold it onto the impeller. The rubber I used was a snowblower paddle from one of those old electric toro snow sweepers. I cut it into approximately two inch pieces and drilled holes into each piece along with drilling holes into the impeller. I think I had 3 or 4 pieces for my machine. I ran it for a while to let the rubber wear down a little while it was warm so that it didn't break if it was to cold. Fingers crossed that it works out well for me. Maybe you can do a video on how this would be done and the results afterwards? Just a suggestion. Thanks for your time and videos. I enjoy them immensely.
Mother of god, this is awesome. I just got some ceramic stuff for Xmas. Thanks from another Mass. guy!
Happy holidays!
Great idea. I'm going to clean and coat the snow blade on my ATV. Should save me a ton of time this winter!
I live in Florida... yet, here I am, watching a video about ceramic coating a snow blower to make it easier to blow snow and clean up afterwords. Great video.
Great vid..Great idea. Thanks for posting. Happy Holidays
Thank you very much, you as well!
Ive been spraying a water repellent lime camp dry o my machines for years and it really does improve the performance and non stick advantages of the snow to the machine. Really works well on all of your snow removal equipment like roof rakes and snow shovel type tools.
I live in southern Maine and we get a fair amount of snow and lots of times it’s wet and sticky and it always manages to clog up the machine -
The gap between the impeller itself and the housing is a major issue that is better or worse depending on the manufacturer -
I often times use spray car wax or paste wax and rub everything down just like you did with the ceramic coating and have pretty good results -
The best improvement has come from installing an impeller kit which you can Google and learn about -
A little involved and not readily done by the average person but it is doable -
I have a medium size craftsman snowblower and with the impeller kit I have not had the chute clog once in three seasons - and the snow - depending on the wind and the consistency - is thrown anywhere from 25 to 50 feet which is a huge improvement from prior to the impeller kit installation-
For what it’s worth
Thanks for posting
The impeller kit is the way to go. It really makes a huge difference! My machine has not clogged once since the impeller kit was installed.
My buudy’s dad used to own an industrial coatings business. Ie coatings found on manufacturing machines. He coated his blower with one of his coatings did really good.
I recommended that you should try out the ceramic coating on the Pam video last year. Glad you got a chance to try it out!
I like it! After the struggle to remove the snow that fell after the ice storm, I've been wondering about something like this and here you are.
My lower back says do itttttt! 😏
Def gotta try this. I have a snowblower and some Cheap ceramiccoating. Thx for the tip
Simple and smart. Like it and going to test it here in Sweden
Great idea I definitely have to try this, thanks.
I started using Meguire's hybrid ceramic spray automobile wax on my 44" John Deere lawn tractor snowblower, with similar results. I got the idea from a spray ceramic ski wax that see advertised on FB. It costs $16 at WM and works very well. I started using it on my cross country skis and I can't believe how well it works, on the top and the bottom. My buddy sprayed some on the bottom of his granddaughter's snow disk and she was the fastest one down the mountain. I'm going to try it on my downhill skis.
Going to use this .Great video keep up the good work you do.
Thanks, will do! I appreciate it
I've been using rainx water repellent fluid but I might try this. No snow yet in Seattle but we usually get hit in Jan-March so might as well get ready for it, thanks for the idea and happy new year.
Excellent. Getting a new one shortly. Will do this.
Great idea, that snow blower looks killer.
No idea how this video got in my feed and yet here I am...fascinating.
Another really cool and informative video. I can't believe you don't have a plow or snow blower attachment for your rider.
Whoa, game changer! Why haven't I thought of this year's ago??! Thank you! 🙂
That's a really nice machine! I just bought my first one, used. It's from about 1985 lol it's all steel and weighs a lot. I'm going to try your trick on mine and see how it goes. I already plastidipped the wheels pure gold for a laugh 😂👍
Sir that is a great tip .btw that is a long drive way. Some people get some snowblower that don't match the need but in your case that makes sense to get that beautiful beast snowblower
Dang that machine is legit. I remember busting my tail as a 14yr old on a 2 wheeler. I love this.
I appreciate that thank you
Thanks for sharing this is a great idea and looks like it worked
Many thanks for the tip! And nice snow blower you have 8-)
Very cool trick friend!
Thank you sir! it is exactly what I needed, teflon wasn't quite good enough
Great video. Would love to see a follow up on your thoughts at the end of the season to hear how well it held up!
I wish I would have watched this video 3 weeks ago before we had that snow storm that was heavy and what thanks for the tip buddy
I'm so glad I moved away from MA(Norton) a few years ago to Florida. Tough to shovel sunshine. Great video. I used to wax the inside of the snow thrower that went on my dad's john deere lawn tractor and that worked some.
Is that Florida,MA lol
@@DeeJaySincere1 lol no where its warm.
Thank you for that tip. I will check it out.
Thanks for the tip. Southern Pennsylvania gets wet snow. I'll have to try it.
I never thought about that what a great idea
Great tip.... thanks for sharing
Great information!
Ahrens and I believe DuPont make sprays specific for this. I have both. It's good for a whole season and a heck of a lot easier than wiping expensive stuff on.
Great tips man! I have a Toro with a plastic chute so I need to see if I can do some plastic ceramic coating, see if that helpss. But if not that cooking spray method you mentioned briefly in the beginning will tried out. Thanks for the tips!
Nice tip! I need to try this.
I've been using Pledge spray on my blower and my Wheel Horse plow, so far it's working.
Wow! Just, WOW!
This is a great idea!
I'd have never thought of doing this. I will say another good modification for those willing to go a little further would be to add some thick yet flexible rubber to the three impellers to close the gap between them and the housing. Truck mud flaps work well for this. It's just a pain to drill the holes in the impeller and get things lined up. That thing will throw snow a mile away though, and definitely not clog up in that area. Slush stands no chance.
I have been telling people to WAX... the inside of their buckets, augers, chute and deflector for 10-15 years.
@@kielbasaglen6843 The rubber impeller mod is the only permanent solution for clogging snowblowers. You do it once and it’s done, and it actually works.
You can also get a few more feet out of your throw by having your chute point in the same direction your auger throws.
Very informative. Thanks.
I just ceramic coated the snow, then I didn’t have to bother with the snowblower. Great content as usual. Thanks.
I love it! That would be better!
I wonder if you could just put it on the concrete?
Hahahah
@@Gitarzan66 you can. look into Siloxa-Tek 8510 ;)
Great idea. One of the mail reasons you get a clog is that the impeller that shoots the snow out has a gap between it and the housing. So since snow sticks well to snow (the reason there’s lots of siping on snow tires), any snow that does cling to the housing wants to catch more snow. I did the expeller flap modification a couple years ago. Basically it’s like putting mud flaps on your impeller blades so it sweeps the housing as it goes. Not only have I not gotten a clog, even in heavy slush where it pours out the chute like mustard, I also shoot snow noticeably further. It can practically pump water now. It’s fantastic. You should give it a try. I can find links to the videos I’ve watched if you want.
I meant main reasons, not mail reasons...
@@BenNawrath The reason the snow clogs is because it STICKS to the paint. Not because of any gaps. If you wax... you will never have another block or clog. Just try doing to exit hole area and you will see a HUGE difference. No need for any rubber pieces on the impeller fan.
@@kielbasaglen6843 I’ve done silicone lube and stuff too. And I agree, that will definitely help. But filling that gap definitely makes the impeller more efficient. I can shoot slush further than I could shoot snow before.
Me, who lives in the south and would never need to know this info: 🤔 hmmm that’s a good thing to know.
😂😭😭🤦🏾♂️🤝🏾
@Akira S ugh. Why I like living in the Midwest. Hot summers but the autumn and winters always provide relief from the heat.
And you watched anyway 😀
Thats a great idea.👍
That's a great idea!
I used an old trick from my early 60's childhood days of sledding on my old Yankee Clipper. I would rub an old wax candle on the runners of my sled. It helped cutdown on snow build up. So i used the same principle on the impellers and augers and the inside of auger housing. It works help keeping the snow blower clog free.
@jesusiscoming.readthegospe9184 lol 'Jesus' is just like ceramic wax?, lol strengthen the paint and protect against that Devil Rust?, lol lol.
That's a great idea man!
Thanks!
awesome idea!
Great idea. I've use Automotive spray silicone it works good but as with the coking oil you have to reapply often. I like this idea. Please remember to let us know how long it lasts. Maybe coat the gear box and see if that improves that area. Thanks for the idea,
Deff worth a try!!!
But then I won’t have the joy of cleaning my garage when the snow packed in the blower melts all over the floor 😂 Great idea, thank you!
I definitely use pam on mine! But that makes more sense. Awesome video like usual
i found it works great in the winter when im sand blowing in the bahamas!
Great job!
I’ve been using WD 40 on my plow blade, snow shovels and snow blower for years but like you pointed out, you have to apply it frequently. I’ll try applying the ceramic coating next fall !
What a chore that must be
Yeah that must be great for the environment.