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I'm getting ready to clean up and paint a Brinly plow for the Wards squire I'm working on and had a couple of questions.... 1) What have others used for painting the Molboard? 2) What do you do about a rusty "U" bolt for the Coulter???
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for show or to work? If for work I don't think you want to paint the parts that get shiny with anything, old oil between seasons. If for show, then back to the original paint. -Don
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At the farm stores there is what they call a soft black paint for painting the plow molboard, it will come right off in dirt.
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Don is correct. You don't want to paint the scouring side of the moldboard or share if it's going to be used. There is a special paint you can get at most farm equipment dealers, but the moldboard needs to be shined up first. A wire brush, then either steel wool or fine (400 grit or finer) sandpaper does well. The paint is a soft, flat finish paint used mainly to prevent rust while the plow is not in use. It scours off easily when you start plowing. As to the rusted U-bolt, use penetrating oil or heat. If it's really rusted, cut or split the nuts to remove them. Wire brush and chase the threads.
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I am getting ready to do the same. Good information. "Chase the threads"? Not familiar with the term. Does that mean to use a die? Are these U-bolts no longer available?
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on further reflection IF I was restoring a Brinly for show I'd shine the share and moldboard almost to a chrome shine (as Pat describes) and wax it. That shine is part of what made Deere's plow such a huge innovation in the mid 1800's and is highly prized by farmers to this day - if shiny it will work (scour), if rusty or even dull the soils will stick. A plow used a lot will keep shiny on its own. -Don
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I went to the local Farm store today and I found some of the "plow Paint, I'm going to use that on the Molboard, and the adjusting handle and coulter clamp are pretty rusty I think I'm going to paint them just gloss black....
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Originally posted by ibelee
. "Chase the threads"? Not familiar with the term. Does that mean to use a die?
That is correct. Be sure to turn the die CW only 1/4 turn at a time then back off CCW to clean and keep from galling the old threads.
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  • 2 weeks later...
Well heres the plow after cleaning and painting I used the soft paint on the moldboard and it needs another coat, will do that when I put the coulter back on...
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I just sandblasted and painted the U bolt and clamp, I tried to find a new locally but no one seems to have one that big, on the bottom it says 7/8 So I'm assuming it's 7/8" clamp but the handle and adjuster on the back was rusty and loosing it's coating so I just blasted and painted those too..
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