Disinfect Lawn Mower

To clean the deck of a lawn mower follow these steps.

Disinfect lawn mower. Empty the gas tank or run the mower until the tank is empty then disconnect the spark plug wire. If the carburetor itself shows signs of rusting use sandpaper to remove the rust. With the gas tank empty turn the mower on its side. Stand the mower up on its side.

Always wear gloves to clean a lawn mower. Many hovers also have rollers that lever out to aid cleaning. Lawn mowers will tolerate a hose down at the end of a mowing session. Remove any debris that may be wrapped around the blade or caked up on the underside of the mower deck.

You can either run the tank dry or use a hand pump siphon to extract the gas from the tank before starting. Spray the underside of the mower deck with a garden hose to loosen dirt and dried on grass. To get to the blade for cleaning you are going to need to turn your lawn mower up on its side. Never use water or polishes to clean a lawnmower and always be aware of the blade.

I was just wondering what you guys use for disinfecting your mower decks when a lawn has a fungal disease outbreak and how often you might use it. Take a garden hose and spray the deck at full blast. Remove clumps of dirt and grass by hand and dispose of these in a plastic bag away from your lawn. Then the bleach would kill the ground if you did not clean that off so you would have to wash all of that off or let it dry.

Then spray the disinfectant of your choice on your tool or soak the tool in the disinfectant. If you don t empty the gas tank first it is likely you will end up with gas spilling out. Allow the carburetor to dry then reassemble it making sure to properly position the diaphragms gaskets metering plate and primer base as required along with the float needle and float. Clean out the bowl as well if applicable.

Empty the gas tank on your lawn mower. If your mower does not buy a plastic kitchen spatula for scraping out grass. Before you begin the disinfection process clean the tools to remove dirt debris and plant residue. I know i should probably clean the mower in between jobs to make sure to not spread the fungus or disease but how might i be able to do this in a.

To prevent the spread of fungal lawn diseases you would have to clean out the deck completely and use 10 bleach to water cleaning solution on the entire mower and blades top and bottom to do any good. Wet a nylon scrubbing sponge in your bucket of water and detergent and scrub the mower blades until you ve removed the.