grout mixing tool

[shogun rua]

Hi Guys,

What grout mixing drill do you recommend?

Cheers

Paul

 

[peteablard]

Cordless drill on low speed with a small paddle works for me!

 

[shogun rua]

so just use my dewalt on a low speed? lol

 

[peteablard]

I've got an 18v Ryobi drill that I use and a couple of small but very sturdy paddles that I found at a car boot sale for £1 each, bargain!

 

[Alan.P]

I mix mine by hand with a bucket trowel.

 

[doug boardley]

same here Alan.

 

[shogun rua]

is it not supposed to be better for the grout if mixed with a paddle?

 

[Stewart]

I've got a complete tool for mixing.....

It's my apprentice...lol and he uses a drill or a bucket trowel.


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[shogun rua]

my apprentice is only 1 so he cant mix yet lol

 

[Gall.B]

As above dewalt 18v low speed with paddle especialy if its Mapei ucp & bal superflex rarely mix by hand now mostly using flexi gouts

 

[Brian the Tile]

is it not taking things a bit to far getting your drill and paddle out to mix a bit of grout,whats wrong with the good old fashioned trowel,the most important bit of machinery in my tool box for sure

 

[Ian]

I normally just stick a marigold on and do it by hand! The grouts that need a double mix, I do mix with a paddle.


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[Del W]

Mostly by hand trowl.

 

[shogun rua]

it suggest you mix with a paddle on the tin

 

[Gall.B]

Would only mix standard wj by hand. but the paddle is usualy handy anyway & 9 times out of 10 the grout is flexi.
Wouldnt dream of mixing Mapei ucp by hand.

 

[Brian the Tile]

Tin?grout in a tin

 

[Perry]

is it not taking things a bit to far getting your drill and paddle out to mix a bit of grout,whats wrong with the good old fashioned trowel,the most important bit of machinery in my tool box for sure

Bri most of the guys I have seen mix it with a trowel don't make a great job IMO if I mix a small amount I use a piece of 2x1 but most of the time we use one of these Picture 23 of 26 from pete as it large amounts or sand and cement

 

[DHTiling]

Would only mix standard wj by hand. but the paddle is usualy handy anyway & 9 times out of 10 the grout is flexi.
Wouldnt dream of mixing Mapei ucp by hand.

I'm with ya.. very small amount of none flexi WJ by hand but always mix poly modified with mixer.. you have to , to make sure the polymers/colourants are fully mixed.

 

[shogun rua]

Tin?grout in a tin

it does exactly what it say,s on the tin

 

[kilty55]

mix all mine by hand shogun

 

[Brian the Tile]

seen no grout in a tin in forty years ,have i missed something old habits die hard trowel every time

 

[Brian the Tile]

and yes i have used plenty epoxy in my years as a time served tiler before anyone asks,the only one i used out of a tin was riposeal abit like chewing gum but the firm iworked for at the tme made the awfull stuff, anybody out there used or heard of it

 

[Bolter]

I was always told mixing with a paddle puts too much air into the grout, so I mix it with some 2x1.