Gorilla tubs are very good for mixing adhesives, though I never use one "as yet anyway" as they are very flexible and are very easy to clean out even dried on adhesives, unlike solid plastic tubbs.
Gorilla tubs are very good for mixing adhesives, though I never use one "as yet anyway" as they are very flexible and are very easy to clean out even dried on adhesives, unlike solid plastic tubbs.
Not strictly true about being easy to clean. First time use of a brand new gorilla tub was for mixing Ardex 7001 floor addy. When finished laying floor, I let the rest go off so that I could knock it out into the bin. This was the next morning. Main bulk came out with a bit of banging and flexing of bucket, but the residue up the side stuck like sh!t to a blanket and is still there today. Flexing the bucket when the addy is a thin coating just bends the very flexible addy.
Much easier to clean if you do it while it is still active - ish. Said bucket is now only used as a waste bucket.:icon9:
I bought a cheap drill wheni first started tiling cost me £20 and i already had a mixing paddle the drill lasted 12months because it couldnt take it when the floor addy was thicker it just burnt out on me half way through a mix so had to get the cordless out. The very same night when i had finished the job i went down to screwfix which is very local to my house and bought this Sparky BM2 1060CE+ Mixer 230V 1050W - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys (hope the link works)
Which i found is a good piece of kit for the price especially if you way up the cost of buying a drill every 12 months..
Also i use wickes black buckets for smaller flooring jobs and medium sized gorrilla tubs for larger jobs.
p.s The handles always fall off the orange B&Q buckets thats y i only use wickes for the same price..
Cheers
Mat
i only buy 110 volt equipment not just for site work but because they last forever, my drill cost around £275 about 6 years ago from trimline but its got to be the toughest piece of kit i have seen
thanks very much for your input everyone, looks like ahl just have a go with a piece of wood or sumthing this weekend but are planning on doing many more so will sort sumthing better out in the coming weeks.
