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Posted by Steve B on July 27, 2006, 8:45 pm
I need a cement/mortar mixer. Should I bite the bullet, and buy a larger
gas powered unit, or will a small electric suffice. I need to do 40' of
block wall, stone over it, and various and odd stone and cement work around
a remote cabin.
How good do the small electrics last? Is their capacity too small to mess
with? Would it be more efficient to use a bigger one, and mix my own
portland, sand, lime, and aggregate rather than buy sacks of pre-mix?
Steve
Steve
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 27, 2006, 9:01 pm
>I need a cement/mortar mixer. Should I bite the bullet, and buy a larger
>gas powered unit, or will a small electric suffice. I need to do 40' of
>block wall, stone over it, and various and odd stone and cement work around
>a remote cabin.
>
> How good do the small electrics last? Is their capacity too small to mess
> with? Would it be more efficient to use a bigger one, and mix my own
> portland, sand, lime, and aggregate rather than buy sacks of pre-mix?
I've borrowed an electric that is about 15 years old and does a lot of work.
Still works just fine and for the job you want should be ideal.
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Posted by on July 27, 2006, 9:10 pm
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:45:30 -0700, "Steve B"
>I need a cement/mortar mixer. Should I bite the bullet, and buy a larger
>gas powered unit, or will a small electric suffice. I need to do 40' of
>block wall, stone over it, and various and odd stone and cement work around
>a remote cabin.
>
>How good do the small electrics last? Is their capacity too small to mess
>with? Would it be more efficient to use a bigger one, and mix my own
>portland, sand, lime, and aggregate rather than buy sacks of pre-mix?
>
>Steve
>
>Steve
>
I don't know about mortar mixers but I have an old Builder Square
(RIP) electric concrete mixer I have mixed many yards of concrete with
over the years and it is still goinhg. I am not sure how you would
break it. It is not that good with mortar tho. It seems to hang up in
the drum and not mix right. That is why mortar mixers use paddles
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Posted by calhoun on July 27, 2006, 9:18 pm
>I need a cement/mortar mixer. Should I bite the bullet, and buy a larger
>gas powered unit, or will a small electric suffice. I need to do 40' of
>block wall, stone over it, and various and odd stone and cement work around
>a remote cabin.
>
> How good do the small electrics last? Is their capacity too small to mess
> with? Would it be more efficient to use a bigger one, and mix my own
> portland, sand, lime, and aggregate rather than buy sacks of pre-mix?
>
> Steve
>
> Steve
>
If you are the only one working than you won't need the capacity of a gas
machine. 40' wall is small enough you could just wheel barrow mix. I have
found that a wheel barrow is about the capacity of electrics I have used
anyway.
Pre mix is the only way to go. Hauling in the sand and then the stones then
shovel both into a mixer trying to keep each batch the same so it will look
the same finished is time consuming and expensive. Just break a bag into the
mixer/wheelbarrow and go.
If more than 3 people and larger projects then a gas is the way to go. I
have an 8 HP mixer. I can dump in 4-80lb bags of premix, add water, and haul
out 2 wheel barrows of concrete in less than 4 min. But need at least 3
people to keep up with the machine.
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Posted by tmurf.1 on July 27, 2006, 9:23 pm
Steve B wrote:
> I need a cement/mortar mixer. Should I bite the bullet, and buy a larger
> gas powered unit, or will a small electric suffice. I need to do 40' of
> block wall, stone over it, and various and odd stone and cement work around
> a remote cabin.
>
> How good do the small electrics last? Is their capacity too small to mess
> with? Would it be more efficient to use a bigger one, and mix my own
> portland, sand, lime, and aggregate rather than buy sacks of pre-mix?
>
> Steve
>
> Steve
I have had good luck with small electric mortar mixers. They are great
when working alone and very reliable. I don't like per mixed mortar
mix very much. Much better results with individual bags of portland
and lime. If making concrete you can mix sand and portland and then
pour it into a tub and add stones or gravel.
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