Brickies Mixer Stuff For Squizzy

[ozwinner]

OK, heres the secret to haveing a clean brickies mixer
But if you read it Im going to have to kill you, you know that?

Only mix the mud you can use there and then, dont leave the perpetual mix in the mixer.
Cement starts to go off after 45 mins, so if you leave a mix going around and around for hours, as I have seen some brickies do, you will be useing weak mud.

I always use detergent in the mud, and no, its not illegal as every man and his dog keeps telling me, Ive read the Australian Standards for Masonary, and they obvioulsy havent.
Detergent is an anti rust agent also.

When you have enough mud for you run ( 2 or 3 batches ), hose the mixer while running.
Then again, as you turn it off.
This will eliminate all the scung that causes all the other batches to stick.
Come knock off time I just start the mixer, tip it over, then give it a quick rinse.
Never ever chuck bricks into it to clean it, this will ding the bowl and make it easier for mud to stick to it.

I have had the same mixer, same bowl for 12 years now, and the out side is covered in tihs, but the inside shines.
I only on the rare occasion hit the beaters to remove any build up, but only rarely. ( once every 3 months )

Never ever use acid, this will rust the bowl, and give the mud more places to stick too.

Cheers, Al

[bitingmidge]

Al,

I thought that was a secret recipe handed down through Irish families only?? My ex brother in law taught me, and I reckon he's still using his first mixer after 30 years!! (Actually it's his second, but who's counting?)

Didn't you forget to mention: never hit the rim of the mixer with your shovel to get the stuff off it either.

I can't believe the number of brickies who just destroy their mixers by running them with bricks in them, and slowly peel back the rim by banging them with shovels.

Anyways that's wot I know works too...

Cheers,

P

[echnidna]

I still recall the 2 man bricky team who would get to work at 7am.
10 am down tools and off to the pub for smoko.
Mixer still full of mud.
No sign of them the rest of the day.
Back again 7am tomorrow.
It took them 2 weeks to lay the tops on a 12sq house.

[gatiep]

Congratulations Al....a very sensible reply!!!!!!!!

All jokes aside, it sounds like the way to do it.

Have a good weekend

[bitingmidge]

Congratulations Al....a very sensible reply!!!!!!!!

Yeah, but the joke is:

THERE WASN'T A QUESTION!!!



P

[Sturdee]

Yeah, but the joke is:

THERE WASN'T A QUESTION!!!



P

So Al is now hijacking non existing threads. :eek: :eek: :eek: He sure is taking his self appointed role seriously.


Peter.

[craigb]

So Al is now hijacking non existing threads. :eek: :eek: :eek: He sure is taking his self appointed role seriously.


Peter.

Hacking non existent threads eh. That's almost Zen like.
I wonder if he hears the sound of one hand clapping?

[RETIRED]

Nobody go there.

[vsquizz]

New approach to threads, we start with the answer, now here is the question:

G,day Al, I'm after a trade secret..

How the hell do you keep your mixer clean (apart from washing it)...:confused: ..and bashing the mud monkey for not washing it. My mixer is about 6 months old and it looks like its been to hell an back...twice . Somebody suggested acid...I said the mud boy was probably already on it. I've got two barra's that I'm forever cleaning so I don't have to push an extra twenty kilos around. So how do you gun brickies do it???

I don't think the 40+ degree days are helping at the moment.


Cheers

[Daddles]

Hacking non existent threads eh. That's almost Zen like.

No my boy, that's ZED like

Cheers
Richard

[vsquizz]

Thanks Al, I actually thought it may have had something to do with Alfoil

I think I'll spend the weekend with me head and the 4" grinder in the bowl see if I can find some metal.

Cheers

[ozwinner]

Al,


Didn't you forget to mention: never hit the rim of the mixer with your shovel to get the stuff off it either.

Ohh yeah, and that one too.
That is one of my most hated things.
I always ask the labourer, " why are you beating up my mixer ?"

I had done most of the mixing myself up until a couple of years ago, then I went to the pound and got me a labourer.
You could count the number of nicks on the bowl rim pre labourer, but after, I had to panel beat the bowl back into shape.

If like the mixer, you keep your shovels clean, then you have no reason to beat the rim of the bowl.

Al

[journeyman Mick]

Al,
my mate next door, also a brickie uses the same methods as you. Just replaced the mixer bowl last year (but reused the ring gear). It was beautifully polished, without a skerrick of mud or paint and no dents. But it had seen so much use that there were thin spots that were worn through in the base of the bowl and it was starting to leak rather badly. I like to see gear that's been well looked after get retired after a full working life, rather than being thrown out when only half used because it's been abused.

Mick

[ozwinner]

So Squizzy.

How did you go, did you kill the labourer?

Al

[vsquizz]

So Squizzy.

How did you go, did you kill the labourer?

Al

Al, He ran away and I think the ranger got him. I went to the pound and got a new one. You should have been able to feel the quake in Mexico when his jaw hit the deck after seeing the mixer for the first time . Reckons it nearly as bad as his MIL with a mud pack on. He seems like a good bloke so I'll give him your tips and see how he goes. Problem I have is that someone has put bricks or blue metal in it. I have a petrol one with the same bowl so I might see if I change them over.

Thanks again for the advice. Whats the current thinking on Plastic barrows versus the metal ones??

Cheers