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The Collomixer is a handheld power tool designed exclusively for small batch mixing – without burning out. Here’s why it’s a game changer: It saves you time and money. With the power to mix heavy materials in your hands, Collomixers do the job quickly. And saving time equals more profit. […]
Laticrete, a leading manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry, has introduced the Pro-Mix Station, a mobile pourable cart that helps eliminate harmful dust and provides combined batch consistency for efficient self-leveling underlayment, overlayment and epoxy projects. You can use the Pro-Mix Station with a wide array […]
Mixing multi-component materials can create costly problems. Let’s use synthetic resin as our example, which has both a resin and a hardener. Too much hardener speeds up the reaction and hardens too quickly. Too little hardener leads to weak spots. The only way to guarantee quality is when components are […]
Introducing Quikspray’s new 1.50” Carrousel Grout Plant. This compact unit consists of a standard 1.50” Carrousel Pump and 31” U-Blend Mixer mounted onto a skid frame—making it one complete unit. The Grout Plant sits on 16” pneumatic tires which makes it easy to move on the job site. In addition, […]
Mobile mixers, sometimes called volumetric mixers or metered concrete, offer a variety of benefits to decorative concrete contractors, including only paying for what is used, eliminating hot loads, readily allowing mix design changes on-site, labor savings, admixture additions and color batching.
Traditional hand mixing, batch mixing and continuous mixing give contractors options when choosing how to mix material on the job site. Here’s how they break down.
The right mixer and paddle can be the pairing for success. Just as a good cook knows when to use a stand mixer with bread hooks and when to get out the hand mixer with a whip, there are a mixer— and a paddle or blade design— for just about every size job in the decorative concrete industry, as well.
Some facts and advice in the form of questions and answers that may help you maneuver the market if you’re interested in learning more about mixers and pumps.
Choosing the right mixer for casting countertops, sinks and the like is an important element of getting the results you want. The mixer must deliver a workable and consistent mix, in the quantity you need, at a speed that allows you to work profitably.
As you know, there are plenty of situations when you mix your own concrete rather than having it delivered from the ready-mix plant. Whether you are proposing stain, exposed aggregate or stamped concrete, a mixer is a great option for creating samples.
