Mixing

[davy_G]

I clean the bucket out well, make sure there is nothing in the bottom rim going off.
Tend to use the smae bucket for a month or so but wooner or later i mix too much and end up ditching the bucket with the extra to save cleaning it up.

I have a couple of stacks of used tubbed gear at home and just lift a spanking clean one. I clean them out when finished like new.
I also lift big old paint buckets, 18 inch tall, and store my mixer paddle in it inbetween mixes, put a couple of small stones, 2/3 full of water and a 30 second blast on full and its a clean as a whistle for the next mix. Get a fair build up of sediment over the day in the bottom, but again a quick blast before tipping it out and it all runs out. No bother

 

[twinkle]

Excellent idea, the stones and water in the bucket. Works with couple of bricks in cement mixer but never thought of cleaning my mixer that way.