This is the Cyklone paint mixer. This has been sent to me to try out and I have to
say that I am actually very impressed with it, it actually does a brilliant job
of mixing paint. It's made from stainless steel,
it's designed so that it can go in the container rest on the bottom and then
you can move that round with a variable speed electric drill and that will
mix the paint. The holes ensure that you mix the paint properly and it also
creates a vortex effect in the tin which moves the paint outwards, upwards and
back down again so that it is mixed up properly. I did actually buy another
paint mixer a few months back which is this one. This is a Bosch one and I did
actually try to mix up some very thick Zinsser 123 that was a couple
of years old and at the end of it it actually got stuck in the Zinsser 123
and it came off like that, rendering it useless. These are actually very
similar in price to buy. I do believe this one is about £12 and I
paid a similar price for this one and it didn't last long at all before the
end of it actually came off. You can also use this for opening tins of paint.
As you can see this paint has seen better days and it has split completely so I'm
just going to see how long it takes to mix that back up to a usable condition.
You can see that after just a few seconds it has mixed that up completely.
You could now quite easily paint using that. I did also try this on a tin of Zinsser 123
which is approximately five years old and
has completely gone solid. This is actually the tin that actually broke my other mixing
paddle. As you can see the Cyklone does actually work and it is
actually mixing up the product. Again we have another tin of water based
paint which has separated completely, using the Cyklone you can quite easily
mix that up to a usable paint in just a few minutes.
Cleaning the Cyklone is very easy, especially with water based paints you can simply put it in
a container with some water, give it a few spins and then simply clean off the
remainder using a brush.
If I had to pick a fault with this I would say that it would
be better with an hexangular end on it. If it had a 1/4 inch hexangular shank on
the end it would be a lot easier to fix in a lot of drills and that will prevent
the chuck from slipping. So that is the Cyklone paint mixing paddle it does a
very good job of mixing paint. It's very efficient, very fast and it should also
be very durable because it is made from stainless steel. I hope you have enjoyed
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