We need from materials and tools:
1. Aluminum thick wire (In my case - 8mm)
2. Vise.
3. Large pliers or pliers.
4. Pipe ("gas") key.
5. "Grinder", a chisel, a hacksaw for metal, or any other cutting tool to cut the wire.
Currently I am engaged in the construction of an extension to the house. Before building the roof of the extension, I decided to cultivate the pediment of the house, to which, in fact, the extension will adjoin. It turned out that the pediment needs to be painted. Since it was built of brick, I decided to do this with the help of a compressor and a spray gun, because painting over deep masonry joints with a roller is rather troublesome. I decided to use the front acrylic-based water-based dispersion paint. I specially went to the construction market to buy two things - the paint itself and the mixer, which, holding it in a drill, you can mix this paint when water is added to it. (For this method of application, the paint must be liquid). Arriving at the market, I chose the paint, bought it and drove off to the object .... I forgot about the mixer ...
..... It turned out that I forgot not only about the mixer, but also about the primer - the painted surface must first be treated with a deep-penetrating primer ....
Well ... I had to come back. Again, the construction market ... I chose a primer, I left. Having changed clothes and having prepared the compressor, I remembered ..... that I again forgot about the mixer !!! )))))
... What to do? .. Do not manually stir a twenty-liter bucket of paint! ... After thinking for a minute, I decided to get by with "improvised means." In the barn, I found these pieces of thick aluminum wire:
We measure the length equal to the depth of the paint bucket, plus 10 centimeters, clamp it in a vice and bend it 90 degrees:
After that, we make another bend:
Further, capturing already with a pipe wrench (the vice is already wide))), using pliers we twist the wire into a spiral. I sawed off the excess "grinder". (I could not photograph this process because my hands were busy)))).
As a result, we got a great mixer, and did not have to spend money ...
Of course, it is not suitable for mixing cement mortars. This requires a more powerful design. But, as practice has shown, he did an excellent job with paint!