Mixing in your fermenter

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Mixing in your fermenter

Postby rumpirate » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:06 am

Hey guys. As I'm gearing up slowly for my FSD bubbler order my mind has been running wild on the best set up for me. To keep me occupied I've been running my usual TPW through my T500. I have a 50L HBS fermenter and I thought it would be a good idea to mix the ingredients with one of those blender sticks. I burnt it out after the first batch :naughty:

So instead of going back to my trusty plastic HBS paddle and stirring for ages I ended up with this...

https://www.bunnings.com.au/trojan-100m ... r_p6330564

There are a few different sizes and gauges but it's pretty cheap so if you haven't done so already, give it a go. Just make sure you keep the drill speed LOW :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby coffe addict » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:11 am

I started with that exact same thing it worked a treat for many washes, it did eventually give up though. So I got the heaviest one they have mixes 48L of molasses at full speed no trouble at all. The drill gets a bit warm though lol
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby rumpirate » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:19 am

I must admit I got a heavier one too. Buy once buy right? :-B I sometimes worry about gouging a hole in the bottom of the fermenter so I run it slow and try to keep it off the bottom. My drill warms up too so I'm thinking about attaching it to my impact driver because I think they have more torque?
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby WTDist » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:17 am

i use a cheap coles/woolies $10 one, hasnt faulted yet :-D

when i go 200L i will use the paddle though but i will use the larger paddle i used to use in solid plastering, few more $$ but its much better by far

https://www.bunnings.com.au/craftright- ... t_p6370498
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby Sam. » Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:21 pm

WTDist wrote:i use a cheap coles/woolies $10 one, hasnt faulted yet :-D

when i go 200L i will use the paddle though but i will use the larger paddle i used to use in solid plastering, few more $$ but its much better by far

https://www.bunnings.com.au/craftright- ... t_p6370498


The link is the same one I use seems to be half decent material too :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby Wobblyboot » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:02 pm

https://www.bunnings.com.au/trojan-100m ... r_p6330564
I found this chews up the fruit better with my higher speed Mikita drill.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/craftright- ... t_p6370498[/quote]
This works better with my slower speed mixing dewalt drill, the same that pintoshine uses. If that helps at all :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby Bushy » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:57 pm

These are all good and they mix well but the coating ends up coming off, into your drink. I knocked up a stainless paddle real easy but only because I couldn't buy one. If anybody has a link to a staino paddle, please post it.
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby Wobblyboot » Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:24 am

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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby Aussiedownunder01 » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:25 am

I find a plastic oar from one of those kids surfboards works great
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby Doubleuj » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:25 am

That's not a mixer..




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This is a mixer :music-deathmetal:
With this bad boy and a 240v drill I can get a vortex going so fast it nearly goes to the bottom of the 200L fermenter
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby sp0rk » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:30 am

I use one like this for mixing washes and aerating wort before pitching yeast (just about to source an oxy setup though)
https://www.masters.com.au/product/9000 ... rill-450mm
Plastic and chromed metal, nothing should flake off as long as you're cleaning it right
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Re: Mixing in your fermenter

Postby Sam. » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:57 am

Bushy wrote:These are all good and they mix well but the coating ends up coming off, into your drink. I knocked up a stainless paddle real easy but only because I couldn't buy one. If anybody has a link to a staino paddle, please post it.


Sam. wrote:
WTDist wrote:i use a cheap coles/woolies $10 one, hasnt faulted yet :-D

when i go 200L i will use the paddle though but i will use the larger paddle i used to use in solid plastering, few more $$ but its much better by far

https://www.bunnings.com.au/craftright- ... t_p6370498


The link is the same one I use seems to be half decent material too :handgestures-thumbupleft:


Bushy these are pretty good, don't have a coating. May not be actual stainless but it doesn't seem to corrode in a hurry, I always store it dry though.
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