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№46540

Hyde Tools 46540 1-5 Gallon Mudslinger® Power Mixer

BEST FOR · Versatile Mixing: Mixes a variety of materials including drywall compound, driveway sealer, paint, and other liquids.
MODEL 46540 · SKU H-46540 · UPC 079423465406
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$7.23 PER UNIT · SINGLE UNIT UNIT PRICE

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Versatile Mixing: Mixes a variety of materials including drywall compound, driveway sealer, paint, and other liquids.
Versatile Mixing
Mixes a variety of materials including drywall compound, driveway sealer, paint, and other liquids
Hyde specifies
Efficient Performance
Designed for efficient mixing without overloading your drill, suitable for both professional and home use
Hyde specifies
Durable Construction
Features a 3/8" powder-coated steel shaft and welded steel impeller blades
Hyde specifies
Official feature
3/8" x 19" hex shaft
Hyde specifies
Official feature
1-3/4" diameter to fit through pour spout of 5-gallon containers
Hyde specifies
THE COUNTER · PRODUCT FIT Straight answers. If it's the wrong tool for your job, we'll say so.

Choose this when: Versatile Mixing: Mixes a variety of materials including drywall compound, driveway sealer, paint, and other liquids.

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CHOOSE THIS WHEN
  • Versatile Mixing: Mixes a variety of materials including drywall compound, driveway sealer, paint, and other liquids.
  • Durable Construction: Features a 3/8" powder-coated steel shaft and welded steel impeller blades.
  • Efficient Performance: Designed for efficient mixing without overloading your drill, suitable for both professional and home use.
DO NOT FORCE THE FIT
  • Full-body joint compound and texture in an open pail — the honest geometry: a 1-3/4" head in stiff mud carves a moving channel and leaves the perimeter standing; the 46560's 3-1/4" head exists precisely for the pail this head cannot roll.
  • Drums and anything deeper than a five — reach and rating both end at the pail; the 28" 09059 is the drum tool.
  • Bench cans and quarts — a 19" shaft over a quart is comedy, and the paint tier's short members steer that scale.
  • And it is no one's stir stick: like every SKU in this line, it works at the end of a drill or not at all.

Jobs this tool does

EXACT JOB METHODS FOR HYDE №46540
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How the pros run it

01

Slow is the setting

every material on this page punishes rpm — paint with air, sealer with sling, epoxy with heat and bubbles. Bottom-first, always: settlement is a floor phenomenon; the head starts there and earns its way up. Spout work = cone and time: tilt-sweeps and vertical strokes replace the orbit you can't do; extend the clock, not the speed. Submerged transitions: trigger on at the floor, dead stop before the head clears the surface. Long-shaft discipline: vertical shaft, seated shank, low rpm — 19 inches converts any sloppiness into wobble. Wash on the material's clock: paint forgives an hour; epoxy forgives nothing.

Asked at the counter

BUYER QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE THE CART, NOT AFTER THE RETURN
Does it really mix a five without opening it?
Yes — that is its design brief: 1-3/4" diameter chosen to pass a five-gallon pour spout, per Hyde's own row, with 19" of shaft to reach the floor from there (2a).
Epoxy — this or the StirWhip?
This, and it is not close: the Mudslinger family row rates epoxies; the StirWhip's row bars them. The whole 434xx paint tier is barred with it (2e).
Will it handle a full pail of joint compound?
Thin-to-medium compound, yes. Full-body mud, honestly no — the small head carves a channel through stiff material; the 3-1/4" 46560 rolls that pail (§4, §5).
What drill does it need?
A 3/8" chuck or larger with a feathered low speed. No 1/2" low-rpm machine required at this head size.
Driveway sealer?
On its own description, yes — bottom-first re-suspension until the pour runs uniform, with the SDS check first: solvent-borne sealer plus a sparking drill motor in a closed space is a real hazard (2d).
Why is my drill wandering at the top of the shaft?
Long-shaft runout: bottom the hex in the chuck, snug all jaws, keep the shaft vertical, and stay slow. Nineteen inches amplifies everything.
Steel through a plastic spout — will it chew the pail?
Enter and exit with the drill stopped, run it submerged, and the spout never meets a moving blade. The head passes because it was sized to, not forced.

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Model & SKUModel 46540 · SKU H-46540 · UPC 079423465406
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Specs & documentation

Full spec sheet
catalog product name
1-5 Gallon Mudslinger® Power Mixer — OFFICIAL EXACT MODEL
official family claim
Mix compounds, paints, epoxies, and more. — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official family claim
1-3/4" diameter to fit through pour spout of 5-gallon containers. — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official family claim
3/8" x 19" hex shaft. — OFFICIAL FAMILY CLAIM APPLICABLE TO EXACT LISTED MODEL
official product name
19" MUDSLINGER® Power Mixer, 1-3/4" Impeller (46540) — OFFICIAL EXACT VARIANT
official variant identity
46540 — OFFICIAL EXACT VARIANT
official description
The Hyde MUDSLINGER® Mixer (46540), designed to attach to your 3/8" chuck or larger electric drill. This tool is perfect for mixing drywall compound, driveway sealer and paint. Fits in to the pour spout of your 5-gallon bucket without removing the lid. Key Features: Dimensions: 19" x 3/8" Shaft with 1-3/4" Impeller Versatile Mixing: Mixes a variety of materials including drywall compound, driveway sealer, paint, and other liquids. Durable Construction: Features a 3/8" powder-coated steel shaft and welded steel impeller blades. Efficient Performance: Designed for efficient mixing without overloading your drill, suitable for both professional and home use. Benefits: Hyde Quality: Built to last even under tough working conditions. Easy Cleanup: Non-stick blades wash off quickly, reducing your cleanup time. Enhanced Compatibility: Attaches to 3/8" chuck or larger electric drill. — OFFICIAL EXACT MODEL
official feature
Versatile Mixing: Mixes a variety of materials including drywall compound, driveway sealer, paint, and other liquids. — OFFICIAL EXACT MODEL
official feature
Durable Construction: Features a 3/8" powder-coated steel shaft and welded steel impeller blades. — OFFICIAL EXACT MODEL
official feature
Efficient Performance: Designed for efficient mixing without overloading your drill, suitable for both professional and home use. — OFFICIAL EXACT MODEL
$7.23SKU H-46540