In a message dated 10/21/98 9:18:34 AM, you wrote: <<Could you say more about this paddle type motor mixer. Is this a common entity? Chuck Learned>> Yes, it is a common tool, home depot rents them but they have the scrub pads in them. They work better without the scrub pads as the straw can be broken by them and they are not needed as the straw does the scrubbing just fine. ~~howard