Abstract: A stirrer for mixing mortar, joint compound and other viscous liquids. The stirrer includes a shaft having a fitting at its upper end for insertion into the chuck of a drill motor, or like device, and a pair of blades at its lower end. The blades are formed of stiff metallic strips which intersect each other at their respective midpoints. At their point of intersection, the blades are secured to the lower end of the shaft thereby defining upper blade surfaces adjacent the shaft and lower blade surfaces remote therefrom. The ends of the blades are provided with a semicircular shape and the lower blade surfaces adjacent thereto are secured to the shaft at a point remote from its lower end.