Today our Dualit HMR2 Mixer which we’ve owned for some 12 years stopped working as the whisks eject button got trapped in the way off the on/off power slider…

If I didn’t fix it then I wouldn’t get any more cake.. I like cake, so this is how I fixed it.

A fixya page exists showing how to open the mixer, but its pictures are missing… So I thought I’d post mine on here.

Start by plugging the plug into the actual mixer where the whisks go and turn the plug about a 1/10th of a rotation clockwise. This allows you to take the front off.

Unscrew screw 1 which allows you to pull the base where the cord is stored down about an inch, this reveals screws 2 & 3 behind the fan.. unscrew these as well.

Now carefully prise the bottom of the handle up, there’s 3 hidden clips (2 at the middle sides and 1 at the end) which will probably snap, I had to superglue 2 back on!

This should allow you access to the power slider and the stuck ejection button. Ours had failed as the actual button has two tiny pegs on it which had snapped off.. after attempting to superglue these on… And pushing it back in, these snapped again but held in place – luckily!

Reverse the above, make sure the power. Slider matches the position of the power switch and clip it back together.. redo up the screws.

I then glued on a thin piece of plastic on the button and down towards where the power slider sits to counteract the broken pegs at the top end of the button, which keeps it perfectly in place

Make cake and be happy 😁