http://www.gypseegamesstore.com/rm410.html

 or suggest better one?

I've had the electric version of that one for years.I don't use it much I use Hawkeye's method but the other one is on my bench(when I have a bench,I'm in the middle of re-building mine)

John

Greasy wrote:

How do you keep the paint from slinging out? I have a mini mite dremel tool with just two speeds, should this work as well?

On mine I only need to crack open the "throttle" which delivers a slow enough speed. If your Mini-mite is too fast...run down the battery some to get the RPMs down to a suitable speed. DO NOT LIFT THE MIXING STICK OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE JAR WITH THE TOOL RUNNING! Doing so will only waste paint and redecorate you and the work area. Work the stick around the the entire bottom to get all of the goo mixed back into the solution. 

This is your best bet and it's about $10:

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If you decide to buy a shaker by Robart ABSOLUTELY stay away from the cordless version. You will be driven nuts replacing batteries, not to mention the cost. And oh, to replace the batteries you have to unscrew the entire bottom.

Yes, I heard stirring paints is preferable to shaking but rest assured, the guys who produce poor finishes do so because they have no fundamental skills, not because they shook instead of stirring.

MikeV wrote:

tiki kat wrote: I'd third the sentiment with the two posts above, I love mine.  My friend Chuck has one of the shakers and likes it, but it takes longer to do the same job mine does. To be quite honest the shakers don't do what the stirrers like the Badger do. There is no comparison. Shaking introduces air into the paint jar as well which is not a good thing.

 Wha? Stirers vs. shakers will have different agitation and sedimentation rates for the paint molecules but it is doubtful you can introduce "air" into a closed system like a capped bottle by merely shaking it, albeit at a very high rate.

Where do you buy one of these at?

I can get a rob shaker (I have thought about it actully, but I have never seen a sturer like these?

THanks,

                                                     doc

I don't know about you guys but I took my cue from an old solution I used to see in my mom's nail polish bottles.  Glass bearings (about 1/4" to 3/8" in diameter). 

I save up on the ones you find in the spray cans, put in two per gunze or Tamiya bottle (a smaller ball for Tamiya Enamel and Testor's bottles), add a little thinner before closing it everytime and you've got paint that will always be mixed and useable till the very end.

Jun