Labeled mixing jars and funnels?

Cheap funnels:

www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-funnel-set-744.html

Mixing bottle:

www.scalehobbyist.com/.../product.php

Btw, Most of the paint used in this hobby pours pretty smoothly.  I've never needed to use a funnel.

I bought mini-funnels from The Container Store. They look just like the Micro Mark funnels, but I don't know if you have a Container Store near you. Craft stores may or may not have them. Check the sand art section and cake decorating/candy sections, too.

Make sure you get funnels made from Polyethylene or Polypropylene. They resist solvents, which is what I use them for.

If you can't find any funnels, you can also use eye droppers (aka pipettes) to transfer thinners and such. I prefer the glass ones over the plastic ones because they are easier to clean. You can find them in the chemistry section of a toy/hobby store.

As for graduated jar, I use the Tamiya jars linked to above. My local hobby shop carries them.

Chris

I'd second Hypertex and suggest it's easier to use an eye dropper or pipette rather than buying funnels and graduate bottles - which i'm thinking may be impossible to find for the small amounts of paint we'd normally mix.

Eye droppers give a very precise measurement, though, once you've mixed enough paint, you'll be able to tell how you like it just by looking at it and seeing how it flows in the bottle.

Most eye droppers allow the rubber teat to be removed too, so you can really flush them out.

Thanks very much for all the tips and advice above!

I agree that eye droppers are as good a way as any to determine a paint mix.  Just count the drops.  You don't need to measure like a research chemist.  Just eyeball it and wing it.  (That's how I cook, too!)

I much prefer to use graduated syringes.  They give me a more precise measurement than eye droppers and allow me to accurately reproduce a custom paint mix.  Since a chunk of paint pigments cannot get through a hypodermic needle, syringes serve as a filter, too.  And there's no need to count the drops.