Anyone using an IKEA milk frother for mixing paints?

 

For that price, I'd try it out! You can always snip the coil off and bend the end of the shaft to make a stirring arm if need be.

Micro-Mark sells a similar tool for usually about $11. Right now it's on sale for half price unti May 3rd. 

Sorry but even at that price I cannot justify purchasing another piece of "China" for something that I already accomplish with another tool that has multiple applications in the workshop. For really stubborn paints I use my cordless Dremel with a craft stick. Otherwise, I shake the bottle by banging it against the palm of one hand, then follow up with a good stir with a stick.

 

HawkeyeHobbies wrote:

...Otherwise, I shake the bottle by banging it against the palm of one hand, then follow up with a good stir with a stick....

Same here.  I was shaking and stirring paint long before I ever had a Dreml tool.  I take two BBs and plop them into the paint bottle the first time I open a new bottle.  Next time I shake it, I keep shaking until I hear the BBs agitating around and mixing paint.  Keep shaking for a bit, then give it a stir.

  

 

I bought an exact copy of the one shown at the dollar store. The tip was too big to fit into a model master size bottle opening. I snipped out a section and closed the circular end down a bit and now it fits fine.

 

Max Bryant

 I bought that the last time I was at IKEA. and yes it does make the paint froth. I use it in a Badger 1 oz. jar for mixing thinner and paint before spraying. works pretty good. although I was thinking of modifying it so it just mixes. For that price I had to try it.

I have one that looks exactly like that, but it's not Ikea.. it says areolatte on the side. I guess that means it makes coffee fly or something! (grin)

A neighbor had a garage sale and I bought it for a quarter.

I clipped the wire at the bottom where the center wire makes a right angle out to the circle. So now the wire is straight down to the tip where it makes a 90 degree turn and that little nib is exactly 1/8" long. I tried it longer, but it made more action than I wanted in smaller bottles, so I kept trimming it and 1/8" was perfect. It's fast, but slow enough I can move it up and down for good mixing in any size bottle, and I can guide the little nub around in the corners.

As it turns out, I like using it.. but I doubt I would have sent away for it. For a quarter on a less than thrilling saturday morning, it was a fun find. And it still has the batteries that came in it.

If it breaks, I'll probably go back to Gerald's methods!