free paint stirreres

QUOTE: Originally posted by rjkplasticmod Reggie, I've been using sprue for paint stirrers for more years than you have lived. Glad to see you young'ns learning some old tricks. Regards, Rick

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf hmm, i considered a electric paint stirrer, but what about cleanup ? is it easy ?

Originally posted by MikeV I use this and will never go back to those inferior ways of mixing paint. I just bought one a few days ago. Ernie Ernie If I can not do something about a problem, it's not my problem; it is a fact of life... Reply Jim Barton Member since February 2003 Posted by Jim Barton on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:14 PM I like to use the plastic greeting card holders that you buy in the florist shop, preferably the long ones. These things are shaped like forks and they frequently have a little heart in the middle. Using a pair of garden shears, cut off the tines, then you can cut the card holder into several pieces to make paint stirrers. I've figured out a way to cut these things so that the little heart is at the end of some of the stirrers. Save these for when you open a new bottle of paint or otherwise have to do some extra stirring; the heart makes a great "paddle" that you can twirl with your fingers for extra stirring power. The non-paddled stirrers I use for general stirring. Don't throw away the leftover tines; although they're only an inch or so long, they make good mixers for making tiny amounts of custom color. "Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!" Reply sh00ter Member since February 2003 From: Tidewater Virginia Posted by sh00ter on Monday, December 13, 2004 7:10 AM Tominator -- I'd be careful using that milk frother. I thought the same thing when I bought one at my local supermarket. The tip is designed to put air into the mixture (making the froth). When I tried it with paint, the bubbles generated were such that it took about 30 minutes (!) for the foam to subside! I froth milk with it now. I DID find another mixer (made by Betty Crocker) that had a split tip that would widen when spinning. This works great! Cost? .....1 buck. Never going back to the "stick" again! d "where plastic can be a four-letter word..." Reply Tankmaster7 Member since August 2004 From: Nowhere. (Long Island) Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, December 13, 2004 8:56 PM tcha. no fancy paint stirrers for me! I use toothpicks! Incidentally I also tooth picks to apply glue and even paint sometimes. singapore seems very interesting. I want to go there sometime... Farthest I've been out thataways is India. -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International. Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 13, 2004 9:58 PM in many ways india is further out than singapore, singapore is pretty modern compared to india. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:12 PM For something cheap and easy I got one of those kids spinning suckers and pulled out the sucker and just shove a piece of sprue in it, then just heat up the sprue end , mush it and then cut to shape! try to find one with a fairly fast spin though. Reply Edit JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. FORUMS PRODUCT REVIEWS READER GALLERY HOW TO VIDEOS SHOP ABOUT US FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy