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                        Badger paint mixer

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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Badger paint mixer
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, August 9, 2004 12:29 AM
                        Have any of you used these paint mixers yet?


                        I picked one up at the Nationals and tried it out tonight and it is fantastic.
                        Stirring paint or shaking it is not even close to mixing the pigment the way this thing does. Thumbs Up [tup]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        chopperfan
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Oklahoma
                        Posted by chopperfan on Monday, August 9, 2004 1:36 AM
                        I have seen those advertised.
                        Now, be perfectly honest. You're not just saying that because it's a Badger are you???
                        If it works that good I may just invest in one.

                        Randie Cowboy [C):-)]
                        Randie [C):-)]Agape Models Without them? The men on the ground would have to work a lot harder. You can help. Please keep 'em flying! http://www.airtanker.com/
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, August 9, 2004 2:22 AM
                        Randie,

                        I am always truthful when I evaluate a product my friend.
                        If Iwata made it I would still like it. Wink [;)]
                        This thing works better than anything else I have tried.
                        I put it into a jar of lacquer thinner to see how it works and it created what looked like a mini tornado in the liquid. You can put it into a jar of Model Master that has settled and in about 5 seconds or so the paint is mixed very well.

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 3:18 AM
                        I saw those and thought they were a sham.. might look twice now.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 3:50 AM
                        I picked one up when I purchased my Omni. Like Mike said, it's fantasitic. Stirs the paint up really nice & really quick, then just run it in the thinner/cleaner bottle real quick & it's all cleaned up.
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                        dubix88
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Maine,USA
                        Posted by dubix88 on Monday, August 9, 2004 5:25 AM
                        HEY,
                        I will so have to get one of those for all of those paints i havent used in awhile and that are settled on the bottom.

                        Randy
                        THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"
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                        9x19mm
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                          December 2003
                        • From: Phoenix,Az
                        Posted by 9x19mm on Monday, August 9, 2004 5:47 AM
                        So how much does it run?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 6:41 AM
                        I have one mike and i vouch for it.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 8:09 AM
                        with a little inguinity... i built one w/ parts from Radioshack......
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                        dubix88
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Maine,USA
                        Posted by dubix88 on Monday, August 9, 2004 8:42 AM
                        HEY,
                        Couldnt you kae an attachment for your dremel to do the same thing?

                        Randy
                        THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, August 9, 2004 10:19 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by 9x19mm

                        So how much does it run?


                        Steve,

                        It retails for $11.20 but they were only $7 each at the Nationals.
                        The ToolMan has them for $9 here:
                        http://web2.airmail.net/toolman/badger/baacc.htm

                        QUOTE: HEY,
                        Couldnt you kae an attachment for your dremel to do the same thing?


                        You would have to slow it way down so that you wouldn't paint yourself. Big Smile [:D]
                        For less than $10 it's not even worth the trouble of making something in my opinion.

                        Mike


                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 10:48 AM
                        I have this piece of wire i stick into my 3/8'th drill. don't use it though
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                        dubix88
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Maine,USA
                        Posted by dubix88 on Monday, August 9, 2004 10:50 AM
                        HEY,
                        I was thinking the same thing but it was an idea anyway. Im definitly gonna have to get one though.

                        Randy
                        THATS MY VOTE "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." -Dave Barry In the words of the great Larry the Cable Guy, "GIT-R-DONE!!!"
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                        maddafinga
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
                        Posted by maddafinga on Monday, August 9, 2004 2:08 PM
                        I always thought those things would fling paint out of the jar. Do they not do that after all? I've eyed them in the lhs before, but never actually bought one. I might have to reconsider it now. Hmmmm.
                        Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, August 9, 2004 2:42 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by maddafinga

                        I always thought those things would fling paint out of the jar. Do they not do that after all?


                        Josh,

                        You have to always remember to put it in the paint bottle and then turn it on.
                        When you are done mixing it then shut it off and then remove it.
                        You have to keep it submerged into the paint also as it will splatter if you try and mix too close to the bottle opening.
                        If you have it on when you put it into the paint or take it out, you are going to probably get a bath in paint. Big Smile [:D] Wink [;)]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        chopperfan
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Oklahoma
                        Posted by chopperfan on Monday, August 9, 2004 2:52 PM
                        Okay. That's it. I'm sold.
                        Gonna go find me one tomorrow. I hope!!!
                        Thanks Mike and all who gave their honest opinions.

                        Randie Cowboy [C):-)]
                        Randie [C):-)]Agape Models Without them? The men on the ground would have to work a lot harder. You can help. Please keep 'em flying! http://www.airtanker.com/
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                        Duke Maddog
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        • From: Rowland Heights, California
                        Posted by Duke Maddog on Monday, August 9, 2004 3:07 PM
                        I have been using one of those for years. It mixes the paint well, and keeps the lid dry and free of paint.

                        I have found in those paint jars that are not as full, that if I slowly remove the mixer while it's on in a fully vertical position, it will remove most of the paint in the jar through centrifigal motion. That way there is less to clean off the mixer. Only splattered myself once in the last 10 years. Blush [:I]Clown [:o)] Otherwise, I saved alot of paint that normally would have been washed off.
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, August 9, 2004 3:30 PM
                        Mark,

                        Thanks for the tip, I will have to try that.

                        I also know that other companies make these paint mixers also but I am not aware as to how well they work.
                        I talked to a guy at the Nationals who bought one of the Badger units from the table I was at and he told me that he had dropped his Badger mixer and broke it so he picked up a generic version somewhere else and told me that it was not near as good, so that was why he was buying another Badger one.
                        I don't know if the others out there have a different mixer on them or what so I can't comment on what this person didn't like. I am just passing on what he told me.

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        maddafinga
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
                        Posted by maddafinga on Monday, August 9, 2004 7:31 PM
                        I just know that I'll get sprayed in the first few times I try to use one. I'll probably grab one the next time I hit the lhs. See there Mike, you probably sold 10 of these things with that post. Badger should be paying you a commission my friend!! Smile [:)]
                        Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 8:35 PM
                        sold me... twice Wink [;)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 9:36 PM
                        If mike earns 10% commsion per product sold complimants of him, he would be a millionaire. Since he is also a back-hoe operator (i think) he's a billionaire.
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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Monday, August 9, 2004 9:48 PM
                        Do your 40% off guys have them? Tongue [:P]

                        I've seen them advertised, but have never tried one. The little stir-thingys I make from music wire work for me. Might have to pick one up sometime though.
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 10:04 PM
                        Music city: Music wire Laugh [(-D]
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Monday, August 9, 2004 10:05 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by MusicCity

                        Do your 40% off guys have them? Tongue [:P]


                        Yes they do Scott. They carry everything that Badger manufactures. Wink [;)]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Boatshop
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Boatshop on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:39 AM
                        My wife purchased one to give me for Christmas. I sure do like it, although I did splatter paint all over the first time I used it. It was brain fade on my part.Sign - Oops [#oops] Do not have it running when you put it into the bottle.Banged Head [banghead]. It is very easy to clean up. Just insert the mixer in your thinner for the paint you were mixing, turn on, and walla, cleanWink [;)]

                        Jim Q What isn't tried, won't work

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                        PreacherTim
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Ponce, Puerto Rico
                        Posted by PreacherTim on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:36 PM
                        Hmmm! That little gizmo looks alot like the drink-mixer-gixmo I bought in a dollar store one day...since I'm in Peru, and since I can't buy the Badger mixer here, I'll have to see if I can "modify" my gizmo...if I can get it away from my wife, that is.
                        Tim Schmidt
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:05 PM
                        I've got a Robart paint shaker. Been really happy with it, it can handle any size paint bottle (those Vallejos really need shaking).

                        http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/rob/rob411.htm

                        They make them in a battery powered and an AC version. I've got the AC version, didn't want to worry about batteries.

                        Dan
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, August 11, 2004 7:36 PM
                        Dan,

                        From what I was told shaking the paint does not mix the pigment into the medium near as well as mixing it with a mixer like the one we are discussing.
                        That is what Ken at Badger told me at the Nats when I questioned him on this.
                        I am not trying to discredit the shaker you bought by the way.
                        I was just passing on what I was told.

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:58 AM
                        I read that in a couple of places too, when it comes to your model paints, they are to be "stirred, not shaken." That little Badger mixer does the job quite nice & quick. Beats stirring with toothpick, or straight sprue piece.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 2004 2:36 PM
                        I can buy that shaking doesn't mix as well as using a mixer. Although I use a couple of agitators in the bottle, and I haven't seen the difference between that and using a toothpick or something. Also, with my clumsy hands the Badger would definetly knock over the paint bottle Sigh [sigh] . The Badger is also cheaper, if that is any consideration. With the paints that I use most (Vallejo), the Badger wouldn't work in the eyedropper bottles.

                        Anyway, the real upshot is since I started using a powered mixer, I haven't had any problems with streaks in my paint. And, if I take them down every month or so and shake 'em, they seem to last a little longer.

                        (BTW--MikeV, I'd never take any you said as a flame--you've done nothing but be helpful in these forums)

                        HTH,
                        Dan
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