Just got my Robart paint shaker.

Sian wrote:

This is amusing, Reaper paints use a little pewter skull in each dropper. lead shot or copper BBs are a bad idea though, that much is sure.

Why?

Uhhh...

So what you're saying is, there's a tiny paint shaker for model paint jars?!

Are you yanking my chain? Oh meee gawd. Truly I am from the dark ages. When did this hobby go nuts?!?!? HAAA! I find that such a product exists as completely astounding a just a bit whacky!

 Hey , guess what?! The acrylics that I've swerved into since my local hobby store stopped stocking Polly S brand, has little shaker BBs inside the containers already. Master Reaper brand comes in squeeze bottles with tiny little metal skulls for shakers! I bought some extra containers for mixing that are Master Reaper brand jars and they come with a skull in each one. Gimmicks... luv it.

This is still the best paint mixer you will find and nothing mixes paint more thoroughly:

I for a mixer for model paints I use a box nail with the head bent on one side and twirl it. ...works great also for mixing retarder and water into the tiny little airbrush cup too.

State-of-the-flippen' ART!

Bgrigg wrote:

Gee, I just use bits of sprue.

Oh! Inching even closer to cost effectiveness. I like that.

I use a large paperclip bent straight.

My shaker is broken, the motor

MikeV wrote:

This is still the best paint mixer you will find and nothing mixes paint more thoroughly:

I would have to agree with Mike here. At least in the fact that I love mine. I have a Dremel that I can just chuck a piece of sprue into I guess. But for 10 bucks and the 2 AA batteries that are still going strong 2 years later, it can't be beat. Especially for enamel paints that haven't been touched for awhile and have 1/4 inch of gunk at the bottom of the bottle. Less than 1 minute with that baby and they are good as new.

To each his own though. If you are happy with what you are using then thats all that really counts.

firesmacker wrote:

To each his own though. If you are happy with what you are using then thats all that really counts.

That is true but these guys do not know what they are missing out on.

Even Ken at Badger told me there is no better tool they have found to thoroughly mix paint and that was face to face as friends and not a sales pitch.