Paint shakers?

[Drake Farstrider]

Yes I know, I had a new bottle of brown ink explod on me and the carpet once. I guess I shook it too much.

It also seems that no matter how carefull I am with cleaning up the threads inside the cap and on the bottle it still glogs up.

 

[Meleck]

Paint shaker - DIY Tutorial

If you are technically inclined and are interested. Here is a nice tutorial I found on the Net.

http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/games/articles/MarkII/MarkIIMixer.html

 

[Drake Farstrider]

@ Meleck, Nice DIY article. Unfortunatly I do not have the time to make my own.

Also welcome to the forums.

 

[vincegamer]

I saw a different article when I was looking. Might be fun if you like that sort of thing, but the cost of parts is the same or more than the cost of the Robart shaker.

 

[finn17]

I have the battery powered Robart

It takes \'D\' cells, four I think, which gives it a lot of useful weight.

I think it\'s great and have to hide it from my SO who uses it for her nail varnish.

I had a problem with it at first, which is what Vince probably remembers. It is not a good idea to switch it on without a paintpot firmly in place. The mass of the pot ensures a steady speed. Withourt a pot my one shook itself to bits when I first switched it on and then I had to re-build it.

It is noisy, but I only use mine in about 5-10 second bursts which is enough to thoroughly shake most paints. Still long enough to wake someone up however. You would have to perhaps pre-shake your paints before your SO retires.

 

[wdb]

Yea automatic paint shakers are great... I got mines from ushake.
It's 10 yrs old too and still working smoothly.

 

[supervike]

A 6 year thread, brought back from the dead!

Actually, the paint shaker I have is like Finn17's a Robart, but mine plugs into the wall socket.

Lately though, it's starting to not work unless I prod it along first.....then it fires up.

 

[finn17]

Lately though, it's starting to not work unless I prod it along first.....then it fires up.

Unscrew the bottom and add a bit of machine oil....

Actually, it works on an eccentric cam principle so if its perfectly 'in-line' when it stops it does need a nudge to get it going...bit like many of us old codgers

 

[supervike]

Unscrew the bottom and add a bit of machine oil....

Actually, it works on an eccentric cam principle so if its perfectly 'in-line' when it stops it does need a nudge to get it going...bit like many of us old codgers

That explains all the nudges my wife has been giving me.

 

[leopardpixie]

Bf bought me the badger one and from the 2 bottles i used it on, I loved it. But he got it off of amazon / 3rd party sale i think.
Did i mention it broke after the 2 times ? that is the only thing that i am unhappy about. Bf is currently trying to fix it. I wan it back, for my vallejo colors ><

 

[finn17]

The Badger one is really good, it resurrected some old GW paint that could have spent all day on the Robart shaker. Only problem with it IMO is having to clean it all the time.

Sorry to hear yours broke LP, I would have thought them to be more robust than the Robart.

 

[Serenity]

I've used household tools for shaking paint when I have a lot to do. One is a car waxer/polisher. I can pack around six dropper bottles under the bonnet, so it makes pretty short work of things.

I once bundled up paints in a zip-lock bag inside towels (for padding) wrapped in a pillow case and tossed them in the clothes dryer (tumble only). That seemed to work okay, too, just not very convenient.

The most vigorous shaker I've used so far was a vibrating sander (sans sandpaper). It shakes so well, it took some time to find a good way to secure the paints to it without them working loose. It is more trouble to use than the polisher, but also more effective I think.

I've heard that vibrating massagers, reciprocating saws and jigsaws also work.

 

[DarkStar]

I've used household tools for shaking paint when I have a lot to do. One is a car waxer/polisher. I can pack around six dropper bottles under the bonnet, so it makes pretty short work of things.

I once bundled up paints in a zip-lock bag inside towels (for padding) wrapped in a pillow case and tossed them in the clothes dryer (tumble only). That seemed to work okay, too, just not very convenient.

The most vigorous shaker I've used so far was a vibrating sander (sans sandpaper). It shakes so well, it took some time to find a good way to secure the paints to it without them working loose. It is more trouble to use than the polisher, but also more effective I think.

I've heard that vibrating massagers, reciprocating saws and jigsaws also work.

Aye, household tools are the way I do it as well. You're braver than I though with throwing your paints into the dryer, however well protected.

I use a hand mixer, the kind you'd use to mix cake batter, pancake batter and the like. Jam the bottle of paint in between the tines or spokes of the beater and turn on the thing until your paints shaken. It works, that's all I need. Had a few bottles go flying from time to time, but what can I say about that other than it makes your day more interesting.

 

[supervike]

Aye, household tools are the way I do it as well. You're braver than I though with throwing your paints into the dryer, however well protected.

I use a hand mixer, the kind you'd use to mix cake batter, pancake batter and the like. Jam the bottle of paint in between the tines or spokes of the beater and turn on the thing until your paints shaken. It works, that's all I need. Had a few bottles go flying from time to time, but what can I say about that other than it makes your day more interesting.

I'm all for interesting days, but wouldn't a quick wrap of a rubber band hold those little fellers in place?

 

[Bishop Odo]

Between my vibrating laboratory mixer and my mirrored back splash on my paint desk, for light reflection, my gaming buddies have given me a few weird looks.

 

[DarkStar]

I'm all for interesting days, but wouldn't a quick wrap of a rubber band hold those little fellers in place?

It would, but with the sheer amount of painting I do that would amount to thousands of seconds per year sacrificed. And that's quality time I could be using to messing up a blend and stripping a mini.

(I usually just put 3 bottles at a time in the blender, jam them all in at once and they keep each other from slipping out for the most part)

*edit: ok I tried the rubber band just to see what would happen, and it went flying regardless lol. I came up with a better solution though, I put a bucket nearby under my desk. I now just load the mixer with my paint, and lower it down into the bucket before turning it on. This way if it goes flying then it just hits the bucket. My cats feel much safer now.

 

[mickc22]

this is my paint shaker

works a treat