The other day I was getting ready to airbrush and my Micro-Mark paint shaker gave up the ghost (after a year of use the motor burnt out) (good when it worked but I will not get another one.)

so I was sitting there wondering what to do as I hate shakeing bottles by hand or stiring them up with a toothpick...

and as I sit there low and behold mine eyes rested on my cordless dremal and that little lightbulb went off over me head...

I fit a toothpick into the drill took my hobby knife and flattened off 2 sides of the toothpick and stuck it into the paint.. and volia.... instant do it yourself paint mixer.. at 15000 rpm it mixed up the paint in just a few seconds.... and clean up was a breeze.. just throw the toothpick...(not the dremal) in the garbage... (also helps if you cut off the bottom point of the pick....




p.s. used this to mix up Model Master enamal paint that was seperated a bit and it did work well :>

thats a pretty smart idea you got there... you have one hell of a

all i need to do is buy a dremel now :-) meh, i guess i can find a cheap one and when it breaks ship it to my grandpa for repairs!(see, iam a also! )

Thanks for the great idea, greatly apreciated since i wanted to buy a paintmixer!

Frank

A few years ago Humbrol was making handheld paint mixers, which basically looks like handheld milk frother. Although Humbrol has discontinued this handy little gizmo, handheld milk frothers are available from the local supermarket for about R30 (US$5-US$6). The only modification that need to be made is to remove the spring, else you'll have really frothy paint :-)

yea also micromark sells a similar paint mixer along with my local hobby stores.. not to pricey but I don't want another item I have to worry about cleaning..

and the dremal and toothpicks are already in my workarea so instead of adding something else i'll just use whats there...


but thanks for the input i'm sure others will find the information about that little kitchen gizmo useful

The mixer is very easy to clean (best thing about it after the mixing speed). Just stick it in the turps/thinners, give it a whizz and wipe dry.

Just thought I'd point out....since I'm in the Construction biz, I go to Home Depot all the time. Was there about a week ago and saw they were clearing out their selection of "Golf Club Cleaners". These are in fact MiniMites wearing clear see-thru, different coloured casings instead of the usual black.
Home Depot was clearing them out for $5.00 !

Tread.

I found this battery (2 AA) at a liquidation store for a few bucks. I've been keeping my eyes for a second one just as a spare since this has worked real well for mixing paints before using it in my AB.

I did almost the same thing as you. I just took a piece of old plastic sprue, bent it and stuck it into my rotary tool chuck. Works like a charm.