That’s a good one, I’m thinking a short length of PVC pipe would also work well. If you read my earlier post, making a mess would be my biggest concern. The Micromark stirrer is still the best idea I’ve seen here in terms of ease of use and low cost, but I think I’ll reserve mine for mixing really goopy stuff like MM enamels. The other brands I use stir up perfectly well with toothpicks. My 2 cents.
Happy New Year!
It’s not DIY. But, one of the guys in AMPS told us about the nail polish shaker that he bought off Amazon. They are a bit over $20, and you just plug in, strap the paint bottle in place and turn it on. Just like the big paint can shakers at a paint store…
Now that is cool!!
Yes it is… I just had to test it out and then used the test shaken paint to cover the un military model like pink brand label… worlds great… maybe now I can get better results from Vallejo paints…
Stik, I use mostly VJ, does it shake up that “gook” that is found at the bottom? Asking for a friend.
I guess if you leave it shaking long enough it will. I let it run a minute or two with the bottle that I mixed for a test. I did not pull off the dropper nipple to check. It mixed the paint enough to where it was not translucent and dried dead flat- those were my two biggest gripes about mixing Vallejo paints.
Sounds to me it would work great for those dropper type bottles or even Mission Model bottles. Have you tried it using Mission Model bottles?
Not yet, but I will. Probably next week when I get around to painting the tires on my 222. I did use it yesterday for shaking up a bottle of Tamiya Gray primer