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Post by sgtslag on Dec 11, 2020 20:30:21 GMT
NOTE: the $7 USD price does not include a drill, which is also required. A corded drill will work, though he demonstrates using a battery powered drill. Used electric drills can be purchased for $10 USD, or new for $17.99 USD at Harbor Freight. Keep the RPM's below 1700.
I use, and love, my Jigsaw paint bottle mixer: bought an older B&D Jigsaw, at an estate sale, for $10 USD; bought a new blade for it, for $4 USD; bought a roll of Painter's Masking Tape for $2. USD I wrap the blade with blue Painter's Masking Tape, wrapping that around a paint bottle/pen; run it for 15 seconds, at 1/2 speed, to mix my paints, exceptionally well.
I didn't have any means of shaking spray cans of paint: taping a can to the blade is possible, but the cans are so large, I am afraid they might snap the blade, or fly off.
So I searched YouTube for Jigsaw Paint Mixers, and I came across this video: EASIEST Spray Paint Can Shaker:
I recently needed to seal some seams on a new garage, with spray foam cans of insulation: they specify that you must shake the can, a minimum of one minute! That is a long time -- I went through 10 cans of spray foam, before I was done! Imagine how easy it would have been, if I had watched this video, prior to the job…
Watch the entire video. In the last few minutes, he takes a water bottle, filled with dyed water, and vegetable oil, with a steel ball bearing inside, to simulate the mixing ball within a spray paint can, and he mixes it. The results are impressive: it actually demonstrates that the ball creates a vortex within the liquid contents, mixing oil and water, superbly (actually, he uses a BB taken from a spray can). Imagine what it does to the paint mixture, inside a spray can! Thought I would share. Cheers!
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Post by margaret on Dec 15, 2020 19:12:31 GMT
Thanks for posting this! I am getting to the point where I don't want to be shaking paint cans for a long time. Because I had trouble hearing exactly what he was using for the end cap, here is the parts list from his website at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJ5qdCe8sY]: What you need: 1- 10-11 inch length of ABS 3-inch pipe 1- 3-inch PIPE TEST PLUG 1- 3/8-16 nut 1- 3/8" fender washer
TOOLS you need: any saw(hand powered or electric)that will cut wood will cut ABS pipe a wrench and a power drill to attach it to, run at ~1500 rpm
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Post by sgtslag on Dec 15, 2020 21:25:22 GMT
The pipe test plugs are commonly available at DIY stores which sell ABS/PVC pipes. Just be sure to get the correct size. I hope to pick up the bits to make my own, this week. This thing is pure genius, IMO... Cheers!
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Post by skunkape on Jan 4, 2021 13:19:16 GMT
Thanks for sharing this sgtslag!
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Post by sgtslag on Jan 4, 2021 14:31:03 GMT
FYI: I made mine, around two weeks ago. It works, superbly! I love it! It cost me less than $12. I've used it around 6x. In the past, I would soak the spray cans, in hot water, for five minutes, prior to shaking them: it helped, quite a bit, but I still needed to shake them... Now, I don't bother beyond spinning them. I was spraying figures, and terrain pieces, outside, in sub-freezing temperatures: no issues whatsoever; coverage was excellent, and consistent. Incredible tool to have in my kit.
This, combined with using my Jigsaw to shake paint bottles, has made a tremendous improvement in my painting, by eliminating time, and effort, in preparing the paints. The Jigsaw shaking mixes the paints similar to a vortex mixer, only at a fraction of the cost. It requires a bit more effort to secure the paint bottles, but that is nothing. The craft paints I typically use, come out incredibly well mixed, with a creamy consistency which is amazing (and virtually unachievable), compared to shaking by hand. Cheers!
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