CrazyGirl Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 SIMPLE PAINT SHAKER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixx Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Yep, pretty cool idea!!! I would also add a couple of BB's to the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Great tip, thanks CrazyGirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGirl Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 Wow Derick I am amazed you still breath air !!!! but I am gonna do it , i'll get a vari speed and an Irwin clamp and mount it under the bench BB's and that idea is Not a good combo at all !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Pretty cool idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-Machine Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I made a device (I dubbed it the "Stir-O-Lizer") using a rotisserie from a barbecue grill and PVC pipe that will hold up to 12 small bottles of paint at a time. It gently spins the bottles, thoroughly mixing the paint, and I can leave it unattended whilst I prepare things for the soon-to-be-airbrushed paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandamonium2112 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 A little added safety would be to hold it in down in a bucket of sorts, so if the bottle gets loose you may be able to keep it from going through your T.V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I use a device I like to call my hand... Seriously though, my first thought looking at that was that it is fraught with danger. There has to be a way to do similar using a palm sander. Mine has the paper attached with velcro so maybe I can make up a pouch with velcro on to hold the paint to the sander? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 you'll put your eye out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadillacPat Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I use a toothpick. CadillacPat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 On the one hand, that's a pretty clever idea. On the other hand, it seems like a disaster waiting to happen. I think I like Pat's method better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixx Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Wow Derick I am amazed you still breath air !!!! but I am gonna do it , i'll get a vari speed and an Irwin clamp and mount it under the bench BB's and that idea is Not a good combo at all !! I've got BB's in every jar/bottle of paint that I have. You could use those soft pellets that they have too. That would probably be better for something that whips it that fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I have a Badger battery paint stir and at a show picked up a Robart paint shaker for cheap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-Machine Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 That reciprocating saw idea does look fraught with danger, so for anyone who wants to build a Stir-O-Lizer, I took a photograph of the one I built. The picture will pretty much tell you how it went together. You'll need a rotisserie from a barbecue grill, six PVC end joints roughly the size of the bottles you'll be using, a piece of wood or Trex as a base, two hose clamps, and some wood screws to hold the rotisserie to the wood. The device spins at 2 rpm, so put your bottles in it about an hour before you are ready to paint, or you can leave them in all day if you want. It requires no attention once set in motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 That looks like a disaster waiting to happen! I always stir my bottle paint. It's virtually impossible to keep paint from seeping between the threads and the cap when you shake them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW Dave Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 That looks like a disaster waiting to happen! I always stir my bottle paint. It's virtually impossible to keep paint from seeping between the threads and the cap when you shake them. I agree about the disaster part, but I've never-never had paint seepage from shaking in 30+ years of building....unless you count that time I didn't have a cap on all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Rubber bands & an "adult" toy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothic Kustomz Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 That reciprocating saw idea does look fraught with danger, so for anyone who wants to build a Stir-O-Lizer, I took a photograph of the one I built. The picture will pretty much tell you how it went together. You'll need a rotisserie from a barbecue grill, six PVC end joints roughly the size of the bottles you'll be using, a piece of wood or Trex as a base, two hose clamps, and some wood screws to hold the rotisserie to the wood. The device spins at 2 rpm, so put your bottles in it about an hour before you are ready to paint, or you can leave them in all day if you want. It requires no attention once set in motion. Stir-O-Lizer 002.jpg Now that the ticket right there, thanx for this tip, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGirl Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 I had no idea that they made a mini paint shaker , so I bought that Robart one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I like the Robart unit, Anne. I'll wrap a bottle of paint in it, do something else for a few minutes, and then take the bottle off and paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxdude Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I made one just like this but i then put a small zip-loc bag over the bottle. Now any possible paint explosion is contained, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlineqb Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 4/24/2013 at 9:09 AM, W-Machine said: That reciprocating saw idea does look fraught with danger, so for anyone who wants to build a Stir-O-Lizer, I took a photograph of the one I built. The picture will pretty much tell you how it went together. You'll need a rotisserie from a barbecue grill, six PVC end joints roughly the size of the bottles you'll be using, a piece of wood or Trex as a base, two hose clamps, and some wood screws to hold the rotisserie to the wood. The device spins at 2 rpm, so put your bottles in it about an hour before you are ready to paint, or you can leave them in all day if you want. It requires no attention once set in motion. What is the apparatus that you use to shake the paint with? I can't tell from the picture. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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