a paint mixer for humbrol enamels ?

[jim1215]

i want to start to use my humbrol enamels and either was told or read here on the plant there is a electric mixer i could buy , if anyone has any info please let me know . thanks & happy holidays , jimmy

 

[Steve]

There ARE electric paint shakers out there but Humbrol must be stirred, not shaken, to quote James Bond. The pigment settles to the bottom of the tin and congeals after a very short period and requires stirring.

 

[Guy]

I agree with Steve. As I have used Humbrol's for years you will get your best results by stirring them. I used to have a hobby paint shaker........and threw it away.......useless.
Stir is the best.

 

[Tommi]

Same here, I have been using them for years and stir them with a cocktail stick then throw it away, I pay 30p for 100 from our local food store.
Tommi

 

[Tarok]

Humbrol used to make an electric paint mixer/stirrer - I bought one more than 10 years back when working in a LHS. It looked very similar to a handheld electric milk whisk/frother - just without the coiled wire around the end of the shaft. To be honest it was overpriced simply because it was a hobby item and bore the name 'Humbrol' - I bought an electric milk whisk/frother for my wife's aunt to mix her Humbrols and it worked just as well at a fraction of the cost.

HTH

Rudi

 

[IIICorps]

I use wooden coffee stirrers about 3/16-1/4" wide. Got a box of about a thousand of them at a yard sale. Try Google and you'll probably get a hit on electric paint stirrers.

 

[chippy]

I've found that the new Humbrols need more stirring than the older paints and cocktail sticks aren't enough so I've made a small whisk type thing I put in my modelling drill . Experience has taught me to put the drill in the pot first and increase the speed slowly and make sure the drill has stopped completely before taking out of the pot , you'd be amazed how far a little paint will go!
chippy

 

[dannyk01]

To mix any paints (and sometimes enamels for *cough cough* tanks) I use the plastic tea/coffee mixing spoons that we (my family and I) got on our trip to Hong Kong and back. We ended up getting about 16 in the end and are good for mixing paints. They are plastic and reusable.

Also, I have forgot to mention they are completly flat.

Daniel

 

[Clarence1]

Here is a good one

http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=80975

 

[rusty nail]

That's very similar to the one I got. I think I paid $8.00 at my local hobby shop.