Cheap paint mixer

[AndreZA]

Yes I know, a few has had really good ideas, what makes this one any better. Well, the price. It's almost free.

My wife and I quite like our ly pops. And there are quite a few brands on the shelf. So I kinda don't know which one I used for this.

Tools that you need.
Something to cut with. A Dremel or similar tool will work great.
A plastic rod/tube. This one is from a ly pop. If you have taller bottles, you will need a longer rod.
You battery powered eraser.


Trim the plastic. The longer you make the legs, the more they will flair out when the machine is spinning. But you also stand a bigger chance of breaking them.


In another discussion about erasers I mentioned that you can fit the inners from the pencil erasers in a battery machine if you crimp the ferrule. This is what it looks like and the same one will be used for this.


This is it fitted.


Late last night I got the idea of flattening the ends. I just heated them up and pressed down on a smooth surface. This can get nicely in the corners of the bottles now.


This was with some FW inks that were standing for quite a while. Pigment actually caked up on the bottom.


Com-art transparent yellow. Here you can see how little pigment is in transparent paints.



Hope you like.

 

[beanpoleuk]

Brilliant idea, I love the simplicity .

 

[Madbrush]

Another cool trick Andre, you are a bit like myself, like to look for solutions and fixes that won't break the bank, my little airbrush cleaning station based on your idea is still going strong, I would assume your is too

 

[AndreZA]

Sorry @Madbrush, I folded and bought another one. Just because I got it cheap. But I did pass it on to @flycatchr to use.

 

[Madbrush]

Sorry @Madbrush, I folded and bought another one. Just because I got it cheap. But I did pass it on to @flycatchr to use.

Well at least it's still going

 

[splasha]

Love the idea!
Question. How do you prevent the contents of the bottle from splashing out?
The rpm of the eraser is quite fast - yes, it will mix the paint well, but are you likely to cop a spray as well?

 

[Strictly Attitude]

I need to do that to my etac black it has clogged my ab allot lately

 

[AndreZA]

Love the idea!
Question. How do you prevent the contents of the bottle from splashing out?
The rpm of the eraser is quite fast - yes, it will mix the paint well, but are you likely to cop a spray as well?

It does not come out at all. As long as you do not lift it out and spin with paint on the shaft.

 

[Diegojavbau]

Great idea !!

 

[Vladimir]

Andre the only thing I can say after have a look at your invention is that genious things are simple! Thans for sharing!