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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 3, 2005 9:12:18 GMT 12
You know aerosols have a little ball inside to speed up mixing when you shake them?
I was told of a useful tip for your paint pots; drop a ball in there in and you can stir your piants up in half the time. You need something that won't rust, so try stainless bbs, or ceramic catapult ammunition from your local killing wildlife shop. I use beads that I borrow from my wife's beading stuff when she's not looking.
Another good tip is to get an electrical stirrer. Get a Micro-Mark catalogue. They are an american company who do absolutely everything you could ever imagine and stuff you couldn't for making models. Too expensive to buy, but you get some great ides. One thing they do is a battery powered stirrer, about $20. The $2 dollar shop sells the same thing, but intended for making cappucinos. Or for a slightly better version, the warehouse do one for $4.
(don't know if i would combine both techniques though)
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Pirate Wench
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Post by Pirate Wench on Feb 3, 2005 9:35:05 GMT 12
if you are using ball bearings be 100% totally positively sure they will not rust. unless you like dirty paint. Oh and beads? don't use hematite, they might feel like they're a good weight and will shake well, but they'll rust too
I raided the gravel driveway out the back for small pieces. they need to be small enough to actually move around inside the bottle
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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 3, 2005 9:43:11 GMT 12
beads? don't use hematite, they might feel like they're a good weight and will shake well, but they'll rust too I did not know that! i've just looked it up and sure enough haematite is ferrous oxide, which is, for the less sciencey amongst you, rust! I use plastic and glass ones. |
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Post by G-nome on Feb 3, 2005 18:12:36 GMT 12
Even with glass beads, while they dont rust if they are of the more ethnic variety you will need to check for dust in the hole in the middle. I guess its white silica dust or something like that. I just cut up a couple of bits of sprues and pop them in cheap and seems to work well.
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Pirate Wench
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Post by Pirate Wench on Feb 3, 2005 18:23:24 GMT 12
I think it is interesting that reaper are the only minis paint manufacturer out there that actually already include a shaker in the jar. They have really cool tiny pewter skulls which make for excellent basing additions when you're finished the paint. Why don't the other manufacturers actually include a shaker since it really does help with the workability of their product
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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 3, 2005 18:32:29 GMT 12
Not just a shaker but a cool useful shaker. i bet you got a surprise first time you saw that!
Other companies probably don't want the extra 0.2c it would cost.
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Pirate Wench
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Post by Pirate Wench on Feb 3, 2005 19:04:38 GMT 12
heh, yep, though so far I only have one reaper skull.. and that's only cos we had a knock over accident. I think it could take some serious time to collect a decent set. Then again I could always strain the jars i have and replace the skulls with a bead
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Post by Aaron on Feb 4, 2005 7:49:50 GMT 12
I thought it was a bad idea to shake your paint pots?  I was under the impression that you end up with paint up in the lid you dont want (or is that only citadel paints that do that)... Ok I confess I shake my paints but I feel bad about it. Stirring or shaking does it matter? (P.s. bad james bond quotes will not be conisdered useful advice!) |
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Post by PitYak Studios on Feb 4, 2005 8:18:38 GMT 12
Yes, that's something I never do; with paint anyway, I will shake ink.
but a shaker-ball (for want of a better term) will vastly improve stirring effeciency, not just shaking.
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