Anyone have this and does it work? Click on link below.
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I have the battery powered version and it works like a champ.
Charles34, I have the electric version from Micro Mark and as Bob said it works like a champ. I had to replace the original strap that holds the paint but now use rubber bands…
Dennis
I have a battery powered version my son got me for a birthday present a few years ago (gotta love a kid like that!). He got it at a local hobby shop, and it's served me well. I use Floquil paints almost exclusively, and if the paint hasn't been used in a while, you have to stir the thick pigments off the bottom, but once loosened, it takes only about a minute to get it to spraying consistency. Saves a lot of shaking by hand...
Jerry
Had mine at least 4 years now...110v version...nary a problem.
We (LHS) sell about two of these a month. We no longer carry the battery-powered version because it seems to have some 'systemic' problems. Besides, after awhile you get tired of paying for/recharging batteries. Folks in the painted fingernails business in particular love these shakers.
I, also, ditched their rubber straps. They don't last. Sturdy rubber bands do just as well and are always kicking around.
Anyhoo...highly recommended!
KD
will these shakers work on the normal 2 oz. craft acrylic paints that you get at micaheal's etc. or only on the smaller bottled paints like polyscale or testor's which I believe are 1 oz. or smaller? thanks.
jerrman
Originally Posted by Jerrman:
will these shakers work on the normal 2 oz. craft acrylic paints that you get at micaheal's etc. or only on the smaller bottled paints like polyscale or testor's which I believe are 1 oz. or smaller? thanks.
jerrman
Just tried it...works fine! But, I don't usually use the shaker for those soft-bottled craft paints. Reason: They don't seem to separate as much as the Testors/Floquil/etal types. Plus, I tend to go through those faster in my workshop/on the layout than the more expensive types...they don't have a chance to settle!!
Actually, they're so thick that I have to thin them anyway, and I only use them in scenery/weathering work...not painting brass engines, etc.
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I've also dropped a B-B into every glass-bottled paint that I have. That, plus the shaker, really does a good job working the sediment off the bottom of a bottle. Not long ago I came across some REALLY old bottles of Testors model paint...you know, the 1/4 oz. ones that had '15C' printed on the bottle cap!! (remember those days? I do.) Those enamels were FULLY separated. I decided to put the shaker and the paint to the test. Put a B-B into each bottle, shook each one on the shaker about 5 minutes (...while I did something more important at the workbench, right?) and every one of them is as good as new!! Of course, at the rate I use them, 
, it was a fun experiment probably going to no good use!
...except to prove the effectiveness of a B-B and the shaker.
FWIW, always...
KD
good advice KD. and thanks for the experiment on the craft paints. I tend to usethemn on structure building, although I also use the more expensive polyscale on occasion ("on occasion" being the key phrase which is probably why the paint mixer has some appeal to me).
jerry
