discussion Paint Shaker.

[john i am]

Hi everyone my paint shaker arrived yesterday and initially it was doing the job very well and I was very pleased. But today after less than 24 of it being in my possession and about 12 shakes later it as died with what can only be described as an internal combustion kind of noise. Dead as a dodo. I didn't let any pot shake for longer than 1 minute. Just wanted to make everyone aware as I now have to go to the trouble off returning it. So think twice before purchase as they don't seem to be the best build quality and I'm sure it wouldn't have seen the year out anyways.

 

[Guest]

Hi John sorry to read about your paint shaker I hope you get your money back, if you're still in the market I recommend one of these I've had mine for about 3 years now mine is battery operated but they do a mains version as well.

HTH
Pete.

 

[Komedy]

Hi John sorry to read about your paint shaker I hope you get your money back, if you're still in the market I recommend one of these I've had mine for about 3 years now mine is battery operated but they do a mains version as well.

HTH
Pete.

Have been looking to get one of those but can't find uk source

 

[Gern]

Hi everyone my paint shaker arrived yesterday and initially it was doing the job very well and I was very pleased. But today after less than 24 of it being in my possession and about 12 shakes later it as died with what can only be described as an internal combustion kind of noise. Dead as a dodo. I didn't let any pot shake for longer than 1 minute. Just wanted to make everyone aware as I now have to go to the trouble off returning it. So think twice before purchase as they don't seem to be the best build quality and I'm sure it wouldn't have seen the year out anyways.

Sorry John - I might have warned you. I bought one exactly the same a couple of years ago. Lasted a day before it stopped. My brother-in-law is an electrician and he bypassed the power thingie so now it works exclusively off batteries - and it works a treat!

 

[john i am]

The noise it made before it died Dave was kind of scary I'm sure it took its last breath. I'm kind of certain a bypass wouldn't work in this particular case. I did read the reviews and there were some bad ones to be fair but I thought I give it a try. Just requested a refund but still in the need of a decent shaker. So if anyone can recommend a good one that's not "silly" money please help. I hope you your getting stuck into that stash pile Dave whilst we are on lockdown.

 

[john i am]

Hi John sorry to read about your paint shaker I hope you get your money back, if you're still in the market I recommend one of these I've had mine for about 3 years now mine is battery operated but they do a mains version as well.

HTH
Pete.

Thanks Pete I did look at that before but I'd thought I'd try the cheaper option. Should have gone with my gut instinct I guess because I'll probably get that one anyways in the end.

 

[john i am]

That's tough John, but before you start considering a replacement give this a serious thought.

Laugh if you will chaps, but before you poo poo it, consider the following.

Obviously you require a vari-speed drill, but I presume we all have one.

The soldering iron holder, for that's what it is, was handed down to me by my father, so the thing must be decades old.

It never goes wrong.
They are on eBay at the minute for a fiver. Just remove it from the base, straighten out the prong thingy, fit it in the drill, screw in the paint bottle and away you go!

In the years I have used the 'shaker', the paint bottles have never come adrift except when I unscrew it. You can hold it upside down, sideways, fastish/ slow speed, reverse the drill action. It stays put and mixes the paint perfectly. It really does grip the bottle.

Just get one. You won't be disappointed, and for a fiver(or less) what have you got to loose?

But because it's cheap and looks cob, no matter how much I praise the thing, folks will still laugh. Their loss, not mine.

You people might have one in your workshop already... :thumb2:

Give it a whirl( some pun) and see if I'm not right.






Cheers.
Ron

Have the holder and the drill but to the actual whereabouts of the holder? Could take me a week to find it. Great idea though and if I do stumble across the holder I'll give it a "whirl".
Cheers John

 

[Guest]

Have been looking to get one of those but can't find uk source

Hi Warren got mine from Amazon but there out of stock and Ebay are way to expensive.
Pete.

 

[Peter Gillson]

Pete - I too have a Robart shaker which has lasted years. i'm a little impatient and found it takes some time so I made this from scrap plywood;

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The paint bottles are a very smug fit but the velcro tape makes sure they stay put. Does the job in about 15 seconds!

peter

 

[Tim Marlow]

Great stuff from each of you....i used a reclaimed lab shaker for years until it died, and am now looking for something else to shake paint.....mostly I shake it just enough to make the pigment layer mobile enough to get out of the bottle. I dilute the paint to taste using medium once it’s out. Might have to try these ideas, especially Peter’s, it’s the only known use for a jigsaw after all.....

 

[Jim R]

A few years ago there was a wonderful guy on the old MM forum. He was a true gent. He always made sure his paint was well shaken by putting the pots he was going to use in his pockets before he went to work/shopping/gardening etc and he reckoned they were well mixed when he came back to the bench :tongue-out3:

 

[Tim Marlow]

Yep, I rember him, he was great, best story was when he forgot to take the paint out when the trousers went in the wash......

 

[Guest]

That's tough John, but before you start considering a replacement give this a serious thought.

Laugh if you will chaps, but before you poo poo it, consider the following.

Obviously you require a vari-speed drill, but I presume we all have one.

The soldering iron holder, for that's what it is, was handed down to me by my father, so the thing must be decades old.

It never goes wrong.
They are on eBay at the minute for a fiver. Just remove it from the base, straighten out the prong thingy, fit it in the drill, screw in the paint bottle and away you go!

In the years I have used the 'shaker', the paint bottles have never come adrift except when I unscrew it. You can hold it upside down, sideways, fastish/ slow speed, reverse the drill action. It stays put and mixes the paint perfectly. It really does grip the bottle.

Just get one. You won't be disappointed, and for a fiver(or less) what have you got to loose?

But because it's cheap and looks cob, no matter how much I praise the thing, folks will still laugh. Their loss, not mine.

You people might have one in your workshop already... :thumb2:

Give it a whirl( some pun) and see if I'm not right.

Cheers.
Ron

Looks like the holder for a solder unit from a Weller WTCPT solder station, mating cup removed and the mount where it locks into the base cut off. I have two from my business before I retired, I'm good to go

 

[spanner570]

Looks like the holder for a solder unit from a Weller WTCPT solder station, mating cup removed and the mount where it locks into the base cut off. I have two from my business before I retired, I'm good to go

Bob, you won't regret it. It knocks every other device into a cocked hat......and most folks will probably have one secreted somewhere at home.

Why pay relatively big bucks for something that can pack in after a short time? The 'funny contraption' I use has lasted at least 40 years, costs a fiver and still going strong!

 

[john i am]

That's tough John, but before you start considering a replacement give this a serious thought.

Laugh if you will chaps, but before you poo poo it, consider the following.

Obviously you require a vari-speed drill, but I presume we all have one.

The soldering iron holder, for that's what it is, was handed down to me by my father, so the thing must be decades old.

It never goes wrong.
They are on eBay at the minute for a fiver. Just remove it from the base, straighten out the prong thingy, fit it in the drill, screw in the paint bottle and away you go!

In the years I have used the 'shaker', the paint bottles have never come adrift except when I unscrew it. You can hold it upside down, sideways, fastish/ slow speed, reverse the drill action. It stays put and mixes the paint perfectly. It really does grip the bottle.

Just get one. You won't be disappointed, and for a fiver(or less) what have you got to loose?

But because it's cheap and looks cob, no matter how much I praise the thing, folks will still laugh. Their loss, not mine.

You people might have one in your workshop already... :thumb2:

Give it a whirl( some pun) and see if I'm not right.






Cheers.
Ron

That's tough John, but before you start considering a replacement give this a serious thought.

Laugh if you will chaps, but before you poo poo it, consider the following.

Obviously you require a vari-speed drill, but I presume we all have one.

The soldering iron holder, for that's what it is, was handed down to me by my father, so the thing must be decades old.

It never goes wrong.
They are on eBay at the minute for a fiver. Just remove it from the base, straighten out the prong thingy, fit it in the drill, screw in the paint bottle and away you go!

In the years I have used the 'shaker', the paint bottles have never come adrift except when I unscrew it. You can hold it upside down, sideways, fastish/ slow speed, reverse the drill action. It stays put and mixes the paint perfectly. It really does grip the bottle.

Just get one. You won't be disappointed, and for a fiver(or less) what have you got to loose?

But because it's cheap and looks cob, no matter how much I praise the thing, folks will still laugh. Their loss, not mine.

You people might have one in your workshop already... :thumb2:

Give it a whirl( some pun) and see if I'm not right.






Cheers.
Ron

There you go Ron defective item returned. So I had a quick think and after a quick visit to my tool box and a couple of clamps came up with this. I didn't even have to buy/make anything. Cheers it might not look as pretty but it gets the job done. Looks good on my big mat.:smiling5:

 

[spanner570]

There you go, John.
Who needs to spend beer tokens when with a bit of thought you've come up with that. Nice one.

I hope your wonderful and very clever 'invention' doesn't come apart. Gotta keep that beautiful mat clean.

Cracking drill too. I bought one dead like it. - For the wife's birthday. Can't understand why she didn't like it. Probably the colour.

 

[Peter Gillson]

There you go Ron defective item returned. So I had a quick think and after a quick visit to my tool box and a couple of clamps came up with this. I didn't even have to buy/make anything. Cheers it might not look as pretty but it gets the job done. Looks good on my big mat.:smiling5:

Just a thought, but will spinning it actually mix it, or will it act like a centrifuge and separate out the solids from the liquid?

peter

 

[adt70hk]

Just a thought, but will spinning it actually mix it, or will it act like a centrifuge and separate out the solids from the liquid?

peter

Hi Peter, I was thinking that too. Live your idea by the way!

ATB

Andrew

 

[john i am]

There you go, John.
Who needs to spend beer tokens when with a bit of thought you've come up with that.

I hope your wonderful invention doesn't come apart. Gotta keep that beautiful mat clean.

Cracking drill too. I bought one dead like it. - For the wife's birthday. Can't understand why she didn't like it. Probably the colour.
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Just a thought, but will spinning it actually mix it, or will it act like a centrifuge and separate out the solids from the liquid?

peter

Not sure of the physics of it all to be honest but about 30 seconds on forward/reverse seems to work fine and the paint comes easily out of the nozzle and seems very well mixed. I did like the aesthetics of the one I brought but it didn't last a day and was only running for about 12 minutes over a time span of 24 hrs. Probably the worst thing I've ever brought so I returned it today. Cheers John

sorry Ron :surprised:

 

[john i am]

Just a thought, but will spinning it actually mix it, or will it act like a centrifuge and separate out the solids from the liquid?

peter

Not sure of the physics of it all to be honest but about 30 seconds on forward/reverse seems to work fine and the paint comes easily out of the nozzle and seems very well mixed. I did like the aesthetics of the one I brought but it didn't last a day and was only running for about 12 minutes over a time span of 24 hrs. Probably the worst thing I've ever brought so I returned it today. Cheers John