Hi guys, FauxHammer here and welcome to my
first ever youtube video I know that a
lot of people out there have been really
interested in finding the best device
for mixing and shaking their different
bottles of paint. Now I've been doing a
lot of paint brand reviews recently and
this has really encouraged me to find a
way of saving both time and my arms when
shaking the different bottles
These Army Painter paints for example
have been quite medium heavy, so when
you're trying to get through a review
and shaking lots of them. It really hurts
your arns. There are DIY options out there
such as a jigsaw which is attached to a
G-Clamp which essentially shakes the
bottle up and down really really fast
and if you've got an agitator then this
will mix your paints for you. Now I've
been using that same DIY method for
quite a while. But I have been eager to
treat myself to something a little bit
more professional
that gets the job done better. Now
initially, I looked online for something
that would shake these bottles and rest
my arms not having to hold on to a jigsaw
there are a number of options out there
there's the Robart Paint Shaker which
essentially lets you strap the paint to
it. You can get a battery-powered
version or a mains-powered version. What
this will do, you just turn
it on and it shakes your paint for you.
now this device here is very interesting
this is actually a mini vortex mixer
it's not made for pank per se, it's
actually made as lab-equipment and the
point is you get a test tube and this
test tube you can place on the top and it'll
actually, mix the contents of that test tube.
It's really simple to operate, the
device just sits on the desk and all you
do if you've got a test tube in the top
and then the device inside will spin at
3000 rpm causing the fluid inside to mix
and I'll show an example of this in a
few moments
now before committed to buy this I
actually had a look online for some alternatives.
Here we have what is
essentially a budget nail-polish shaker.
The paint sits in the top of
here like this
Vallejo does and it shakes it side to
side. That's pretty good it does the job
you just turn it on I'm ditching to the
pain there is an alternative version
that's made specifically for miniature
plates this is the robot paint shaker
and from what I understand it is
essentially a more robust version of the
same thing the robot paint shaker comes
in both battery and mains powered
version and the batteries doesn't shake
it quite as well on the mains powered
version we'll shake it a lot more
vigorously so that's really the version
we like to go for if there's a mains
adapter available in your country this
budget version powered was less than
half the price of the mobile main
treatment and actually comes with both
names and battery built in the problem
with it however is that as soon as I
received it but some batteries in I know
these batteries work because they were
recently charged there any loop battery
is really good batteries just being in
charge and working my children's toys
without problem and that's didn't turn
on it simply didn't work so you do get
what you pay them for with these things
which is why I thought okay I'll step it
to a robot paint shaker but in the UK
they're not available so then I had a
look online for what else was available
and here we have the mains powered and
the mains adapters are available in a
variety of countries but the mains
powered vortex mixer
so the vortex mixers themselves actually
rotate the painter incredibly rapid
speed so unlike shaking it up and down
which really does help if you've got an
agitator what I'm going to go through
now will show you how the vortex mixer
works so this is thin Drakken off
nightshade to get it work and just press
it down i'll give it a second you need
to find the right space ball press it
down on the top
and then the device will force the pain
to rotate as you can see as you press it
down the paint inside is rotated very
rapidly and this helps to loosen up any
clogged pigment and the paint itself
will shoot up the side mixing with the
medium and give you a nice consistent
mix so I should press the paint down
onto the pressure pipe that will
actually cause the device inside the
brick and shape we paint around the
inner side of the bottle this should
loosen up any loose pigment another
thing to do I like to flip them upside
down for some of the more resistant
things which I shoot the medium up into
the pig will get settled upon entering
in an album so let's have a look at what
we can do with an actual paint where the
medium and the pigment have clearly
separated so here we have small pressure
brats as you can see here there's some
clear separation between the medium and
the pigment so the medium itself is in
the middle it's far slightly orange hue
the pigment itself is at the bottom and
but your silvery gold pot and what we
need to do is mix things back together
so that we've got a nice consistent
paint what I'm going to go through here
is I'm just going to before I've mixed
it I haven't used this in a year so I'm
going to squeeze out a couple drops on
this paper and side
and as you can see it's mainly colorized
medium and that's what we thought
so we will get that a bit better with a
bit of a shake it's got an agitator
inside the agitator itself should help
to mix the Enigma back with the medium
and this is how you would normally shake
the paint or what things like the paint
shakers would do for you so let's have a
look how this is mixed slight
improvement it's a bit thicker but we've
still got mainly an orange in colour so
let's try it out in the vortex mixer so
as I said just press it to the vortex
make sure there is a pressure pad in
there you've got to make sure in your
hitting it's a little bit sensitive but
here we are and it's shaking now you can
just about see around the centre line
where the agitator is actually running
around the centre so that line there is
the agitator itself being run around the
inside of the bottom several times now I
was hoping that this would show a change
in color on the outside the only thing
with these drop the bottles is the paint
pigment and the medium will actually die
the bottle on the inside anyway so I'm
confident here through experience using
it that the paint inside is mixing
consistently but we're not seeing on the
outside a bit disappointing I always
like to see that change its there
slightly but unfortunately we can't see
it now I like to put them upside down as
well because when you've got them upside
down that the actual medium itself gets
shot up to the opposite side of the
bottle so it spins up so if you've got
any really stubborn pigment down at the
base of the bottle then that shooting
the liquid medium up there will will
clear that out for you so here we go
here's the drop
as you can see that is a perfectly mixed
pink light is exactly what Skullcrusher
brush should look like perfect so here
is some Balthazar doll that are mixed up
as well David have given a bit of shape
and again we've got another perfect
image so this is great for Citadella
because it's going to drop the bottles
it works with all the time to drop the
bottles we've got Dark Star here these
are another really great metallic clean
they don't settle as much but it's good
we've got some scale color unfortunately
this is quite wrong mix and it doesn't
show it too well
we've also got the primer again from
Arman painter again quite a thick thing
but they've been fine oh just a quick
touch on there we'll keep it nice and
clean so here's a good example this is
some Tamia chrome silver x11
and this hasn't actually been opened for
over ten years as you can see there it's
pretty much medium on top all the
pigments at the bottom and the pigment
itself has actually turned quite chunky
and thick so this is the sort of paint
that would be really great to easily be
public obviously it's still quite fluid
if it wasn't for then probably get some
some extra medium ending up and get a
dremel with a wire brush but what we'll
do we'll just mix it up on the vortex
mixer and we'll see how this looks
five minutes so here we are after the
mix and as we can see no longer medium
sat on top it's almost perfectly mixed
you'd probably do with a little bit more
time but as you should be able to see
here in just a second the actual
consistency in the paint in the medium
is a lot thinner so now it operates more
like a consistent paint here we go using
it on III is gold as you can see this
quite clear separation there between the
medium and the pigment itself so what
I'm going to do I'm going to speed up
this video so we can see the difference
before and Africa so bear with me a
second while I stick you in fast-forward
so as you can see here as we are mixing
it still we now have a perfectly
consistent gold all the way up the side
of the box so I'm confident now that
this paint was mixed and it really taken
a lot longer if you just mix it so a
really good example there is a think
that everyone's will be familiar where
it is the brand this is city management
that flash now this is a great example
it's a brand new bottle it's been sat on
my shelf I think I've got it was five
more Hama conquest but it's just been
lying around I thought every drop about
but this is clearly separated so you've
got all the pigments at the bottom the
media which is quite clear not really
colorized in the middle so let's see
what we can do with this by sticking it
on the vortex mixer
and they have it in Westham in Memphis
we've now got a perfectly mixed left my
flush now we have an openness before as
you can see it's sealed so we'll just
take a look inside and we have an
absolutely perfect mitten so this is an
absolutely great device is it a
necessity no not at all you can get away
with shaking you can get a cheaper model
but if you've got a lot of paints or
you've got some really pigment heavy
paint then this is an absolutely
fantastic tool to have in your armory
you'll find them in many places online
some different pointers of them under
different brands now this one's 4x what
they do actually point as different name
models you'll know if it's the right
thing because you'll have a look online
and it will essentially look like this
you've got the blue top you've got the
semi opaque center with the swirls and
then you've got a solid metal gray base
so the mixer itself is weighted on the
bottom and is approximately around 5
kilos the feet underneath are rubber so
I'll show an example in just a second
this helps to absorb any of the
vibration that the unit causes it's
generally quite quiet you will hear it
what nothing any greater than your
average hairdryer and media so the
shaking itself doesn't affect your desk
is on the saying here for example is a
mini stub next to it and as we mix this
turbo door color we can see that the
mini itself is unaffected even though
it's right next to us here for example
is a shield mounted to a court next to
wet paint and I'm quite confident that
even the cork itself and how light it is
it's not going to wobble over and fall
into the paint this really is a great
luxury item for any miniature painter to
learn no matter what brand you've got
them out of what bottles you've got just
a couple of seconds Wiggly pane on top
of the vortex mixer
and you will help perfectly men to paint
every time so that about wraps up my
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