Cheaper & Easier-To-Use: Vortex Paint Mixer Shaker for Painting Wargames Miniatures
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- Here is a cheaper and easier-to-use Vortex Paint Mixer we have been testing for months and our thoughts on if it pass or fails!
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00:12 Welcome Back!
00:33 Ordering new paint mixers
00:58 Details of the new paint mixer
02:38 Paint Mixer Unboxed
05:24 Operating new paint mixer
09:12 Drop Test
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I love the white one, works lovely
Micro Mark has a paint shaker that you just strap down and hit a button.
I feel like with some Velcro glued to the sides and a strap across the top between them, you could fasten some sort of belt to hold paint pots on top so you don’t have to hold them.
Here is a cheaper and easier-to-use Vortex Paint Mixer we have been testing for months and our thoughts on if it was a pass or fail!
Get yours for less on Amazon ➡amzn.to/3sLfNqK All The Hobby Supplies I Swear By ➡bit.ly/Essentialhobby
Go Ad-Free & Support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/spikeybits
🔥 Hobby Table: ultrasonic model cleaner amzn.to/2tJ6adk
Overhead Triple Bright Lamp (I use two) amzn.to/2hvz2PP
Smaller Ultrasonic cleaner amzn.to/2MDpbu0
Dx Racer Chair amzn.to/2DpdNuM
Gunnar Glasses Protect From Harmful Blue Light amzn.to/2ThnqS0
Purple Pad makes any chair better amzn.to/2ADGbJB
Ott Light Portable Light with No Clamps amzn.to/2MB4jja
Print your own Bits with this dope 3d Printer: amzn.to/2KEVMOL
Masters Airbrush Spray Booth With LED Lights: amzn.to/2Vh714U
Gamer Black Dual Fan Spray Booth amzn.to/3qbIqJQ
Indoor Filters For Spray Booth amzn.to/2LDHIUW
Heavy-duty paint mixer is fun AF: amzn.to/39hjzN7
Amazon 11x17 Poster Frame 2 Pack for starter box inserts: amzn.to/39lCk1U
Adjustable TV Tray Table is perfect for hobbying: amzn.to/2tVxgkU XL version amzn.to/2U2SKqN
3D Printing
Anycubic photon S 3D printer is magic for minis amzn.to/2LYB1fl
Anycubic Photon is pretty affordable and easy to use: amzn.to/3i8MKqu
New Anycubic Photon Mono amzn.to/3sxmon0
Anycubic Wash & Cure Station amzn.to/3nCBUdD
Egoo Mars (has pretty high marks as well from folks) amzn.to/2U4aMr4
Hobby Supplies
15ml Dropper Bottles amzn.to/2Mmp7Lh
Matte Coat In Any Conditions Testors Lusterless Spray amzn.to/2MDumGA
Plastic putty for gap filling amzn.to/2XISqw1
Tamiya Extra-Thin Cement Quick-Setting: amzn.to/2XISqw1
Testors Liquid Cement For Plastics: amzn.to/2KZq2Cr
Hobby Miniature Holder- bit.ly/Gameenvy
Cheesecloth for making Camo cloaks amzn.to/2XE46QL
Testors Easy Lift Off Stripper (ELO) amzn.to/2W2NKRA
Metallic Sharpie Markers For Painting amzn.to/2T8Mc6S
Wet Pallet (small) bit.ly/Gameenvy
Wet Pallet Army Painter bit.ly/Armypainterwet
Vallejo Chipping Medium amzn.to/2FKCpyX
Shapers Brushes for filling gaps with putties amzn.to/2lzzbHt
Mr. Polisher for trimming mold lines amzn.to/2KuBmpC
Refilling Paint Water Pot: bit.ly/Gameenvy
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Drill Bits For Magnets amzn.to/2OtC47E
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High-Quality Sable Paint Brushes: bit.ly/Gameenvy
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Hand Sized Pin Vice amzn.to/2OtCniO
Drill Bits For Magnets amzn.to/2OtC47E
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Winsor Newton Cleaner removes dried paint amzn.to/2BvX5sh
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Clear Case For Miniatures 15"x 17", 6" Tall amzn.to/2Yo2kEn
Project Cart With 6 Cases for Miniatures 12"x12" 2"-1/2" amzn.to/2Wq42Ua
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These are affiliate links, as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Is thie white unit still working after a year?
I'm happy with my old vortex mixer (the blue one). Wish I didn't have to hold the paint pots at all, then I'd upgrade.
I'm using one of those massage hammers that I have, to mix paint. It has good hammering (back-forward movement only) and while it can beat the crap out of your sore muscles, it also mixes the paint fast and complete 😂 It cost me 40 euro's (anout 42 USD) and serves a dual purpose with paint mixing. It's also durable and comes with a recharger so it's 100% hand held unit.
You can also select different powerlevels if you really wanna throw that paint around in the pot, but the weakest one already shakes it 100% and fast too. No need for these paint mixers for me and it's nice to ask my wife to hammer my sore shoulders after painting with that same massage hammer 😆
Me too
How do you attach the bottle to the massage thingie?
@@markkNL I don't. Can hold it in my fingers while the hammer hammers away 😁
would adding a mixing ball bearing increase the mixing efficiency?
I've had such mixed results with vortex mixers that I've just abandoned them completely. I'm sure some people have had success but I just get DOA units unless I pay $120 for a junky piece of plastic.
What I HAVE found success in, is in using those massage guns. Usually those sets come with a kind of forked head attachment, which is what I'm using. You can suspend your paint bottle, whatever brand or size, with a rubber band and it shakes up and down and side to side. Bonus is those massage guns crank like hell and I get absolutely wonderful mixing in my old AP paints that have been sitting around for god knows how long.
Plus side is there is basically none of that vibration feedback that's concerning over the long term and since the item is a double dipper, if for some reason it goes out I won't feel bad about replacing it because I also use it for deep tissue and myofascial work. If you have one try it out!
My secrete is I put 5 paints in one hand and five in the other hand and I shake them all at once
The condition you're probably thinking of is Hand/Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). Often encountered by people in construction using jackhammers and the like.
With that new mixer, you could use a round piece of thick foam to hold the bottle on the agitator while reducing the vibrations in your hand even further.
Yeah, that sounds about right!
I was going to mention this too. I imagine the vibration isn't nearly as extreme (or longlasting) as working with a jackhammer, but that doesn't discount it.
@@jamiemckelvie5067 I think the trap people could fall into is thinking "It's not like I'm using a jackhammer all day" then repeatedly pushing paint pots onto a vibrating platform and holding them there day after day lol 😁 Sometimes even really small movements can take their toll. Try clenching and releasing your fist at arm's length several times, simple but see how long you last until your forearm muscles start to hurt.
@@richardrussell7082 I'm hypermobile so trust me - I know how quickly small movements can mess you up!
I literally just opened the white one and it would barely wiggle they are garbage
Another channel reviewed one similar to the white one and found the click on/click off method to be very unreliable. It would keep turning off while mixing. All of these cheap Chinese units seem to be garbage and will not last any significant time. The Four E's mixers (aka Lab Genius) seem to be the only ones that last. They advertise many of these junk mixers a lab vortex mixers. Having worked in a microbiology lab for several years, I can assure you these are not laboratory grade equpment. No self-respecting lab would use these cheap units. They wouldn't last one day in a busy lab.