Micro-Mark Cordless Mixer for Model Paints

What a great tool for mixing model paint!!!

Works great for my airbrush paints looks like a martini stirrer

I am a professional painter working in egg temepra. Rather than powder pigments I prefer to use a pigment dispersion (pigment in a water body with a binder). Many of the pigments separate considerably to the point where shaking will not help. This little mixer does the trick! It makes the pigments homogeneous with very few bubbles even after 15mintues of mixing. The small size of the head fits perfectly into my 2oz. bottles with a 1in neck opening. Many other products are too large. The shaft is a bit shorter than the bottle but it swirls well enough to pick up and incorporate the pigment at the bottom of the bottle.I would agree the plastic aught to be sturdier but I believe it will hold up well. For the manufacturer, I would happily pay a little more for a sturdier plastic housing. If you are having difficulty with the batteries, check out the video. It will help you figure out how to install them properly. Overall, thank you. This product is exactly what I needed to prepare my paint.

Since getting back slowly in building car models ,I needed a small mixer to mix the small jars of Testors enamel paints. And this mixer does it great. Yes it is a little difficult to open the battery compartment,but I found out that if you press on the top edge of the plastic tab used to operate it and push it straight back it will pop the battery cover right out. The cover and plastic tab for running it are all one unit. You might find one a little cheaper, but this unit is from micro mark and I feel go with a company that been out there awhile. Also use a flashlight on your phone or ant light source to see inside to find out which way the batteries.Also this little mixer even mixed paints that had separated in the bottles. Just go slow at first ,so as not to make a mess 🙄. For cleaning the end off I use a alcohol wipe, and then some orderless mineral spirits. If it has dried a little I will put some of the mineral spirits in an empty jar and run the mixer in it. After about 30 seconds or so it's clean.I would highly recommend it.

very cheaply made, instructions say battery placement chart inside, don't believe it none were found

fine

There honestly couldn't be less safety features on this tool if they tried. It operates by bending a metal tab in to a contact that sparks like crazy and half the time the lever gets stuck down as it sparks and literally smokes.I'm surprised this tool exists because it tries everything it can to weld itself together at the contacts in a permanently on position.It spins fine, but at what cost? AT WHAT COST!?

Great item, perfect size for small bottle hobby paint. Excellent battery life