| Kensboro | 16 Jul 2014 2:41 a.m. PST |
The ProShaker is a gadget made for nail parlors to mix up gel and lacquer type polishes. I've found it to be a great tool that mixes up your hobby paints a lot easier (and more thoroughly) than doing it by hand. Here are some pictures, explanatory text, and a link to a YouTube video that does a good job of showing it in action:
imgur.com/a/VopIE I've seen a bunch of crazy YouTube videos of widgets that guys Frankenstein together to mix up settled paint. After trying the ProShaker (which works like a charm), I figured some fellow hobbyists would be interested in getting one for themselves. |
| recon35 | 16 Jul 2014 5:23 a.m. PST |
Nice find. I tried a jewelry cleaner, but results were nowhere near this good. |
| recon35 | 16 Jul 2014 5:34 a.m. PST |
link At Amazon. A bit pricey, though. |
| sma1941 | 16 Jul 2014 5:46 a.m. PST |
| 16 Jul 2014 6:29 a.m. PST |
Amazon has the same shaker as Micromark---for $5 USD less If you get a battery powered one it is around $31 USD |
| PygmaelionAgain | 16 Jul 2014 8:01 a.m. PST |
I just showed this to a nail polish enthusiast/friend that I wargame with… Her comments were: 1) If your contraption is for shaking nail polish, your box art should not be a Huge Nail Polish Disaster. 2) Don't shake your polish, you'll whip air into it… roll it instead. Submitted for your scrutiny. |
| 53Punisher | 16 Jul 2014 12:26 p.m. PST |
Kensboro, thanks for the pics. Looks like a really handy tool. Do you think the bottle holder could be adapted to hold craft paint bottles? Is the holder made of white metal or plastic? |
| Tommy20 | 16 Jul 2014 2:27 p.m. PST |
I was sold until I saw the price. I'm not cheap, but wow! |
| Kensboro | 16 Jul 2014 10:17 p.m. PST |
Do you think the bottle holder could be adapted to hold craft paint bottles? Extra pictures taken and added the link in the first message to answer that. I'm sure someone could come up with something??? Is the holder made of white metal or plastic? Plastic. It's not flimsy, I don't expect it to break any time soon. The machine itself is quite heavy, don't drop it on your toes, or you'll be taking a trip to the ER. I was sold until I saw the price. I'm not cheap, but wow! I posted about this on the ReaperMini forums too. Someone said pretty much the same thing there about the cost. I have to admit I don't quite understand; because a lot of guys/gals in this hobby wouldn't bat an eye at dropping $250 USD on a set of Vallejo paints, or $400 USD-$500-$600 on the next Reaper Bones Miniatures Kickstarter. A 90mm figure of "The Black Prince" is about $100 USD for a single miniature… yet $99 USD for something you can use for all of your miniatures/models is way too much? You could pick up the Robart Mixer for half the price, but it's also a piece of cheap plastic junk. |
| 53Punisher | 17 Jul 2014 2:45 a.m. PST |
Kensboro, thanks for the reply. Actually, I'm glad the bottle holder is plastic because that would make it easier to modify for other bottle sizes. I'm one of those "mad inventors" who cobbled together a shaking contraption from an old powered hand tool (very effective, but noisy as all hell, especially late at night when I tend to have more time to work and the rest of the house is sleeping). I think the price is reasonable because as much as I paint figs/terrain (not to mention the quantity of paint I've collected over the years), for me at least, it would pay for itself in the long run. The cost of paint is a big part of the hobby, so I'd be happy to have a quality tool to keep my paint collection in good shape (especially for those old, hard to find, or OOP colors I have and still like to use when needed). Again, thanks for the FYI on this. |
| Hugh Johns | 17 Jul 2014 11:50 a.m. PST |
Just buy a used vortex mixer (used to mix test tubes in chem labs) off of Ebay. Cheaper and it won't add as much air. |
wonders if he can resize 3Dprinted dungeon tiles to match his other dungeon tiles…
