1955 Red Devil paint conditioner resto

[jabberwoki]

Got it for $20 bought some missing parts from Watex linel in Texas.
Bit of paint new seals and buda bing It`s all good.

 

[John316]

WOW Fantastic!

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice score and great refurb!

 

[zkling]

Beautiful great job

Is a paint conditioner the same thing as a mixer/shaker (lay mans terms)?

 

[foreverfalcon40]

Beautiful! What are your plans for it? Did you stumble upon it or you really searched for it?

 

[jabberwoki]

I`ll use it at home when the need arises and I was looking for a vintage one when this popped up on CL.

"Is a paint conditioner the same thing as a mixer/shaker (lay mans terms)?"
Yeah that just what the factory called them.

 

[930dreamer]

Very nice!

 

[4xdog]

Looks good! That would be a nice thing to have around.

 

[jjjrmx5]

I`ll use it at home when the need arises and I was looking for a vintage one when this popped up on CL.

"Is a paint conditioner the same thing as a mixer/shaker (lay mans terms)?"
Yeah that just what the factory called them.

LOLZ.

I always called them paint shakers.

I had a buddy in grade school whose family owned a Porter Paint store in the 1960's and 70's that had a few.

Vibration to the max! LOL.

Love the resto. Nice work.

 

[jakemac]

I miss Red Devil enamel. I liked it better than Rustolium back in the day.
It's sad that you had to use another brand to paint a shaker with the Red Devil name on it.

 

[Bears Fan]

Just found this thread...Great job on the restore

 

[ssffnomad]

Som Btch. That if I remember correctly that is what my Uncle had us using at a very early age. At our family's General/ Specility Hardware store.
Nice piece you have there.

 

[555]

Nice job brining it back to life!
John

 

[Mohawk Dave]

Beautiful! (I have the HF one and use it A LOT! for oil base, latex, and spray paint.)

When I find a Red Devil for $20, I too will upgrade. Great job!

 

[JMLangford]

Great job on the paint mixer!.....

 

[dirt_dobber]

wow - that is nice - in fact I would put it on my fireplace mantel to show that baby off!

 

[fatfillup]

That did turn out nice. Have bought and sold 2 of them. Last one to a customer who has a heavy duty welding shop. Works on big things most people shy away from. Uses a lot of TSC enamel and says its a pain to stir and takes 20 minutes by hand. Loves it. It was a 2 can shaker and must of weighed 100 lbs.

 

[redmondjp]

I have vivid memories of going over to the paint building at the Grigg's Department store as a kid, with my dad, and watching those Red-Devil paint shakers in action. They had both single-can and dual-can units. I never got tired of watching those things for some reason.

They also had a small pipe sticking through the wall with a spigot on it which dispensed paint thinner (probably from a 55-gallon drum in back) - you would bring your empty 1-gallon metal can in and get it refilled.

Those were the days!

 

[nine4gmc]

Shake it, shake it, shake it!!

 

[seagravedriver]

Where did you find it? Local? Not many mom and pop hardware stores anymore. I miss Puyallup Valley Hardware on West Main.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

You ****.

Any working paint shaker is pricey.

Refurb looks great!!

 

[Zeeman]

Right On! Very nice job, and a handy tool to have.

 

[rlitman]

Beautiful! (I have the HF one and use it A LOT! for oil base, latex, and spray paint.)

When I find a Red Devil for $20, I too will upgrade. Great job!

I use the HF pneumatic one for anything I paint. It's also good for mixing the oil back into natural peanut butter.

I see the Red Devil ones from time to time on CL. Generally over $200 though. The ONE I saw for $150 was in worse shape than this guy's $20 find.

I'd say suckage awarded.

 

[jabberwoki]

Up in Ballard in a well used old body shop that was closing down.

 

[Gary_G]

I know this thread is old but I just picked up a 1950's (not sure of exact year) cat no 30 red devil and I'm hoping someone can direct me to an owners manual (PDF or physical) that I can download or buy.
Thank You
Gary

 

[pharmerphil]

Great job, you did a wonderful job!

 

[Gary_G]

The company that owes the rights to the Red Devil tools trademark now, Radia, was nice enough to send me a copy of the PDF of the March 1963 manual for the Cat 30 .

I don't know if I can post that here so if anyone wants a copy let me know.
Gary

 

[Cykotic]

Hi Gary:
I would LOVE to have a copy of your Red Devil Cat 30 manual. I just picked up a Cat 30 Conditioner/Shaker from a guy in Cleveland but know nothing about it. If you could send me one I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks much,
Cykotic

 

[Gary_G]

Hello, I can do that, I just need your contact info. I will look at your username to see if I can get it from that.

 

[Gary_G]

Apparently I can't PM anyone, hmm, well, hopefully you can PM me your email address.

 

[Gary_G]

Does anyone know if I can upload the manual to this site or is that not allowed? I'll see if I can ask a moderator too

 

[jabberwoki]

I'd like one also.

 

[Gary_G]

send you email to get me your email address. Cheers

 

[Gary_G]

I'd like one also.

I can't remember now, did I send you a copy?
If not send me your email in a private message.

 

[Gary_G]

Sent to moderator so should be uploaded soon. Cheers

 

[Gary_G]

Added pic of my own restored unit.

 

[Gary_G]

the manual is now uploaded at the following link:

Owners manual Link

Thank You Mark

 

[jabberwoki]

No Mate, thank you.
Beautiful job as well.

 

[RonRock]

Bad link. Anyone have a link that works?

 

[RTM]

try this. Actually the link 4 above works again. Seems there was an ITCL glitch

Red Devil No. 30 Paint Conditioner Owners Manual : Red Devil Tools : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

6 p., illus., 27.9 cm, instruction manual

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