Paint Can Shakers

[Beerhippie]

Not a can shaker, but I welded a 1/4" steel rod about 12" long to the end of a beater off of a hand mixer that died. I chuck it into a hand drill and use it to mix cans of latex paints. Works great and the cost was next to nothing. It takes 2-3 minutes to mix a can, but I've got the time.

I also made a spray can shaker similar to what is shown in post #7 above. It works great also.

I used to use a kitchen mixer blade for mixing drywall mud, where air entrainment is desirable. Makes it spread much smoother off the knife.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Here is what I built to mix spray cans unattended while I did prep work. All you hear is a motor hum and a clickety clack from the agitator ball.

Rotary spray paint agitator

Since I use a bit of spray can paint on smaller objects I got tired of jerking cans for no personal satisfaction so I came up with something I have been thinking about making for years. I did some rpm testing on my metal lathe to determine a good speed. I went on to marketplace and purchased a...

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[The Cobbler]

I welded a 1/4" steel rod about 12" long to the end of a beater off of a hand mixer that died.

Here's mine
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