I'm talking about the little jars, tubs, bottles and tins that sayt "mix thouroughtly before use"... With what? a toothpick? ok so we resort to shaking the container and hoping we get it thoroughtly mixed.... and pigs are flying.... I thought this may be a good trick and it works... Place a small stainless steel washer in the container then shake with enthusiasm.
It works!! I first tried this with a bottle of Humbrol matt cote which notoriously settles the matting agent to the bottom and is hard to remix... This got it all redistributed in about a minute of shaking. I used SS washers as I have a jar of 8mm ones left over from a job ( long since forgotten) and I thought as it is ss there would be no interaction with the paint....
It works!! I first tried this with a bottle of Humbrol matt cote which notoriously settles the matting agent to the bottom and is hard to remix... This got it all redistributed in about a minute of shaking. I used SS washers as I have a jar of 8mm ones left over from a job ( long since forgotten) and I thought as it is ss there would be no interaction with the paint....
