Vallejo Acrylic Resin Matte Varnish... ARGH!

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The ultrasonic cleaner cavitates but I'm not sure how well it would mix. It's great for removing air bubbles from liquids. Use it for that at work when fluid sampling as our sampler counts air as foreign particles

I have a cheap dentists vibrator Dougie............................. No no no not that sort ! ops:


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About 4" across the top. Velcroed the plate and also the underside of a


couple of plastic containers.


Put bottles in the container pop on the vibrating table and vibrate. Not


perfect if the paint is really thick at the bottom. Full pelt it is a bit noisy.


Also use plastic containers full of bird grit. Place in the plastic parts vibrate


away and it takes the shine off all those small pieces which would be


impossible otherwise.


Laurie

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I have a cheap dentists vibrator Dougie............................. No no no not that sort ! ops:
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About 4" across the top. Velcroed the plate and also the underside of a


couple of plastic containers.


Put bottles in the container pop on the vibrating table and vibrate. Not


perfect if the paint is really thick at the bottom. Full pelt it is a bit noisy.


Also use plastic containers full of bird grit. Place in the plastic parts vibrate


away and it takes the shine off all those small pieces which would be


impossible otherwise.


Laurie

That is ideal. Pity only the dentists ones work!


Laurie there are so many things I want to write right now about that 4" vibe but I'll get banned. I have a terrible mind at the best of times and you just fed the monster so I will keep it in check haha


I may buy one, that looks like a great idea mate, best of the suggestions if it works as well as you claim.


I'm going to ask my female dentist about this contraption next time I'm there. I think she will manage to find plenty of filings though haha

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http://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/paint-mixer-trumpeter.html

I find this little gadget for paint mixing is great. The mixing head fits into the Vallejo bottles once you pop off the eye dropper end and when I've been using Vallejo Matt it gives a really thorough mix of the pigments for a consistant coverage. Also works just as well in Tamiya bottles.


Just remember to switch it off or stop it rotating with your finger temporarily before you remove it from the paint being mixed or you can end up with a Jackson Pollock print all over your favourite T-shirt!


Good little gadget and available from Johns shop too.


Cheers,


Colin.

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I think you chaps might be over thinking this a bit


I just give the varnish a damned good shake with a ball bearing in the container. Slosh it into the airbrush thinned with tap water and it seems to work fine for me.


Cheers


Steve

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I think you chaps might be over thinking this a bit
I just give the varnish a damned good shake with a ball bearing in the container. Slosh it into the airbrush thinned with tap water and it seems to work fine for me.


Cheers


Steve

I had very serious paint blockage in my H & S airbrush (which I put down to possibly being because I had previously used Tamiya Synthetic Lacquer paint (thinner is Cellulose Thinners). I had shaken very vigorously. I went to town on decanting some of my Vallejo Model Air bottles (up to 14 months old or so), thoroughly cleaning the bottles then slowly decanting back, watching out for lumps (none actually found). However, despite the thorough washing out of the bottles I found pieces of dried paint skin sticking to the side up to 6 MM long, which shocked me. The tops were always screwed tight. I also use a rattler.