Spray Paint Can Mixer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJ5qdCe8sY&t=320s

 

This guy on you tube did a video on how to make a drill powered spray paint mixer.

It was so easy I was able to do it in about five minutes or so.  The longest most time consuming part was cutting down the length of the pipe.

Take a three inch diameter piece of plastic pipe, and a three inch diameter test plug and put the plug in the end of the pipe.

Put the end of the screw into the electric drill and tighten it down as if you were going to drill a hole.

Then you have done all the construction work needed.  I cut the pipe down to make it just slightly longer than the size of a Rust-Oleum spray paint can.

Take an old piece of towel and cut it into a small strip about twice as long as a spray paint can and about as wide as the can.

I put the drill motor on the neutral position so I don't accidentally start it while working with the paint.  Use the towel to hold the spray paint can in place when you slide the can into the pipe. 

Unlike this photo, try and leave a bit of the towel sticking out of the pipe, it makes it easier to remove the can if you can simply pull on the end of the towel.  Note the 0 on the spray can lid, it is how I mark open spray cans so I can tell at a glance which ones have already been used a little.

Then just pull the trigger and the paint is stirred.  I typically do 25 seconds, flip the switch and spin the paint 25 seconds in the other direction.  It's probably overkill but you don't always know how long a can of paint has been sitting on the shelf in the store or at home.

Grab the end of the towel and....

Pull out the spray can.  I usually shake it about 10 seconds, just because.  It's probably overkill.  Then paint as normal.  It seems to be doing a great job with all sorts of paint, primer, gloss, or flat.  I have also use the little short Tamiya spray paint cans and they work fine.  The towel holds them in place very well.