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Old 16-02-2006   #11 (permalink)
Uncivil Serpent
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Lee on Solent, Hampshire, England
Real Name: Chris
My Models: Unfinished boats, I must get round to finishing one sometime! Also collect maritime books etc.
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Originally Posted by Bunkerbarge
I always mix matt paints, enamel, acrylics or whatever, with a piece of bent copper wire (removed from a piece of 2.5 mm flat TC&E) stuck in my battery drill.

I shape it into something like a coat hanger shape so that it goes into the corners and acts as a suitable paddle without throwing the stuff out of the pot!
Another good item I use is the Badger mixer. Works, in fact is, a miniature mixing machine. Worth every penny of the tenner it costs, especially in saving the time in mixing the new style enamels.

Chris
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