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Torchy
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Member Since: September 13, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 01:57 AM UTC
My old cappuccino paint mixer died yesterday had it for years...
Found some really good replacments from IKEA at £1.99 ,or if you can't be arsed to drive(me) or theres not one near you (UK only) this blokes fantastic!


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IKEA-PRODUKT-MILK-COFFEE-FROTHER-FROTHY-WHISK-MACHINE-/120628523247?pt=Coffee_Machines_Makers&hash=item1c160530ef


I got 2 from him and they arrived the next day!
the top one is how they come
the lower one cut and bent for Humbrol tins,


I got 2, one for tins the other ,cut longer for jars!


long fast spinny things in small tins = paint everywhere,thats why I've got two

HTH
Andy
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2011 - 10:36 AM UTC
Ya. I tried the same thing. Those fast spinny things helped me add chocolate brown to my otherwise white walls.
lighthorseman
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - 11:39 AM UTC
one thing to alleviate painting your walls/your self unnecessarily is to get an old lid that firs onto the jar/tin and drill a hole in it feed the stirrer into the lid affix the lid onto the jar/tin to be mixed and bob is your uncle. no paint where it shouldnt be
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