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Paint Mixers & Shakers

Settled pigment is why a pot that looked fine paints like chalk. Agitator balls sit in the pot and do the work every time you shake it; a vortex mixer or a dedicated shaker does it properly in seconds and pays back the moment you own more than a handful of pots. The size question is the one people actually search — a ball that is too large will not clear the neck of a dropper bottle, and one too small barely stirs a Citadel pot.

The Honest Verdict

Balls first: they are cheap, they go in every pot you own, and they solve most of the problem. A shaker or vortex mixer earns its place once shaking by hand is a chore rather than a habit — and the machines are largely marketplace stock rather than hobby-shop stock, which is why the price spread on them is so wide.

On This Shelf

101 products read and admitted so far - 16 brands, filterable below. More are mined and waiting to be judged.

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Green Stuff World Mixing Balls 8mm

Stainless agitator balls, 8mm — pot size

Green Stuff World

Tamiya Craft Spatula

POM spatula for mixing and applying paint, texture paint and putty

Tamiya

AK Interactive Mix And Ready Acrylics (6 empty 17ml jars with shaker ball)

Six empty 17ml jars with agitator balls for your own mixes

AK Interactive

Army Painter Mixing Balls

Stainless agitator balls for dropper bottles and pots

Army Painter

Monument Hobbies Green Glass Agitators 5mm (50)

50 5mm glass agitator balls for dropper bottles

Monument Hobbies

Warlord Games Mixing Balls (100)

One hundred rust-proof stainless agitator balls

Warlord Games

Vallejo Mixing Bottle (35ml)

Vallejo

VMS Mix & Store 20 ml

VMS

Studio Essentials Empty 60ml Glass Jar with Lid

Empty 60ml glass jar with lid for custom paint or medium mixes, or for decanting from a larger container · 60ml

Studio Essentials

Paint Shaker
TTCombat Paint Agitators

TTCombat

Colour Forge Mixing Balls (50)

Fifty steel agitator balls for paint pots and dropper bottles

Colour Forge

Green Stuff World Mixing Balls 6.35mm

Stainless agitator balls, 6.35mm — dropper-bottle size

Green Stuff World

Tamiya Paint Mixing Jar (46cc)

Empty 46cc jar with measuring marks for mixing paint

Tamiya

AK Interactive Mix N Ready (4 empty jars with labels)

Four empty labelled jars for storing paint mixes

AK Interactive

Army Painter Paint Mixing Empty Bottles

Empty dropper bottles for mixing and storing your own colours

Army Painter

Warlord Games Mixing Bottles (4 x 17ml)

Four empty 17ml dropper bottles

Warlord Games

Palette - Rectangular 18x8.5cm

Vallejo

Studio Essentials Empty Aluminium Paint Tubes (60ml, Pack of 10)

Ten empty 60ml aluminium tubes with screw caps, for making your own paint from dry pigment or storing your own mixes · 60ml x 10

Studio Essentials

Colour Forge Dropper Bottles (10)

Ten empty dropper bottles for mixing and storing paint

Colour Forge

Green Stuff World Glass Mixing Balls 8mm

Glass agitator balls, 8mm — for solvent-based paints

Green Stuff World

Tamiya Paint Stirrer (2)

Pair of stirrers for mixing paint in the jar

Tamiya

AK Interactive Modelling Stirring Bars

Stirring bars for mixing paint in the pot

AK Interactive

Warlord Games Pipettes (5 x 2ml)

Five 2ml graduated pipettes

Warlord Games

Palette - Small 13x9cm

Vallejo

Studio Essentials Empty Screw-Top Jar (100ml, Aluminium Lid)

Empty 100ml jar with an aluminium screw-top lid, for custom paint or pigment mixes or decanting from a larger container · 100ml

Studio Essentials

Green Stuff World Empty Dropper Bottles 17ml with Mixing Balls

Empty 17ml dropper bottles supplied with steel agitator balls

Green Stuff World

Tamiya Mixing Jar (10ml round)

Tamiya

AK Interactive Paint Doser Bottles (4 x 30ml)

Four empty 30ml dropper bottles for decanting paint

AK Interactive

Studio Essentials Empty Screw-Top Jar (250ml, Aluminium Lid)

Empty 250ml jar with an aluminium screw-top lid, for custom paint or pigment mixes or decanting from a larger container · 250ml

Studio Essentials

Green Stuff World Paint Shaker Machine

Benchtop paint shaker with suction-cup feet

Green Stuff World

AK Interactive Paint Doser Bottles (4 x 60ml)

Four empty 60ml dropper bottles for decanting paint

AK Interactive

Studio Essentials Empty Square Jar (220ml, Aluminium Lid)

Empty 220ml square jar with an aluminium screw-top lid, for custom paint or pigment mixes or decanting from a larger container · 220ml

Studio Essentials

Green Stuff World Rotational Paint Shaker

Cordless rotational paint shaker with 3 bottle adaptors

Green Stuff World

15 Well Palette

Tamiya

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