POM spatula for mixing and applying paint, texture paint and putty
Tamiya
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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Stainless agitator balls for dropper bottles and pots
Army Painter
Stirring bars for mixing paint in the pot
AK Interactive
Green Stuff World
Revell Mixing Cups (15pcs)
Pair of stirrers for mixing paint in the jar
Tamiya
Empty dropper bottles for mixing and storing your own colours
Army Painter
Twelve small pipettes for dosing paint and thinner
AK Interactive
Vallejo Pipettes 1ml (12)
12 pipettes, 1 ml each
Vallejo
Green Stuff World
Revell Pipette Set (6pcs)
Seven medium pipettes for dosing paint and thinner
AK Interactive
Green Stuff World
Bulk pack of 250 stainless agitator balls
AK Interactive
Green Stuff World
Mig
Green Stuff World
AK Interactive
AK Interactive
Green Stuff World
AK Interactive
Green Stuff World Mixing Balls 8mm
Stainless agitator balls, 8mm — pot size
Green Stuff World
Six empty 17ml jars with agitator balls for your own mixes
AK Interactive
50 5mm glass agitator balls for dropper bottles
Monument Hobbies
No price tracked yet
Empty 46cc jar with measuring marks for mixing paint
Tamiya
One hundred rust-proof stainless agitator balls
Warlord Games
No price tracked yet
Empty 60ml glass jar with lid for custom paint or medium mixes, or for decanting from a larger container · 60ml
Studio Essentials
No price tracked yet
No price tracked yet
Loaded Dice Essentials
No price tracked yet
Gaahleri Voortex Airbrush Paint Shaker
Mechanical paint pot shaker/mixer
Gaahleri
No price tracked yet
Revell Glass Jar with Lid (25ml)
25 ml · Paint storage; fits the Revell 39107/39109 airbrush jar adapter
Revell
No shop we track holds a checked link for this yet.
Fifty steel agitator balls for paint pots and dropper bottles
Colour Forge
No price tracked yet
Green Stuff World Mixing Balls 6.35mm
Stainless agitator balls, 6.35mm — dropper-bottle size
Green Stuff World
No price tracked yet
Four empty labelled jars for storing paint mixes
AK Interactive
Dropper-top caps for Pro Acryl bottles
Monument Hobbies
No price tracked yet
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