Rotating Paint holder and shaker

[Sergeant W]

I am looking either for plans and a company/individual so that I can have my paint that is always ready to use.  I am looking for a paint holder that rotates the paint bottles end over end.  I would like it to rotate slowly and continuously until it is turned off manually.

Sarge

[tangerine-jack]

My first thought is to use a spice rack fastened to a chicken rotisserie.  Both you can get at any thrift store for next to nothing.  The paint can be held in the slots by rubber bands, or if you get really creative by a hinged bar and pin.

 

 

Interesting concept.

[altterrain]

I had the same idea as Jack. I would work up a rack on a rotisserie motor. We had real rotators for test tubes and such back in my lab rat days but after a bit of surfing around the prices started in the $400 range .

-Brian 

[livesteam2000]

What about a flat rack type, like a rotary hot dog cooker? Where the bottles lay on their sides? Seems like it would be easier than trying to move a whole rack. Just a thought.

 

 

[tangerine-jack]

What about a flat rack type, like a rotary hot dog cooker? Where the bottles lay on their sides? Seems like it would be easier than trying to move a whole rack. Just a thought.

 

 

 

That would work also.  It's all about being creative and totaly NOT telling the vendor what you have in mind to do with the device.  I would question it's usefulness on square or oval bottles, but no plan is perfect after all.  (EDIT- you could make a round bottle holder for the odd shaped bottles)

In my case it would come down to what I  could get in the $10-20 range, or even to the point of what I could get my hands on to begin with.  Surplus lab equipment is a viable option, again if you are fortunate enough to have a surplus warehouse in your area to keep cost reasonable.

[Capt Bob Johnson]

The flat rack wouldn't turn the bottles to keep the paint mixed like the rotisserie thingy would!

[livesteam2000]

I meant something like get the rotissery motor, I see them at thrift stores all the time, and some larger dowel stock to make a simple flat rack. With two dowels riding on simple bushings should work to keep the bottles rolling. I don't see how this wouldn't keep the paint mixed, but as my wife tells me frequently, I have been mistaken. I would put a few BBs in the bottle for help in mixing. Plus the rotissery motor would be geared to rotate slowly.