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How to make an easy paint stirrer

You can make a paint stirrer from a broken plastic cloth hanger. The stirrer can be attached to a power drill and mix paint or anything else that needs to be mixed quickly.

7 comments

Oct 13, 2011. 6:23 AM

pfred2 says:

I've made a tiny power mixer for stirring little acrylic craft paint bottles out of a piece of metal coat hanger. I just bent an O shape at the bottom of it. Let sit those paints get so messed up, my mixer brings them back somewhat.

Then there is my 5 gallon pail mixer I made out of a piece of half inch threaded rod. I use a single speed plug in drill with it.

I never made anything out of a plastic coat hanger yet. Those are the fancy hangers! I always have to think what is worthy in my closet to put on them.

Oct 13, 2011. 3:27 PM

blkhawk (author) says:

I know! I also use the plastic hangers for my best shirts. That's why only when are broken I get to use them for mixing paint.

Oct 13, 2011. 4:47 PM

pfred2 says:

ha ha! So I'm not alone with the plastic hanger fetish? I haven't broken one yet but if I did I think I'd have to mend it. Really, they're probably not that expensive. I guess I should just go out and get some more and stop fixating on the things so much.

I've made about half of everything I've ever made in my life out of metal coat hangers it seems. But use plastic ones? Sacrilege!