Model Paint Stirrer (2)

I use it for keeping the paint or medium mixed in my gravity feed airbrush. It is much better than using wooden stir sticks or scrap pieces laying around. It really lets you get into the airbrush bowl and keep things mixed up.

This Tamiya paint stirrer comes in a two-pack of identical, stainless-steel stirrers. The stirrer design has one rounded, cupped end, and one square-tipped paddle end which is broad enough to keep the tool from rolling, separated by a comfortably long round handle, with a total length of 15 cm (6 inches). Thus equipped, the modeler can get into most tight corners and scrape loose collected pigment from around the bottom of most paint containers. Clean-up should be easy, and even dried paint should loosen from the stirrer in solvent and come off without damaging the stainless steel. This stirrer also looks like it could be used as a putty applicator or sculpting tool if the need arose. The only caution I have is that the flat, paddle end is a bit sharp with pointed corners, so maybe children should learn to use it under adult supervision unless you can carefully file the corners and end into a smoother finish.

This is a great stirring tool for jars with a rounded bottom. Both Tamiya and Model Masters jars are rounded in the bottom of the jar, and this tool has a rounded cupped end that is perfect for making sure you can get down there and get everything mixed.