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Not so much for enamels but for acrylic paint a ferrous bb will rust.

Sure, anything that vibrates can be used for this (don't go in your wife's drawer! 8^) ) My vibratory shell polisher has a dished top so I merely lay the bottles on their sides and watch them roll around. For a vibratory sander, take a piece of shower curtain or other suitable fabric and cut to fit where the sandpaper goes. I attached a ziploc bag with some duct tape. I then hung the contraption off the basement ceiling so it wouldn't damage anything whilst bouncing around unsupervised. Five minutes is usually perfect. hth

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Allen Epps wrote in news:291020040637032655% snipped-for-privacy@delete.mitre.org:

Rust. Of course...duh me.

TF

snipped-for-privacy@aol.comedy (Keeper) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m27.aol.com:

If that was a snake...

Are you talking about something like this?

TF

I managed to find some stainless steel BB's a few years ago, not sure where, Wally World I think--works like a champ. I usually do a stir to unsettle the gunk, then shake. Haven't had any problems, yet.

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I use good ol' fishing weights.....real cheap.....

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I use Humbrol paint almost exclusively for painting my little 1/72 figures. It's true they require a lot of mixing, but I think the effort is worth it. So far my use has been limited to flats, but here's my approach... I purchased one of those battery powered paint stirrer for about $9. I've been using it for over half a year on the same single AA battery. There's one bottle of Testors thinner I use to clean the stirrer, so I'm not excessively gunking up my paintbrush thinner. Actually, I always have 3 bottles at any given time....one for the stirrer, one for my paintbrushes, and one new in reserve. Most any good hobby shop sells this battery powered stirrer, or you might order it from Micro Mark. Hope this helps.

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in article snipped-for-privacy@mb-m06.aol.com, Keeper at snipped-for-privacy@aol.comedy wrote on 10/29/04 12:20 AM:

I have had brass BBs discolor enamels - whether they were plated or not I don't know. The silver plated ones have never posed a problem.

in article BDA99E7D.148% snipped-for-privacy@cox.net, Leo at snipped-for-privacy@cox.net wrote on

Lead shot works best, if you can find it.

Ken

Three options, visit your local trap and skeet range and ask to sift some from the field. Five minutes work would likely yield enough for a lifetime of shaking. Another option, find someone who reloads shotshells and trade a quality ale for a cup of shot. Either one likely to yield a lifetime but it will be smaller (7 1/2 -9) the third option would be to visit your local sporting good store and buy a box of #2 shotshells and cut them open. Cost for these solutions range from free to on the order of $ 4.50

Allen

Yeah, that's what I'm referring to. Mine is a Lyman but any brand will do. While I'm polishing cases I'm mixing paint! Multitasking I think they call it...

If it's possible to install the top upside down on the RCBS you mentioned you'd have a dished top and you merely lay your paint container on it's side and let it roll around on it's side for a while. I've gotten thirty year old paint functional again with this method. Not that I needed to-it was the challenge! hth

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I used to shoot registered skeet so I went through a lot of 25 lb bags of #9 as I would shoot on the order of 20,000 rounds a year. In fact the group I shot with would buy it by the ton as a group buy and split it up. But I suggested the idea of getting a cup or picking some up because I thought the average modeler (certainly for those of us that build 1/72) has no need for 25 lbs of the stuff. Would be a good buy for a club though.

Allen

When I bought mine, it was the smallest bag that the seller had (he usually sold to clubs and I was one of only a few using the stuff for other than shotting). Was real cheap, as I recall.

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I haven't done much reloading since they closed the local Trap range down. I used to go through a 25 lb. bag or so a week; now I've got enough model weight for a lifetime. Sure miss the range! Cheers,

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Thank you.