Introduction to Paint Stirrers and Mixing Importance

So, we got all kinds of stir sticks right here. I got big wooden stir sticks. These are like five gallallon stir sticks. These are just your traditional stir sticks you typically can get free at your paint stores. I hear they're selling them now at some of the big box stores. So, this is a onegon stir stick. This is a stir stick that I've used for years and years and years. It's a big heavy metal one right here. And it's lasted a long time right here. And you do got to clean it. Uh I simple way I cleaned it was just tossed it into the fire pit and it burned everything off. Don't try that at home. I know somebody's going to get mad at me about that, but um keep that for later. So here's a stir whip from Hyde right here. And this is an interesting little tool that I got. They hide sent me a handful of them and I just thought that's a silly little thing. So, I tossed it aside. My ignorance and um you know, not very smart, very very judgmental to this little tiny thing right here. But it's very important that you stir your paints. And I'll just talk about that, you know, briefly real quick. So, we've got semi-transparent stains. In the semi-transparent stains, they're they're very very liquidy. They're very fine, kind of like water. The pigments will settle down to the bottom of that. Typically what I do with semi-transparent stains, I'll leave a stir stick in the stain and every single time I'll pour some in my bucket. I stir it. But even within your bucket, if you're not using it very fast, you're going to get tint settling in your bucket. When it comes to paints, some of the clays and heavier stuff settles to the bottom. Typically, within a day or two, some of the acrylics will actually rise to the top. They need to be stirred every single day. If you don't stir them, you're going to run into, once again, touch-up issues and probably some bonding issues if it's not stirred properly. Yes, you can take and just