Understand Paint Settling & Stirring Needs

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 shake a can, but shaking is not nearly as effective, and you're going to have to shake it for probably three to four times longer than you would have to stir it with a really good stir stick. There are some products like these metallic grit products. I think this is metallic product and the metallics and stuff, they they will settle over time, too. So, you definitely want to be stirring those. So, what is a good stir stick to