Good advices! I’ve just bought my first dropper bottle of Humbrol acrylic. I haven’t tried using it but I’d noticed that a good shake up didn’t seem to mix it very well. Thanks.
Hi Jason, Switching bottles is a great idea. That paint is just to thick for a dropper bottle. A quick blast with a hair dryer and those labels should come right off. I bought a bunch of Mr. Surfacer a month or so ago. I bought bottles large enough to hold the contents of 6 jars of paint. I put 3 jars of paint and 3 jars of thinners along with a few ball bearings in each bottles. Now I have a good supply of pre-thinned primer all ready to go. It's so much quicker and more consistent than thinning one paint cup at a time. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff
Great video my friend that humbrol paint is really thick so to put it in a dropper bottle what were they thinking but decanting it in other bottles is a great idea will prove really helpful and a great tip thanks for sharing 👍🙏
Might have mentioned this before. Adding mixing beads to your paints is a good idea and they are incorporated into Hataka dropper bottles. I have bought stainless steel "beads" and added them to straight to my Vallejo dropper bottles. They do help with mixing. However, spray cans have agitators to help mix the contents. They look a bit like flying saucers and I presume they're more efficient then round "beads". No idea where you'd buy them though.
Hi matey.. Ive had the pleasure of using the Gen 2 Paints and they are ok.. a lot thinner than previous ones but then again the Red was again thicker than the other colours so consistency is also a factor i found. Jumping on the band wagon was just progress really. We all wanted Droppers and humbrol delivered. I wouldn't necessarily call this a quick tip but more a solution and another expense to someone who just wants their "gen 1" paints back into the original pots.. the Gen 2 you will want them in the droppers if Humbrol can get the consistency right!!
Invest in a Badger battery-operated pain stirrer. Does in seconds (minute at the most) what no amount of shaking or hand stirring will ever achieve. Avoid the Trumpeter knockoff - it’s poorly made and lasts only a couple of weeks.
I had decanted Humbrol dropper bottle black into a small jam jar, the type you get from a lot of cafes or tea rooms with your scones. Another issue I have with the bottles is they are made of a less pliable plastic than those from Vallejo making it harder to dispense the paint. I had to forcefully remove the dropper tip from the Humbrol bottle with a pair of pliers in order to get the paint out. I only did it as I didn't want to waste the paint, not that it is that great. Unless the gen2 paint proves to be better I will not bother with Humbrol paint again. I am certainly not going to faff about dispensing their paint into other containers just to be able to use it. Nice tip regarding the capped bottle supplier, I can see a use for them such as storing mixed or thinned colours etc.
This is a Catch-22 situation. Either we enjoy the thicker consistency of Humbrol paint but then source other containers to to make the product useable or Humbrol thins its paints to match the consistency of other manufacturers. Given that we often have to mix paints to obtain lighter and darker hues, l will always opt for Vallejo or similar and save time and effort on making an old, familiar brand work. Cheers Phil
Good advices! I’ve just bought my first dropper bottle of Humbrol acrylic. I haven’t tried using it but I’d noticed that a good shake up didn’t seem to mix it very well. Thanks.
Hi Jason, Switching bottles is a great idea. That paint is just to thick for a dropper bottle. A quick blast with a hair dryer and those labels should come right off. I bought a bunch of Mr. Surfacer a month or so ago. I bought bottles large enough to hold the contents of 6 jars of paint. I put 3 jars of paint and 3 jars of thinners along with a few ball bearings in each bottles. Now I have a good supply of pre-thinned primer all ready to go. It's so much quicker and more consistent than thinning one paint cup at a time. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. Jeff
For all my paints I had a shaker ball to paint. So far it is working.
Great video my friend that humbrol paint is really thick so to put it in a dropper bottle what were they thinking but decanting it in other bottles is a great idea will prove really helpful and a great tip thanks for sharing 👍🙏
Might have mentioned this before. Adding mixing beads to your paints is a good idea and they are incorporated into Hataka dropper bottles. I have bought stainless steel "beads" and added them to straight to my Vallejo dropper bottles. They do help with mixing. However, spray cans have agitators to help mix the contents. They look a bit like flying saucers and I presume they're more efficient then round "beads". No idea where you'd buy them though.
Hi matey.. Ive had the pleasure of using the Gen 2 Paints and they are ok.. a lot thinner than previous ones but then again the Red was again thicker than the other colours so consistency is also a factor i found. Jumping on the band wagon was just progress really. We all wanted Droppers and humbrol delivered. I wouldn't necessarily call this a quick tip but more a solution and another expense to someone who just wants their "gen 1" paints back into the original pots.. the Gen 2 you will want them in the droppers if Humbrol can get the consistency right!!
I agree, Humbrol were pestered by the community for years on the upgrade of their pots to dropper bottles...
Must admit im having the same struggle. Its a pitty Humbrol didn't keep to the pots and do an Airbrush ready one in the bottles
Good tip Jason!
Invest in a Badger battery-operated pain stirrer. Does in seconds (minute at the most) what no amount of shaking or hand stirring will ever achieve. Avoid the Trumpeter knockoff - it’s poorly made and lasts only a couple of weeks.
Yes I have one
What annoys me about the dropper bottles is that you cant easy access the paint to mix inside so your left with stuck paint .
agreed
Very good solution! Thanks 😊
I had decanted Humbrol dropper bottle black into a small jam jar, the type you get from a lot of cafes or tea rooms with your scones.
Another issue I have with the bottles is they are made of a less pliable plastic than those from Vallejo making it harder to dispense the paint. I had to forcefully remove the dropper tip from the Humbrol bottle with a pair of pliers in order to get the paint out. I only did it as I didn't want to waste the paint, not that it is that great. Unless the gen2 paint proves to be better I will not bother with Humbrol paint again. I am certainly not going to faff about dispensing their paint into other containers just to be able to use it.
Nice tip regarding the capped bottle supplier, I can see a use for them such as storing mixed or thinned colours etc.
This is a Catch-22 situation. Either we enjoy the thicker consistency of Humbrol paint but then source other containers to to make the product useable or Humbrol thins its paints to match the consistency of other manufacturers.
Given that we often have to mix paints to obtain lighter and darker hues, l will always opt for Vallejo or similar and save time and effort on making an old, familiar brand work.
Cheers
Phil
Great idea but not worth it for me 20 bottles £7 postage £17
Not a quick tip really! Lot of waffle just to put the paints back into a humbrol paint pot 🤪🤪
Suit yerself!