Colour Mixing Cups

[ComfortablyNumb]

Hi All,

I've always mixed my colours in the airbrush cup. But now I would like to follow Paul's process of mixing in a separate cup. Where the hell do you get the cups from? The ones I've found on Ebay seem extortionately expensive for what they are (or am I just a tightwad?).

Where do you get your's Paul?

Cheers,
Numb

[sheppsea]

Do you mean these?

https://www.emodels.co.uk/revell-mixing ... 39065.html

Apologies if not, they do the job but I must admit that I am not convinced by the measurements on them and I think I would prefer glass ones that are easier to clean, there are other things I think could be improved on as well

[jelliott]

Not sure what cups you are looking at, I've just ordered some tattoo ink cups to mix my paint in. They come in various sizes, I think the large 20mm cup will be fairly decent, and they are relatively cheap. I think I ordered 500 for about $8 US. If you are looking for larger cups, I've seen people using the cheap plastic 1oz shot cups, you can pick up a sleeve of 300 for a decent price on Amazon or on Ebay, you could probably find them at Costco if you have one near you.

[Nev]

eBay or pound shop plastic shot glasses.

[digger303]

when you search ebay...use these search terms... non sterile medicine cups with lids....should make it easier


http://alldenttech.com/dimecubwilid4.html


the lids can be susceptible to strong solvent

[ComfortablyNumb]

Thank you all. I was searching literally for paint mixing cups. Didn't think laterally!

Cheers,
Numb

[cptgandy]

Also you can use tattoo ink cups as they are pretty cheap, I brought 100 of the small ones ( i think mine cost less than £2 ) which I use for black basing as one little cup will paint the under side of something like the eduard 1/48 spitfire. I think the cups I have are 1ml.

Another thing to buy is cheap glass shot glasses as you can clean them with ease if you need to mix up a few mils of paint so they do pay for them selves after a while.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Boy they are cheap. Thanks for the tip.

I've a couple of proper shot glasses I use for cleaning the airbrush bits and pieces.

Cheers,
Numb

[chalkyw]

Another thumbs up for plastic supermarket shot glasses

[Tat2bhoy]

Tattoo ink caps, various sizes, but I do get my ones for nothing

[kruno59]

Get yourself a set of metal measuring spoons and mix the paint and thinners in that - metal cup can then be wiped clean with a piece of kitchen towel