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Have some paints that need a thorough mixing.

There was a video I saw a few years ago. Someone hooked a pill bottle to a power drill to mix their paint. Can't remember what channel it was on or who did it.

Would love to try this technique. Anyone remember that one?

It was probably a frame and a jigsaw,
after a google https://www.instructables.com/Paint-Pot-Mixer-Shaker-With-a-Jig-Saw/

 techsoldaten wrote:
Have some paints that need a thorough mixing.

There was a video I saw a few years ago. Someone hooked a pill bottle to a power drill to mix their paint. Can't remember what channel it was on or who did it.

Would love to try this technique. Anyone remember that one?

You can get paint mixers from model shops, ebay and amazon;
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Badger-Model-121-Paint-Mixer/164651501744?hash=item2655fe88b0:g:m2oAAOSwPcdgBLZF

They do the job very well.

Slipstream

I’d have thought you could rig up something for a rotary tool. A jigsaw seems a bit excessive and not very convenient if you want to mix lots of paints on the go

Electrical Tape onto a jigsaw blade will work, if you have those...
Or onto the blade of a multitool (the new sawing-only kind, not the old Dremel kind)

Centrifugal force alone probably isn't the best choice for mixing paints. It'll just plaster the pigment on the outside of the pot, like wet clothes going through a washing machine's spin cycle. I could see a rotary tool working if there was an attached agitator being placed directly in the paint, the same way they do at the hardware store when mixing wall paint, but with such tiny pots there's a serious risk of that ending with a disastrous mess.