Maybe a dumb question..... How do you guys agitate a 5 gal drum of NC Lacquer or anything else solvent base w/o an air mixer?
Waterbase I would use a drill w paddle mixer, or in a one gal can of anything simply a stir stick.
But what about a 5 of flammable stuff ?
Ready to order a 5 of a certain basic SW NC Lacquer, regular NC stuff, nothing odd requiring constant agitation... when I realize the only thing I ever got before in a 5 was thinner.. no problem w that, I flip it upside down couple times and fill a easily shakable one gal once per spray day and feel fine w that.
But how to handle the Lacquer ?
Probably will get full Gloss, but still, even w/o flatteners it still needs some mixing.
The stuff I want ONLY comes in 5 gal or 55, and all I can figure is to open the lid, mix w a clean stick for awhile, then immediately re pack it in one gal cans, for easy future mixing.
But then, it turns out, now a new problem... virtually all it seems one gal empty paint cans are plastic lined, so now I may end up w degraded chips of junk in my new lacquer.
Did I miss some obvious solution??
Wanted to ask you guys rather than the SW guy.. that might think if I don't know this, I don't deserve the trade discount !!
Marc