The ball inside a spray paint can, often referred to as a pea, is a crucial component in ensuring the proper mixing and distribution of the paint. Typically made of glass, metal, or plastic ...

That’s another story altogether. While it’s almost always better to spray paint on wood than brush it on, a lot can go wrong. You can mix the paint too thin or too thick, resulting in drips or ...

You might not have noticed if you’re not a digital artist, but most painting and image apps still get color mixing wrong. As we all learned in kindergarten, blue paint and yellow paint makes ...

Every time I pull a partially used can out to spray-paint something, I end up spending time with toothpicks and straight pins trying to get the paint to come out!

To get the perfect mix for your paint, you need a good shake that is as random as possible. [Mark Rhodes] wanted to automate the process of mixing paint, so he built a 3D printed shaker to ...