Mini Airbrush Mixing Cup

Mini Airbrush Paint Mixing Cups, useful for thinning paint for airbrushing.

I found that when mixing paint directly in the airbrush cup, pigment clumps would lead to clogs more often.

Medicine or Sauce containers are relatively easy to find, but are often oversized and wasteful. When your painting a mini you often only need a small quantity of paint mixed. Additionally the polypropylene these are usually made from means you also can't reuse them unless you wash them immediately. model paints stick well enough to be annoying to clean while flakes come off if you try to mix more paint in the same cup later.

3D printing to the rescue! Tiny vase-mode mixing cups! These could optionally be used a couple of times as long as your paint mix doesn't ‘lift’ the previous layer. The plastic waste is very small, and the textured print surface helps break up pigment clumps better than smooth plastic.

They are a good way to use up those last few meters left on the spool, which you never know what to do with.

Important!

Be sure to check and calibrate the following!
- Level Build Plate
- Temperature
- Retraction

If you get stringing or a rough surface, those may end up clogging your airbrush instead of pigment.