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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Express" data-source="post: 209981" data-attributes="member: 5719">i started with four 1 quart mixing cups. the first time i mixed one cup of each part but half way through that it started gettin so thick that it i couldnt spread it. so there went that cup. then i decided to just mix 1/2 cup of each part which worked out better. at least i didn't have nearly the waste but i still tossed the cups after. realizing that i would be short i sent my wife to get four more and while she was gone i had a genius idea and used a stir stick to scrap the inside of the cup just where the oz. marks are located. this way i would eliminate the wasted steelflex because i just mixed equal parts on top of the old as soon as it started to thicken up on me. i wasn't sure how it was going to work but it worked great. and yes my paint mixer worked great for both adding the pigment to the #2 side of the flex and for mixing the two parts in my 1 quart cups even when i mixed 1/2 cup of each. my mixer is about 14" long and the head is about 1 3/4" in diameter.one last thing: i had 8 mohair rollers and 10 foam rollers (both 4") ready for the job. jerry at fasco suggests the mohair be used but i've done alot of painting in my time and i now the potential of the foam rollers. i started out using the mohair which works fine but the texture is lets say "very course" compaired to the foam. so i ended up using the mohair on the bottom and the foam on the sides for a nicer look. im really glad i took the time to test this out before i did the sides. good luck man!</blockquote>

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