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Ikea milk frother/ paint mixer

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Instead of a $20 dollar Badger paint mixer go to IKEA and pick yourself a $5.24 dollar milk frothier. Just remove the spring.

2AA batteries are not included.

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Can pick them up cheaper on Flea Bay, think I paid about £2 for mine.
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£1 in Ikea UK
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Might buy another one, it'll save having to clean my only one every time I want to make frothy hot choccy!
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fredk wrote:Might buy another one, it'll save having to clean my only one every time I want to make frothy hot choccy!
You cheapskate! :shock:
Mind you, if you take the spring off as I suggested before you mix paint, you can add it again for frothing duties :grin: Less to clean! 8-)
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iggie wrote:
fredk wrote:Might buy another one, it'll save having to clean my only one every time I want to make frothy hot choccy!
You cheapskate! :shock:
Mind you, if you take the spring off as I suggested before you mix paint, you can add it again for frothing duties :grin: Less to clean! 8-)
yup, I even use mine without a battery to save on having to replace it when it dies.
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fredk wrote:
iggie wrote:
fredk wrote:Might buy another one, it'll save having to clean my only one every time I want to make frothy hot choccy!
You cheapskate! :shock:
Mind you, if you take the spring off as I suggested before you mix paint, you can add it again for frothing duties :grin: Less to clean! 8-)
yup, I even use mine without a battery to save on having to replace it when it dies.
There's no answer to that! :-D :-D :-D
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Muttzley wrote:Can pick them up cheaper on Flea Bay, think I paid about £2 for mine.
I do not know the conversion of canada dollars into pounds. I think a pound is more than a CDN dollar?
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fredk wrote:Might buy another one, it'll save having to clean my only one every time I want to make frothy hot choccy!
I not sure I i would trust i would have a paint/hot chocolate. I would buy another and label them kitchen and workbench and not mix them up haha
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fredk wrote:
iggie wrote:
fredk wrote:Might buy another one, it'll save having to clean my only one every time I want to make frothy hot choccy!
You cheapskate! :shock:
Mind you, if you take the spring off as I suggested before you mix paint, you can add it again for frothing duties :grin: Less to clean! 8-)
yup, I even use mine without a battery to save on having to replace it when it dies.
Is that just using the equivalent of a stick liken to a spoon would work?

I had to replace the battery in my camera just recently... but tried to take one more set of pictures before doing so....haha even though the screen

said "replace batteries".
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I think Iggie suggested to me this tip/trick/tool in the first place. Sorry for not posting the credit in the beginning...

Note: fits humbrol tinnlets but not Testor paints jars.
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But these dollar store reading glass is not saving any money. The arms keep breaking off at this rate after buying 10-12 of them I should buy a drug store

brand and save on trips to the dollar store and wear reading glass with only one arm until i make the trip....ugh!!
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Wrap some duct tape around the earpieces near the lenses part and then be a little gentle when putting them on & taking them off :)
Also keep an eye on the little screw, they do work loose.
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