{"id":6617,"date":"2024-05-13T21:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2024-05-13T21:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:49:02","slug":"recycled-paint-stirrers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6617","title":{"rendered":"Recycled Paint stirrers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As many of you might have guessed by now I am quite keen on recycling\/upcycling and recovering usable parts before putting things in either the recycle or waste bins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This thread has given me a suggested use for some items that I have been collecting from Pump type soap dispensers. I usually strip them down because they usually have a useful spring in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1-1024x870.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6618\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1-1024x870.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1-300x255.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1-768x653.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1-1536x1306.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1-2048x1741.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0002-1-353x300.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Springs recycled from pump dispensers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The springs themselves are not the star of the show here though. As well as a spring most dispensers also have a glass bead, which sitting at the bottom of the spring creates the siphon when pumped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6619\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-1.jpg 736w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-1-300x276.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001-1-327x300.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Glass beads recycled from pump dispensers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What do glass beads and Vallejo paints have to do with each other? Well if you drop a glass bead into your paint bottle they make great paint mixers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking the top off to add the bead is quite easy, &nbsp;take the screw cap off them gently grip the top of the bottle with a pair of pliers and pull. the top will come off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-1024x797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-1024x797.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-300x234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-768x598.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-1536x1196.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-2048x1595.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0001_1-1-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taking the top off a Vallejo paint bottle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you might have guessed by now I am quite keen on recycling\/upcycling and recovering usable parts before putting things in either the recycle or waste bins. This thread has given me a suggested use for some items &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6617\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-model-builds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6621,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions\/6621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}