Stirred, Not Shaken

I used to shake all my paints to mix them up, but They say you're not supposed to do that because of the air bubbles. That doesn't bother me as much as the clotted crud that builds up on the lid and inside the neck of the bottle.

They say you're supposed to stir your paints. I tried that, but never did find a tool that would thoroughly mix the paint up with the solvent.

As I sat down to paint one night I thought, You know, I stirred it up just last night so it shouldn't have separated all that much, and I gave it a little swirl like this. Mixed it up just fine, so I thought I'd share this little tip with you.