Painting Advise Needed

[David Dunlop]

I have several small jobs coming up with my 52-Set restoration involving the repaint of several front panels with a custom mixed enamel paint.

When I had the paint mixed, I could only get it done in a 1-Gallon can, for which I did not foresee any problems at the time. Now that reality is finally looming over the horizon, however, I see one major problem in simply transferring the small amounts of paint I will require from the large gallon can to a smaller mixing jar and the final paint sprayer jar, without creating a huge mess and cleanup every step of the way. See the photo for the size drops involved.

I recall years ago that small metal syringes were common for removing heavy gear oil out of drums and into transfer cases etc., and I am wondering if one of these might work with transferring enamel paints?

Has anyone worked their way around a similar painting problem?


David