Crafting -- Paint Mixer

The Paint Mixer is used to craft all paints needed for beYou artwork.

## Requirements/Limitations

* MUST be a beYou Level 15 to use
* beYou HUD must to be worn while using
* Owner Only
* No Perms (no modify/no copy/no transfer)
* Requires 10% hygiene, 10% energy and 25% wellness
* Crafting instructions and ingredients for each paint you wish to make

## Overview

This item is capable of mixing many different kinds of paints or stains which can be used for painting and other crafts. When you load the paint mixer you will first chose which type and color of paint or stain you want to mix. There is one kind of stain and two types of paints:

* (0) Stains
* (1) Acrylic Paints
* (2) Oil Paints

Each of the two Paint options above will have colors in which to choose from. Your paint will fall under one of these categories:

* (1) Browns
* (2) Blues
* (3) Grays
* (4) Greens
* (5) Pinks
* (6) Purples
* (7) Reds

## Tools Needed

Your paint mixer has a few requirements:

* beYou HUD - If you stand on the paint mixer with no HUD it will stand you up.
* beYou Water - Requires at least 2 water uses (50% water to start)
* bY Cut Wood - Requires at least 5
* bY Matchsticks - Requires at least 1
* Paints, Resins, Flower Satchels (for coloring), Water, Oils - It really depends on what you're making. If you want to mix paints at lease one or more of these will be required. Click here for details.

You will also have to have the Crafting Instructions (Recipe) loaded for the kind of Paint or Stain you want to create. Crafting Instructions are needed for almost any type of crafting.

## How to Use

First rez out the beYou Paint Mixer in-world and sit/stand on it. As mentioned earlier,  you will need to be wearing the beYou Hud or you will be stood up. Once standing on the mixer you will click on the mixer to bring up the menu options.

### Starting Up

1. Stack Wood - Places cut wood under the water tank to be burned. Serves as the fuel source to the paint mixer.
2. Add Water - Add water to the tank and increase the water supply in the tank.
3. Ignite Engine - Once you have enough water and stacked wood, this will ignite the fire that will start the paint mixer.
4. Load - rezzes the paint can for you to load your painting instructions.

**IMPORTANT**: If you click anything other than the paint can after you load, your mixer will return the following message: *beYou Paint Mixer whispers: The engine is ready to start, use the paint cans to select the mixing instruction.*

### Mixing Paints

Once the hovertext reaches 100% power, and you've clicked Load, the paint can should rez. Click the rezzed paint can and then you can choose

1. Select Paint - Choose a paint to mix
2. Resume Paint - Resume an unfinished paint

Each stage of paint making will require you to click on the paint can to continue. Once the timer begins on a stage you can stand.

When you select 'select paint,' you will first chose between Stain, Acrylic or Oil paint. After that you use the color folders to find the one you want. After it has been selected it will check to make sure you have everything in assets to mix that paint and then it will start. You don't have to stand on it the whole time however we suggest you be standing on it when changing stages.

When your paint is done, it will be added to your assets automatically.

## Canvas Primer

You will need bY canvas primer in order to paint. You can either purchase canvas primer or you can craft it using the paint mixer. To make 10 uses of canvas primer you need the following:

* 1 - bY Resin
* 1 - beYou Water
* 15 - Shredded Coconut
* 15 - beYou Honey

The option to make canvas primer is located under Acrylics/Greys section.

## Maintenance

After a certain number of uses, this device will need to be cleaned. To repair this piece of equipment, you will need the beYou Paint Mixer Repair Kit, which can be made using the Maintenance Repair Toolbox or bought from local markets.

When it's time to clean/repair the device, you will sit on it and it will automatically check for the toolkit and if you have it, it will start to repair. If not, you will receive a message letting you know what you need in order to clean and repair it.

## Packaging Paints from Assets

Paints and Stains are crafting supplies and do not expire. To remove these items from your assets, you will need to use a vendor to sell or transfer them to another's assets. Vendors are created for these items using the beYou Paint and Satchel Packager.

## Reminders

* Your paint mixer can make lots of different paints, be sure you're making the one you want before you start and make sure you have the required ingredients to make it. When resetting or stopping your progress is saved, but you may lose a small amount of time after a restart.
* Once your paint is finished, it will be automatically added to your assets.