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Mixing Inks

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:01 am
by Patsiesus
Found a lot of threads on this, but none that really helped. Does someone have a mixing chart to make colors that are for small orders and we dont have or want to have gallons on hand, keep cost down. We have a small 24 shirt order that is calling for Brown, any help would be great.

Re: Mixing Inks

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:03 am
by tompaine
Patsiesus wrote:Found a lot of threads on this, but none that really helped. Does someone have a mixing chart to make colors that are for small orders and we dont have or want to have gallons on hand, keep cost down. We have a small 24 shirt order that is calling for Brown, any help would be great.
You can buy a pantone book with the formulae for every colour.

Re: Mixing Inks

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 2:11 pm
by d fleming
Or you can do it the old fashioned way, get a piece of white stock and start smearing color with your finger until you get what you want. Once you know what colors to mix together, make enough for your print run. Keep good notes and a sample so you can reproduce it at a later date if needed.

Re: Mixing Inks

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:18 pm
by tompaine
Collect all your old ink, whatever the colour & and keep it in a bucket - that's brown.

Re: Mixing Inks

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:06 am
by Nathan03
Seeing if others out there are have trouble matching the pantone book with coatable mixing inks. Seems every ink company tried is same problem. Does anyone mix inks with no problems at all matching pantone book with coatable mixing inks and what ink and series is it.

Re: Mixing Inks

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:03 pm
by taglessthreads.com
We use water based inks and mix only as we need it. Matsui offers a great pigment system that really helps keep your cost down.