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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2016, 09:04:20 AM »
That's the one I use. They sell one almost identical at walmart
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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2016, 09:14:33 AM »
This right here boys, is the best one I've found so far. They work great for plastisol and even better for waterbase inks. They are so cheap, I buy them by the dozen.


prefer these for waterbase and even then can swirl the ink right outa the cup and all over you. to many nooks and crannies to clean for plastisol for my liking and the plastic gets softened by some ink cleaners.

plastisol doesn't want to be whipped up like WB does, if you stir it to fast, it heats up. Look at the turnabout from M&R.. it's a slow folding of the ink.

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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2016, 09:22:57 AM »
I use it mainly for waterbased, but also have one dedicated to white plastisol. Makes the ink print like a dream. For mixing plastisol I usually just use an icing knife honestly.

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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2016, 09:25:21 AM »
We use one of those for emulsion as well.  Really mixes it great.  Let it sit for an hour or so to get the bubbles out and it's perfect.

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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2016, 09:36:51 AM »
For mixing plastisol I usually just use an icing knife honestly.

30 ish years and  my left forearm looks like popeyes.. it's rather comical
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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2016, 01:28:39 PM »
This right here boys, is the best one I've found so far. They work great for plastisol and even better for waterbase inks. They are so cheap, I buy them by the dozen.

http://www.lowes.com/pd/Allway-10-5-in-Steel-Spiral-Mixing-Arms/50427876


That's the one.  Works perfectly for wb/dc.  We have a cordless milwaukee set to high speed that it goes in.  Maybe not true high speed shear mixing but it works well with PCs.

We use an AWT Tornado or mix by hand for plastisol.


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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2016, 07:00:02 PM »
These

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Re: ink mixers?
« Reply #22 on: October 08, 2016, 02:24:30 AM »
 

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prefer these for waterbase and even then can swirl the ink right outa the cup and all over you.
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We got matching lids to our ink pots with a hole punched in the center to feed through the shaft of the mixer . Put that on the pot and mix away. No mess