creating a gray discharge?

[Doug S]

Anybody got any tips for mixing gray discharge?  I thought you could just mix a little white and black pigment together, throw it in some base and bam there would be gray on a black gildan, instead I ended up with a gray/greenish look.   I could be doing something else wrong but I just can't nail a gray.

I'd appreciate any help I can get.

[mimosatexas]

I always just run clear base with a little black pigment

[Doug S]

I always just run clear base with a little black pigment

I appreciate that.  I'll give it a shot today. 

[IntegrityShirts]

Yep clear base with black pigment, but a lot more black pigment than you think you'll need. You have to test test test. I was trying to get a medium gray on a charcoal shirt last week and kept getting almost white on the shirt out of the dryer. I scraped it, added another drop or two of black pigment, tried again, same thing. I ended up dropping in about 40-50 grams of RFU black wb ink (total ink weight about 200grams). Cuts the discharge level down and achieves the same result.

In the cup though it looks like black ink!

[jvanick]

if you're using a mixing system, I find that 90% of the time (depending on fabrics) the pantone 'Cool Gray' mixes work great and match the intensity/level of the original pantone book color swatch.  Makes for a nice, consistent way to get your grays.

[dirkdiggler]

if you're using a mixing system, I find that 90% of the time (depending on fabrics) the pantone 'Cool Gray' mixes work great and match the intensity/level of the original pantone book color swatch.  Makes for a nice, consistent way to get your grays.

same here.

[Doug S]

I appreciate everyones help.  That's why you gotta love this board.  I just hope that one day I can return the favor.

[kingscreen]

What system are you using? We use CCI for both base and pigments. We have formulas for the full Cool Grey range.
We use a D-Base/D-White mixture plus Blue 072 and Black pigment.

[IntegrityShirts]

if you're using a mixing system, I find that 90% of the time (depending on fabrics) the pantone 'Cool Gray' mixes work great and match the intensity/level of the original pantone book color swatch.  Makes for a nice, consistent way to get your grays.

Yeah I have a mixing system and didn't use it because I thought I could just whip up a gray haha yeah won't try that again. I'll mix a cool gray like you suggest, thanks!

[Doug S]

What system are you using? We use CCI for both base and pigments. We have formulas for the full Cool Grey range.
We use a D-Base/D-White mixture plus Blue 072 and Black pigment.

My bad, I'm using CCI but no mixing system other than a scale and a little guessing.

[jvanick]

if you're using CCI's pigments, you can download their mixing software...

[Doug S]

if you're using CCI's pigments, you can download their mixing software...

Very helpful, now I just have to get a scale that will measure partial grams.  Always needing something else. lol