Mixing containers for discharge

[squeegee]

Not related to the container search, but I picked up one of these stainless jobs a few days ago from Mcmaster.  It mixes discharge way better than any other mixer I've tried, makes the ink tumble.  It's easy to clean with a hose, wouldn't use it for plastisol though 

[ebscreen]

Wow. That looks effing awesome. Add it to the McMaster list. Man I could geek out on that place forever.

My buddy is building a rapid fire golf ball shooter right now. I'll see what he needs.

[Evo]

I used the small, lidless mixing containers from Tap Plastics for smaller batches of discharge. Since I know the ink is a goner after 8 hours, no need for a lid. They are graduated on the outside but the inside is smooth and easy to clean, plus they are cheap.

For larger batches, I'd pre-mix the ink and activate it in smaller batches. I buy these screw lid pint and quart food containers from Target for larger mixes. (nicest ones I've found)


All the used discharge goes into gallon buckets, then off to the transfer station haz mat building every couple of months.

[mjrprint]

We've been using these, I like them because the screw lids seal well.  We use them for WB mixes and discharge.

http://www.uline.com/BL_8176/White-Round-Wide-Mouth-Jars

We use these also for all of our inks! They are great.

[ebscreen]

Might have to try those out for plastisol. I've got enough Delitainers to last through the apocalypse though.


One thing I try and do to minimize waste is run jobs for the day in an order that allows recycling leftovers from the previous job.
IE say we're running a job with a canary yellow and a golden yellow. Run the canary first then bump it with a little scarlet and
run the golden. Doesn't always work out, and it's probably not the best priority to schedule jobs on, but every little bit we can do helps.

[brandon]

It's not the chemical resistance so much, but the abrasiveness of mixing tools and ink knives, etc that makes
the containers start to get grody. Discharge agent is a bit like sand at first as well.

Let me know how it goes Brandon and I'll do the same. I'm thinking old fashioned milkshake machine type containers.

Will do. Still trying to make it down there. We just got bent over and reamed hard by one of our vendors. 8,000 print order due asap ordered three days ago and they just NOW call to tell me they forgot to ship it. How in the world does that happen? Will not be using them again for awhile. Take our business somewhere else.

[3Deep]

As a vendor how in hell do you forget to ship an order like that!!! they must mot need money WOW

[brandon]

As a vendor how in hell do you forget to ship an order like that!!! they must mot need money WOW

Exactly. They are rolling deep apparently.

[ZooCity]

brandon, that's insane.  They better be making it up to you guys.  No call or nothing for three days on an order of that size...yeargh.

[brandon]

brandon, that's insane.  They better be making it up to you guys.  No call or nothing for three days on an order of that size...yeargh.

Just got off the phone with them. Knocking off $200. Big whoop. Funny thing is they did this to us the beginning of the year on another several thousand piece order. We stopped using them for several months after we sent a formal complaint and a rep finally stopped by to see if we were still in business. Her mouth dropped when she saw how busy we were and heard our numbers. Well, time to take away our business again from them. See how long it takes for them to stop by this time. Oh well, another day another shirt, right?

[brandon]

Finally got some stainless steel mixing cups for the discharge. Sweet. Only 5 bucks a cup. Can't wait to get them into the mix. Should stop a lot of wasted plastic mixing cups and also a ton of cash a year. Those ain't cheap! And they even have gallon sized ones as well

[ebscreen]

Test test test. Discharge is corrosive.... Let us know what happens. I think worst
case scenario the reaction disables the discharge agent. Or you end up with metal particles
in your ink.


I haven't been able to get around to testing my milkshake cups yet, hopefully
early next year.

[brandon]

Test test test. Discharge is corrosive.... Let us know what happens. I think worst
case scenario the reaction disables the discharge agent. Or you end up with metal particles
in your ink.


I haven't been able to get around to testing my milkshake cups yet, hopefully
early next year.

Oh yeah. Won't be used for real runs for awhile. Gotta check out how different colors and shirt brands react. Metal particles in our ink. Awesome. All the death/black/thrash/doom metal bands we print for would just loooove that!

[mk162]

Brandon, was it a blank shirt vendor?  PM me who it was because I had some huge issues with one this year, and I'd like to know if it was them.

[brandon]

Sending over the info right now...