Another question about ink mixing

[Rockers]

I`m still undecided on how to mix our inks. Bought a bench drill recently but that purchase was made because we are in the middle of building a new screen drying cabinet and needed it to drill holes through steel. It was a consideration to use then as well for mixing inks but as it has only one speed setting unless you change the belt position but even then I doubt it will be slow enough not to create a big mess. And if setting it up with a dimmer switch the motor might not be strong enough to get the job done on thicker inks.
So how about a dough mixer, they are constructed to work on low speed? I have checked the professional range and they seem to be rather expensive but how might the home use dough mixer work for our purpose? Any of you guys using one for example a Braun one?

[screenprintguy]

we were using a couple batter mixers for water based inks because it's easy with the pressure washer to clean the mixers off. SPA uses bench mounted mini drill presses to mix ink. They buy 2 or 3" wide flat holesaw bits, then grind off the center tip and sand the final flat bottom to be a little rounded. Then when  mixing plastisols, it's an easy wipe of the two flat sides. They do a ton of custom mixed inks for customers that they supply and the flat bottom bits seem to really mix all the way to the bottom of the ink bucket or quart cups very well.

[Binkspot]

We have an Oster kitchen stand mixer and assortment of stainless mixing bowls we use, all bought at Walmart. The beater are too hard to clean but the dough hooks work well and wipe right off. I bought it in a fit of rage after trying to mix a half a gallon of PMS matched poly ink, holding the bucket with my feet using a drill going no where fast. I think everything including the extra bowls was under $150.

Most of what we mix is quarts. I put one dough hook in the mixer and hold the cup with my hands like making a milkshake. We had to change the type of mixing cups to a thinner walled flexable one. The harder ones would crack using the mixer sometimes. I use the bowls for more then a quart.

[Rockers]

We have an Oster kitchen stand mixer and assortment of stainless mixing bowls we use, all bought at Walmart. The beater are too hard to clean but the dough hooks work well and wipe right off. I bought it in a fit of rage after trying to mix a half a gallon of PMS matched poly ink, holding the bucket with my feet using a drill going no where fast. I think everything including the extra bowls was under $150.

Most of what we mix is quarts. I put one dough hook in the mixer and hold the cup with my hands like making a milkshake. We had to change the type of mixing cups to a thinner walled flexable one. The harder ones would crack using the mixer sometimes. I use the bowls for more then a quart.

Great stuff.
And that beauty still works well after how many years of abuse?

[Binkspot]

We have had it for at least 18 months and I'm sure I have gone through at least 20 gallons base in that time.