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screen printing => Ink and Chemicals => Topic started by: 3Deep on October 07, 2015, 04:23:03 PM
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Hey can anyone give me a good mix to make a cream color (Union Inks) I only need a cup full just to print a sample shirt. I need a mix close to Union Ink Cream, my Rutland pantone book don't have it close...thank in advance.
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i would think white with a small touch of yellow and or brown, maybe even some oranges.
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A scoop of White, a thumbnail of golden yellow, and a tear drop of Black. ;)
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Black is key to cream colors and very very easy to over do.
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Instead of black I use violet. But you would pretty much get the same outcome.
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Darryl, when are you going to fork over a couple of bills and get their Mixopake system?
Otherwise, in a pinch, there are even folks who'll mix Pantone quarts. I've been getting Union inks from Beckmar lately because they always have what I need, and fill their own quarts of stock colors and mixing colors when they don't have them on the shelf.
My local supplier Midwest became undependable.
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Andy, I got so many qt's of color's now and I just need a little to sample a couple of shirts for a custy, but I thought about getting a mixing system, but then it would be a waste, heck I don't even want people to know we could mix custom colors for them :-X
darryl
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Andy, I got so many qt's of color's now and I just need a little to sample a couple of shirts for a custy, but I thought about getting a mixing system, but then it would be a waste, heck I don't even want people to know we could mix custom colors for them :-X
darryl
LOL, I feel the same way but the longer I go I'm getting more request to match a certain color so I think I may jump into a mixing system next year as much as I hate to.
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get a unimatch sample kit from Union. You get all 14 colors in quarts and it's pretty cheap. For few hundred bucks (it was $275 when I ordered) you'll be able to match anything you want.
pierre
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Darryl, when are you going to fork over a couple of bills and get their Mixopake system?
Otherwise, in a pinch, there are even folks who'll mix Pantone quarts. I've been getting Union inks from Beckmar lately because they always have what I need, and fill their own quarts of stock colors and mixing colors when they don't have them on the shelf.
My local supplier Midwest became undependable.
That's strange? I've never had a problem getting Union inks from our local MidWest ( Denver ). If they don't have it locally its a two day ship from another location.
A little bit of purple, a little bit of yellow, in some white and you should have a good cream.
Murphy37
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We've relied on Maxopake for years, it just works (mostly, nothing's perfect). So much easier than eyeballing it, and I was a pretty good color guy. It's just so much faster... (or anybody's system, as long as you use one)
Steve