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I have both and equalizers win for me hands down, way more powerful of a tool.
Any Pigment type system (equalizers in this case) will be more flexible and have greater range than any ready for use mixing system.I will always vote for pigments or equalizers into a range of bases.
Quote from: Colin on March 08, 2017, 06:18:40 PMAny Pigment type system (equalizers in this case) will be more flexible and have greater range than any ready for use mixing system.I will always vote for pigments or equalizers into a range of bases.Yes that's what I was reading about the flexibility of the Equalizer but also in reading on the wilflex site its said that when blended according to formulations, resulting colors vary in opacity from translucent to semi-opaque. The Rio is supposed to be the most opaque mixing system, Are you finding this to be true or is it really not that big of a factor? Thanks again for the help.
We're considering a pigment system too; but one of the concerns I've read about in the past is the difficulty of accurately mixing small batches. What do you experienced users think about this, specifically in a shop with smaller runs? (50-150 pieces is average, over 300 is occasional.) We want the flexibility of pigments, but not sure if ease of use of ink-to-ink might outweigh the benefits of pigments for us.
Quote from: Prince Art on March 09, 2017, 10:32:13 AMWe're considering a pigment system too; but one of the concerns I've read about in the past is the difficulty of accurately mixing small batches. What do you experienced users think about this, specifically in a shop with smaller runs? (50-150 pieces is average, over 300 is occasional.) We want the flexibility of pigments, but not sure if ease of use of ink-to-ink might outweigh the benefits of pigments for us.We use the Epic Equalizer system with Synergy base. Way easier to control, especially for what you are looking at it for.
We use Rutland's M3 system for mixing. Sometimes we do mixes as low as 250-300 grams, but the lower side of 500-800 sounds about right. Our scale goes to hundreths, can't say how perfectly accurate it may or may not be. With most colors, I haven't noticed being off by a couple hundreths making a difference. I've just been concerned that with pigments or equalizers, we could run into trouble. One of my other concerns is CPSIA compliance. From initial research, it appears that Wilflex provides the necessary documentation to issue certificates based on their component testing. (That's if their info is up to date.) The only other company I know that provides all full documentation is One Stroke. With that as a requirement, I don't know if Synergy base would be an option. Any input on that is welcome... unless I'm too far off the OP's question.