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Re: Variations in dark blue color.
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lugnet.color
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Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:20:18 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Dave Sterling wrote:
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In my experience, the control over color consistency diminishes the farther
you take the colorant away from the compounder. Precolor is usually the most
consistent, followed by masterbatches/concentrates, followed by liquid color
or “at the press” blending. Granted, I’m probably a little biased as I work
for a specialty compounder. :-) Some molders are better than others at
maintaining consistency and liquid color can be done well. It just takes
someone dedicated to learning the process and all the intricacies.
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Excellent lesson. This kind of material would have been welcome in this group a
couple of years ago. Better late than never. Thanks for the info.
Doug
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 | | Re: Variations in dark blue color.
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| (...) John: Not quite. Flextronics is a molder, while the suppliers they would buy precolored pellets from are compounders. The difference is all in the method and intensity of mixing. When a compounder colors a resin like ABS, they do start with a (...) (17 years ago, 16-Feb-08, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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