Decanting Printing Ink?

Recently acquired, Several Hundred Cans of ink, maybe more than 500. Mostly Litho, some Genuine L/press. In cans of, from 500.g. (grammes) up to 2-1/2 Kilos.!!
50% Unopened… Every colour under the Sun, several special mix, from virtually every supplier across Europe to Japan, good showing of Van Son ex Netherlands.

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THE BIG QUESTION, Please, how to Decant into smaller containers:- i.e. Clean Cans, Clear Glass containers, Lead Tubes (possibly) what weight to offer, how to Identify colour ** (clear glass, finger *DAB* Colour Strip around the rollers etc.)
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** Some original labels absent.!

The request for help and purpose of the exercise, to Eventually, offer on E Bay for sale.

One tentative possibility is either a Bookbinders or Carpenters hot water immersible system, but *How* without having to decontaminate the inner container at every colour.

All/Any suggestions more than welcome. Thank You. Mick.

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I don’t know if cake decorating equipment could be helpful — if there is an arrangement of disposable sleeves for the paste that can be sealed to a nozzle of some sort. I devised a connector between a large toothpaste tube and a small travel tube, so I can travel with my favorite toothpaste that isn’t available in small containers. A similar connector would permit you to fill a dispenser and connect it to 1/4lb empty tubes, filling and capping them without much waste or mess and disposing of the empty dispenser insert afterwards. Just a thought.

Bob

I’d also look into some sort of disposable-sleeve and nozzle arrangement. It would be a solid amount of work, but you could probably do it very, very cheap.

A.L.P. & Kimaboe, Thank You, sounds good, experiments will start very shortly, there is so much, it will take a long time but *Slowly Slowly* of course.
Ideally, with smaller shops and outfits in mind, what would be considered as acceptable amounts, per unit, to offer.?

Disposable Sleeves are excellent for choice, I would be struggling for ever with a Caulking Gun etc., and spending more in solvent for decontamination.

Again Ta.! Mick.