Heat Set Crafter's Pigment Ink

Greetings everyone. Would some of you please give me specifics about how to Heat Set Crafter's Pigment Ink? I have read ClearSnap's information and the posts here in this group, however I would like to know the specific techniques and tools used. I am not embossing, however I am stamping with the Crafter's Pigment Ink with the probability of the stamped sheet getting wet, or humid from time to time. For instance if you use an Clothing Iron, and iron the stamped sheet by placing another sheet on top ... then please tell me on what heat setting you have the iron, how long you iron, what kind of paper you use to iron on, etc. If you use a heat gun please tell me the specifics ... what kind of heat gun, how close do you hold it, for how long. Please include advantages, and disadvantages and any other tips and tricks you are willing to share. Thank you in advance. Andy

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AndyG
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I'm no expert, but when I heat-set pigment ink, I use my Milwaukee heat gun. I hold it about 2-3 inches above the paper and wave it back and forth or in a circular motion so as not to scorch the paper. Usually I'd guess about 30 seconds, I've never timed it. I let the paper/ink cool, then touch it gently and see if any ink comes off on my finger - if so, I heat it some more. Obviously the best thing would be to do a few trials with the paper and ink you plan to use to find out the optimum time for heat-setting with your particular tools.

I don't know what the specifics of your project are, but if it's something that's likely to get wet, I really would recommend using a different ink, such as Staz-On, that's more designed for such applications. Staz-On doesn't have the color palette that ClearSnap does, but they do have a number of colors now other than black.

--Barbara

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stampingmaniac

You might think it is costly, but invest in a heat gun. I have had mine for over 8 years and it is still going strong. whatever color of pigment ink you buy , you can use it to emboss with. No mater what kind of embossing ink you have whether it is clear, white,black or any other color. If you use the silver, gold, bronze, copper, brass powders, you will get only these colors. (metals) So if you want to emboss in the metal colors you only need black embossing ink and then all these powders. I have never used an iron to do embossing with. I have heard that some ladies hold the paper over the toaster to set the ink.

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Connie (Kendall) Bartley

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