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ink question

I recently bought a metallic ink pad, half gold, half silver. I tried it out and found the stamp was harder to clean than it is w/ non metallic colors. Is this typical? I just use baby wipes to clean them and they look like new w/ very little effort. W/ the gold & silver I was having to scrub and still didn't get the ink out of some of the crevices. The pad I bought is just the Hobby Lobby brand. Is there really that much difference in brands? Also, I noticed that if I wipe my finger over the met. stamped image the sparkle comes off. Is this typical of met. inks or just cheap ink?

Katrina in KS

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Katrina
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You might try some actual stamp cleaner with the metallic inks. Baby wipes are good, but you have to watch the alcohol content as alcohol can dry out the rubber. I haven't used the HL brand metallic inks, but a lot of times there really is a difference in quality among different brands. Have you tried heat setting the stamped image? The ink may just need to be heat set with a heating tool.

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Deb in AR

I have a stamp cleaner and the spritz from Stampin' Up. Love the stuff and it smells like roses to me. Anyhow I have found the metallic inks do stay on the stamps and need a more intensive cleaning to get them off. Usually if they are not coming off I leave it on there until I have a day that I just feel like doing some cleaning.

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King's Crown

I've had the same issue with metallic inks. I think it's just the type of ink. I really have to scrub my stamps after using them. Some are better than others, though. I have the Encore brand, which I can only find in the Stampin' up catalog now. They used to be at Michaels.

Amanda

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Amanda

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