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Originally Posted by craftycrunchymamaSusy, which do you prefer? |
I played around with my inks last night so I could answer this with accuracy. What I discovered was that the felt cube pads worked well with every brand I had, including SU!
Memento ink dew drops (dye ink) have a felt pad and load the ink flawlessly on clear and rubber stamps.
PTI (PAperTreyInk) cubes (dye ink) have felt pads and they provide crisp, clear images using both clear and rubber stamps.
Versafine cubes (pigment ink) have felt pad, ditto on clear stamped images.
Same for Hero Arts hybrid cubes.
Altenew cubes had the wobbliest coverage. Not sure I'm loving the ones I have...
Back to my comment about SU. I have had my SU cubes FOREVER, I mean they are from the 90's, I think. I rarely use them anymore, mainly because it thought they gave as poor of coverage as SU regular sized felt pads (retired),
Imagine my surprise last night when I pull out my old SU cubes, which still have nice wet ink!!!!!!, and discover that they work beautifully with the new photopolymer stamps! Oh my, I'm in love with them again! :cool:
One caveat: the photopolymer stamps I used were already used and conditioned. The results may differ with new unused photopolymer. Tip I learned about conditioning is to use versamark ink on the new stamp first, and then stamp off many times with regular ink until it stamps crisp image. If that fails, run the stamp over the leg of your blue jeans a few times...
So I withdraw my comment on sticking to foam cubes, because the felts work just fine.
Happy stamping when you finally get "cubed"! ;)