Misting with Alcohol Markers

If your stamps start to dry out, treat them with Armoral....cleans and conditions well. I have done this for a couple of years now and my stamps are in great shape. After they have rested for a little bit you can wipe off the Armoral or use a teeny bit of Joy if it is still a little oily.

I took a copic marker class at Gina K's store last night. I can tell you that I now look at my copic markers in a whole different way. The way they blend is remarkable, and letter/number on each makes it so easy to know which ones will blend without making a muddy mess. Know I'm going to go try the misting techinque. Thanks Gina.
P.S. You were right, it was today, not next week.

Wow, I can't wait to try this! I just bought a set of 12 Copics on a whim because I have seen such great creations colored with alcohol based markers. But I have not a clue how to use them to their best advantage, have bookmarked a couple of tutorials, not much time to play. I like coloring stamps so this I am looking forward to trying!

Can't wait to try. Thanks for the info>......
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Evelynn

Copic markers blend so nicely - I was using them last night and was just amazed and impressed. Here's a link to the "Copic teacher's" blog ... http://ilikemarkers.blogspot.com/
if you're new to them, like me, that first entry will help a great deal. Saturating the cardstock is key to the good blending and I had no idea until I read it there! Have fun!!

In regards to storing alcohol (alcohol, rubbing alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, denatured ethyl alcohol, etc) If you use polystyrene (Styrofoam), polyethylene, polypropylene or any of those types of plastics, then you dont have to worry about solvation occurring to your plastics. If you are using piping (probably poly(vinyl chloride) or PVC) then again, this is another plastic that does not dissolve in your alcohol.

Check the type of plastic used on your bottle to avoid the alcohol eating the plastic if possible.


If you look up the material data safety sheet for Isopropyl alcohol (70%) under the "Incompatibilities with Other Materials" section under Stability and Reactivity, it only attacks certain forms of plastics and rubbers - I'm still to this day trying to find out what rubber they are talking about (i think nitrile rubber has been mentioned). Most labs I've been around recommend using rubber gloves when handling large amounts of if, so I'm assuming the small amounts that people use here on stamps won't do much damage to them. Chances are your rubber stamps will outlive us all anyway - even with some minor abuse

Personally I don't use rubbing alcohol because of the content of water - I go for the pure stuff because it evaporates faster. If you get ethyl Alcohol its straight alcohol with some posionous stuff added (usually acetone or methanol) to prevent people from drinking it. Rubbing alcohol is usually 70% isp-propyl alcohol and 30% water (which is why I dont want it for most paper applications) and usually won't contain anything else like ethanol - since it is put on skin.

Is there an advantage to using this technique as opposed to the normal water spritzing technique?

I wouldn't worry about alcohol damaging the stamp. When I first learned to stamp...the lady told me that she wiped her stamps clean with alcohol. Most people would be horrified. That was easily 10 years ago and my stamps are fine. Plus...if you use stazon ink...that is alcohol based I believe...so not much different than copics. You could probably even use the staz on cleaner to remove any ink stains on your rubber stamps.

Actually, Staz-on isn't alcohol based, it's solvent based.

Prismacolors are are a mix of alcohol and dye-based ink I believe.

Alcohol will eventually dry out rubber - however again from my earlier post, I'm pretty sure with as little abuse as they will see from alcohol, I'm sure that all our rubber stamps will outlast us all.

I'm not sure if alcohol however is safe for acrylic and photopolymer stamps since they will not nearly last as long as rubber especially if they are subject to elements (light, heat, etc) - however I know that there is an alcohol washout for polymer based plates - but I think that it may be polyvinyl alcohol based. Any rubber stamp manufacturers here on SC might have some better info than me.

You can use alcohol with any inks or markers - the purpose with the Copics is that it is an alcohol based marker. If you have ever worked with alcohol inks and alcohol, you can see that it works together and keeps the ink "wet". Depending on what kind of ink pad you use, you may or may not get any effect at all - it's going to depend on what the ink does when sprayed with alcohol. You may get better effects with water, or you may get better effects with alcohol. There is no right or wrong here - experiment and see where it takes you

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