alcohol ink question ???
 

:( I tried the alcohol technique on some square tiles I purchased. It took them some time to dry...which it should not of done. Anyhow, after they dried I applied DecoArt DuraClear varnish. The varnish took ALL of the color off the tile. WHAT DID I DO WRONG??? The varnish is suppose to seal it...not remove it. Yikes!

Any ideas/thoughts would be appreciated!

Thanks...

Mary
(Minnesota)

Still trying to figure out what I did wrong...any ideas?

Thanks!

Bumping for you . I don't know the answer. Sorry

maybe there was alcohol in the product may try one that doesnt have it in it

This might be a stupid question, but were you using the Tim Holtz alcohol inks?

Was the square tile chipboard? You need a non porous surface or it will not work. That is why the inks wont work well with CS. I did make my own paper with glossy though and that worked well.

As for the varnish, I am guessing that it acted like a very strong Alcohol Blending Solution, which lightens and can actually remove ink. Chemistry at work, I am guessing.

If the tile had any type of finish on it the inks won't adhere very well. You have to sand it down or use a tumled stone type of tile instead. I had the same problem. The other option is to put a matte varnish on first and then the alcohol inks. That may also work. Sorry for your troubles.

I had that happen on something wooden, so I did it again and sprayed it first to seal it (can't remember the name, that spray varnish stuff) and then brushed the sealer it and it was fine.

I know in the alcohol tutorial, she said not to stamp with Stazon because it is a solvent. I assume the varnish acted like a solvent also. I also suggest spraying it with an acrylic spray before you use varnish. I think that would protect it.
Melanie

:)
 

WOW...what a nice surprise to log on and see some comments. Did not receive any notice so this was nice to see.

It is Tim Holtz alcohol inks...adirondack.

I may have to try sanding them like I did for the dominoes. I thought the tutorial said not to...but I am probably wrong about that.

This was not chipboard...it was an actual tile I bought at a stamping store.

There are no ingredients on the varnish bottle but this was suggested by someone on the site. Does seem to act like a solvent though. The dominoes I did I used a spray finish...may have to go back to that...then try the varnish.

Think that is all the questions/answers. Thanks for taking the time to look at my question. I thought for sure I was going crazy...may still be though...giggle. Seem to have to many things on my mind lately. Need a good old fashion stamping day!

Thanks again...you truly are awesome people.

Mary
Mary55075

Alcohol Inks
 

Is is possible to use St. Up! ink instead of alcohol inks?

SU Ink instead of alchol inks
 

A friend of mine and I saw a demonstration using dye ink with alcohol and it had the same polished stone effect as alcohol inks. I guess if you used your reinker (put a few drops of the dye ink on a piece of alcohol dampened felt) you could use SU ink. The technique worked like this: take glossy cardstock and spray it with a mist of alcohol; pounce some felt with dye ink and a few drops of metal paint on the misted cardstock. If you want to have more spread, mist the cardstock again. I think that there are better, more articulate tutorials about this online.