Best white ink?

[creativec]

I do a lot of stamping on darker colored or patterned papers and I like doing quite a bit of it in white ink. I have had PTI fresh snow ink for a while now but I don't like it very much.

Its not like their true black ink (haven't used any of their other inks) and doesn't stamp crisply. Its also hard to clean off my stamps but that might just be because i don't know how to use a stamp cleaner :confused:

Any recommendations for good white ink? Especially one that is best with clear stamps?

[Cook22]

ColorBox Pigment Frost White, then Brilliance Moonlight (I think that's what it's called, it's gone AWOL from my shelf).

[TeeGeeDee]

This topic comes up every now and then ... I posted a comparison of the ColorBox Pigment Frost White and the Brilliance Moonlight in post #11 of the thread linked below:

White ink! by RidiculouslyAddicted at Splitcoaststampers

Since then (although I have only used it once at my demo's) I would also consider all-purpose paints by Tsukineko (a few colors, incl. white, are available through a Stampin'Up! demo). Here's a link to the mfr's website: Tsukineko – high quality inks and inkpads for your crafting projects


Hope this is helpful!

Tina aka TeeGeeDee

[ThatGirlThere]

I was watching a ustream video and the person did a comparison of a few different white inks and believe it or not the $1.00 studio G pigment ink was the whitest!! This was just pretty recent too. Most people said they found theirs at michaels. I never found it there myself.

[Carol W]

One thing about white inks is that in order to actually come up opaque white on darker papers, they have to be formulated to be quite creamy and viscous, more "paint-y" than "ink'y" (thus, they're typically pigment inks rather than dye inks, etc.). So it may be a frustrating proposition for us stampers to find a white ink that both shows up well and ALSO captures fine detail.

Just a thought -- if I want something very white but with crisp detail, I go for heat embossing, using a detail white embossing powder.