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Has anyone else noticed how red ink pads seem to be extra watery/juicy? I just got a new WM stamp and the very first impression I made was with red ink that promptly smeared the woodblock and got all over my fingers and the paper.
I had this problem with the SU Pomegranate ink (loved the color but threw the pad out) as well as chalk, pigment and dye inks in red or reddish colors. I don't seem to have this problem as much with other colors. Anyone else have this issue as well? Is it the formulation or how they create the red color that causes this?
Has anyone else noticed how red ink pads seem to be extra watery/juicy? I just got a new WM stamp and the very first impression I made was with red ink that promptly smeared the woodblock and got all over my fingers and the paper.
I had this problem with the SU Pomegranate ink (loved the color but threw the pad out) as well as chalk, pigment and dye inks in red or reddish colors. I don't seem to have this problem as much with other colors. Anyone else have this issue as well? Is it the formulation or how they create the red color that causes this?
The only red inks I have are Memento Love Letters and Lady Bug and Rangers distress Fire Brick and none of mine are watery . Maybe just some brands are watery
__________________ "I have not failed . I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" --Thomas A. Edison
Only red I have ever had issues with was SU's Riding Hood Red. The inkpad insisted on getting the gold sheen on top, even after I rinsed it out and reinked it. I tossed it years ago after one last attempt with it and it smeared something awful! The newer foam Real Red and Cherry Cobbler pads have been fine after more than 2 years.
In my experience as a painter (walls, not pictures), it is a given that red is the only color that you know going in as an ABSOLUTE FACT that three coats of paint will be needed to get even close to the color of that paint chip. The first coat is going to be an uneven mess and bright magenta, the second one will even things out a bit and deepen the color, and the third one gets you to the "Oh, yeah - that's the color I was going for" stage.
Perhaps it is the ratio of pigment to liquid in reds that make them behave this way? I don't know the science behind the fact, but reds are always tricky, regardless of medium...
I can't remember when or where I read this, I think it was a quilting mag a long time ago but red is supposedly the hardest color to create and stabilize. That is why, when you buy a new red article of clothing it tends to bleed. Maybe the same issues are why some pads seem to be extra juicy, just a thought. Any chemist out there who want to explain more.
Gee I have not noticed this. What I have had a problem with is getting a true deep red like blood color. (sorry that's gruesome)
I couldnt get a good candy apple red either when I had an etch a sketch stamp I wanted to use. That got solved but took a bunch of failures first...and I think I might have colored over it with a sharpie in the end?
A good rich burgundy also seems to be an issue...that just ended up drying more purple or like brick red. I have not solved that one yet.
Interesting reading...so maybe to get the intended red would take multiple re-stamping.
I have a problem with the foam disintegrating on Marvy red and pink pads. Once that starts, might as well throw them out. Need a new Crimson Lake right now. Love that red.
What's up with red?!
