Help with Clear Stamps

[orangepunkins]

I seem to havea problem with my acrylic stamps that I but at the stores. When I ink them and stamp them the ink seems to separate from the stamp to the paper. I have tried to I guess its called season them.(I even tried to wash them thinking there was a residue on them) No luck. I have tried diffrent brands of ink. (Close to MyHeaart, generic brand) The ONLY ink that seems to work is the pigment ink. The stamps I have this problem with are the ones u can but at retail stores.I do not have this problem with Close to My Heart stamps. They work great. Am I doing something wrong??? Any info would be most helpful. Thanks:confused:

[cobby]

No, you aren't doing anything wrong. It could just be a quality issue. Not all clear stamps are the best quality material. The cheaper the material the more likely you will have this problem.

Using a different ink is sometimes the quickest way to solve this; but can be expensive. I found Chalk inks work well on even the cheaper clear stamps I buy at retail stores.

Saw a tip recently in another thread. If you've ever heat embossed; you should have a little thing called an Embossing Buddy. It's something you rub on cardstock before stamping so your embossing powder only sticks to what you stamp.

If you rub an Embossing Buddy over your clear stamps then ink them up the ink should cling ( and not bead up ) and you should get a good image.

Here are some other threads out here where this problem has been discussed.

Am I ever gonna love my clear stamps? by demodarla at Splitcoaststampers

Need help w/ new acrylic stamps by Stampinae at Splitcoaststampers

acrylic stamps and best ink to use by Cebuana65 at Splitcoaststampers