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How do you clean your stamps after using craft pads with them?
I love the craft pads but I have not found a good way to get the ink off my stamps. If I use a stampin scrub it just rubs off all over it and then gets all over whatever stamp I try to use next.
How do you clean your stamps after using craft pads with them?
I love the craft pads but I have not found a good way to get the ink off my stamps. If I use a stampin scrub it just rubs off all over it and then gets all over whatever stamp I try to use next.
Any suggestions?
Try using a old toothbrush and some Cleaner.
this way it will target just the right spots.
I wipe with a baby wipe first and then use the stampin scrub.
That's what I do too - the baby wipe gets most of the ink off then the Stampin' Mist and the scrub clean it all up w/out getting the scrub all gunked up w/ ink.
I stamp off the extra ink on scrach paper, then I spritz mine with plain water and wipe it with a paper towel, then hit it with the stamp cleaner and scrub it on the scrub. You have to take off the excess ink before you scrub or you will just have a HUGE mess on your hands.
I use a one liter spray bottle filled with water and a half capful of Woolite. Coupled with a nearby roll of paper towels, it has served me very well for months. Even the paper towel can last for a few days. I just became the proud owner of a Stampin Scrub that arrived in my starter kit, but plan to stick with my old ways for my craft-inked stamps.
tonite I used staz on cleaner on one side of my stampin scrub and our reg stampin mist on the other side, both same side of wet, stamped messy craft stamp on grid paper over and over to help get excess ink off, then cleaned on staz on side of scrub, dried on other side, then wiped again with stampin mist side so it is condtioned and dried again, came off fine... i cleaned my stampin scrub with simply green cleaner and washed out afterward someone mentioned somewhere to use this to clean scrub pads and its been working great for me...
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Make sure the baby wipe is alcohol free so as not to dry out your rubber.
I used some 5 yr old stamps of a friend who always used baby wipes or dish soap to clean, the rubber was brittle and did not stamp well. The SU stamps held up best but even those were kinda dried out.
She said she never paid attention to the alcohol. She used regular Huggies wipes. I make sure I always use a real stamp cleaner after the wipes or other cleaners to condition my stamps.
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I take my stampin mist and spray it on the stamp and that it sit for a few minutes, then I wipe off with a baby wipe. Then use my stampin scrub gets it clean as a whistle.
Toothbrush (dedicated to stamps ;)) under cool running water. Works like a charm. Then I rub off water either on stampin scrub, if I've cleaned it that week, or onto my stampin' jeans!
I haven't had any trouble with stamps or stickers coming off in the water, but I also don't let my stamps soak either.
I used to use baby wipes and discovered one time when I was out that DD's flushable wipes are SO much better. The baby wipes leave fuzz. The flushable wipes are a tighter weave and have not left any fuzz on my stamps. They are a little more expensive but so worth it if you don't like fuzz on your stamps.
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I spray with Stampin Mist and then I've got an old dark brown hand towel with a nubby side that I rub it over, then go to the Stampin Scrub for a final cleaning and drying. I like the toothbrush idea I need to add one for getting the ink in the small crevices. I'm guessing a soft bristle is the type to get?
Best way to clean stamps after using craft pad?
