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Yeaup, use a white eraser on it and make sure you have some sort of padding underneath. A mouse pad works great! Than try and use the Classic inks. If those don't work I have found that the craft inks work great with the Acrylic stamps.
I've used PINK erasers on all of my stamps to get the oils from molding off the surface. I also use an eraser on my dried stamps. I have that beautiful old CHRISTmas silhouette set and had problems with the ink puddling - then I used the pink eraser and it's good as new! I've seen several tips on using erasers and they all say to use pink. Now's the time to go to your favorite place to get your kids school supplies because those pinks will be major on sale. I also use a makeup brush to brush the eraser fragments out of the crevices. Also a caution - I've only seen this once, but there is something in the formula of the chalk inks that could damage the clear stamps. I've not experienced this as I haven't used the chalks.
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the eraser technique really works good! I "erase" the stamp everytime I use it.
Using an emory board corrects the clear stamp permanently for use on dye or pigment ink...then I don't have a problem at all in the future use, no matter what kind of ink I use. It is like the acrylic is too smooth and the ink runs to one or multiple spots on the image. I never thought about that oil may be on it too. Interesting. Didn't know that used oil in the molds. That makes sense.
Sometimes the ink just does not stick to a lesser quality acryllic stamp and no amount of erasering (is that a word?) will help. (I have found this to be the case with most of my Mike's $1 stamps.)
What might help in those situations is inking in Versamrk first, then a dye ink (like SU Classic inks), then stamp on the paper. The Versamark helps the dye ink "stick" to the stamp better. Otherwise, your best bet is a pigment ink (like SU Craft) or a chalk ink (like Versamagic).
Hopefully one of the techniques that has been posted will help you out!!
Sometimes the ink type matters. CTMH dye ink is formulated for acrylics and does not bead on my acrylic stamps like SU ink. In fact, I get more beading on rubber with SU ink.
That said, I know most acrylics will perform better with pigment or chalk ink.
I use a fine nail file and rub it over the top a little...makes it not so smooth and gives a better image. It works especially good1 for the clear $1 stamp sets...
Also a caution - I've only seen this once, but there is something in the formula of the chalk inks that could damage the clear stamps. I've not experienced this as I haven't used the chalks.
This is the first time I have heard of this and I hve just recently used chalk ink with my clear stamps. I had no problems and have not noticed any damage to my stamps.
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I bought the RF flourishes at HB the other day and had the same inking problem with them cuz I have SU classic pads. Just last night I did took an emery board to them and it did the trick. Thanks for info girls-it worked for me!;-)
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I bought the RF flourishes at HB the other day and had the same inking problem with them cuz I have SU classic pads. Just last night I did took an emery board to them and it did the trick. Thanks for info girls-it worked for me!
Last night I did took? What is that? Am I from Arkansas? hehe EDIT!!!
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I bought the RF flourishes at HB the other day and had the same inking problem with them cuz I have SU classic pads. Just last night I did took an emery board to them and it did the trick. Thanks for info girls-it worked for me!;-)
Yay! I fell in love with the RF flourishes and couldn't get a decent stamp out of them - very sad. I'll have to try this!
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I heard that if you use permanent ink first, then using them afterwards is easier. Seems as if the permanent ink would stain it and I like my stamps to be clean so I haven't tried this - yet.
I've purchased several sets of the clear, unmounted stamps but am VERY disappointed at how they stamp. It seems like the stamp doesn't ink up completely, like the ink "beads" up on the stamp and then when I stamp the image, it is not completely filled in. Any suggestions? Do these stamps need to be "treated" or something before using them. I tried cleaning then with stamp cleaner and alcohol and I'm still having the same problem. HELP!!
There are a lot of suggestions on this issue in other threads, but I'll try. First, it depends on the brand of clear stamps you use. I have found that really inexpensive brands aren't worth the wasted ink. I've thrown out 2 sets of clear stamps for that reason.
Second, I don't use markers on anything except very tiny clear stamps. I haven't had great luck with markers on clear stamps.
Finally, I tend to use Stampin Up classic ink on clear stamps and have had no problems. Others rave about using chalk inks on clear stamps. Some companies suggest rubbing a white eraser over the stamp first. I haven't had to do that.
I find any large solid stamp -- whether it is rubber or clear -- to have ink beading up issues, so maybe it is also the size of the stamps. I hope this helps.
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I've purchased several sets of the clear, unmounted stamps but am VERY disappointed at how they stamp. It seems like the stamp doesn't ink up completely, like the ink "beads" up on the stamp and then when I stamp the image, it is not completely filled in. Any suggestions? Do these stamps need to be "treated" or something before using them. I tried cleaning then with stamp cleaner and alcohol and I'm still having the same problem. HELP!!
Sometimes i've found rubbing an emory board or lite grit sandpaper lightly across my stamps when they're new helps with that. I do think that generally they're not as sharp as regular rubber tho. Hope that helps!
I have found you can stamp on your versamark pad then in your ink and it takes the ink better. I personally like my stampin up stamps better. I do find certain inks work better, like Brillance ink, CTMH ink. The SU Classic ink doesnt do as well for me and thats mostly what I own, so I just use the versamark first with those.
Use a clean white eraser, like a chalk eraser and rub over the stamps and then clean them. You only need to do this once to condition them. Also I really recomend CTMH inks because they are formulated to work on clear stamps.
HTH
