Stampers Party
A question for rubber stampers?
I just bought a stamp cleaner(looks like a large ink pad) and just exactly how does this thing work? Do I put some type of cleaner in it or do I just use water? There aren’t any directions. I’m having a card making party in a couple of weeks and thought this would make it a little easier for those who’d like to use stamps. Thanks.
The answer depends on what sorts of stamps & inks you’re using.
The cleaning method for real rubber is not the same as for the clear squooshy quickly-repositionable stamps. *Find* directions for the stamp material and remember them.
The cleaning method for alchol-based inks is not the same as for water-based. *Find* directions for the various inks you may be using and remember them.
If the ink is still wet, water may be OK in any of these cases. It’s *always* preferred to tidy-up the stamps before the ink drys, especially with acrylics and with alcohol-based permanent inks. They’re marketed as being permanent and once the ink dries, it darn-near is 
The clear squooshy repositionable stamps can only be used with certain types of inks. Others may destroy the stamps in a single usage. Find your directions and remember them. There’s no way to restore one of these stamps that’s been chemically damaged.
All of my regular-use stamps are rubber. I normally use plain water on my cleaner pad. My pad was constructed from a $1 section of painter’s pad from the hardward store. Tin snips re-sized the long narrow piece into three stamp-pad-sized sections (one for me, one for a buddy and one for a spare).
If I’m in a group situation where others have brought their own stamps, I throw some clear dish detergent on the pad too, not much, just the least dab.
Baby-type body-wipes are now traditional for promptly cleaning stray ink off hands and wooden mounts. Some people routinely use them on the stamps as well, but I’m not confident of consistency of formulation of the junk I pick up for such use from the Dollar Store and similar.
Stamps should be dry when stored. Stamps should not be stored near grease (open storage in most kitchens is ill-advised). Grease can permanently damage real rubber.
The clear squooshy dies can melt together at what I consider to be “normally” high temperatures (I suggest keeping them at 80ยบ or below, not on a shelf in the garage in the summer or in the car’s trunk).
When my stamp collection reached 286 (2 short of 2/too gross), I stopped counting. I also stopped keeping the rubber ones in the refrigerator then.
Stamper Christmas Party 2009
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