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Post by kmage on Jun 5, 2023 17:36:10 GMT
I just watched a video where they said not to use blending brushes between ink formulas so as not to cross contaminate.
Do you keep separate blending brushes for different colors and then by formula? That seems like a lot of brushes...or just different formulas?
I do keep separate "blooper heads" aka the foam blenders with the velcro, for each color. But I am just now getting a few brushes and I guess I thought I could clean them well enough to use them on different pads, unlike the foam heads. Is this not the case?
Thanks!
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Post by justjac on Jun 5, 2023 18:23:00 GMT
I keep one brush for each rainbow colour: a red, an orange, a yellow etc. I have heard that about the oxides and non-oxides but I don't use my oxides very often so I currently have a blue brush for oxides (that I hope I labeled somehow) and that's it.
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Post by papersilly on Jun 5, 2023 18:23:14 GMT
i keep separate blending sponges for most colors. if i use the same sponge for similar colors, i make sure i use different sponges for oxides and dyes only because the oxides are so opaque and not for contamination reasons.
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Post by infochick on Jun 5, 2023 18:55:09 GMT
This is also something I have been thinking about. I have the different "booper" heads for each colour of ink as well--I buy them on Aliexpress so they are inexpensive enough that each individual ink pad has its own. I haven't bit the bullet for brushes because I was wondering the same thing. It gets expensive! I recently bought another type of sponge applicator on Aliexpress and did get one set for each oxides and regular distress. Will be interested to see the responses here.
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Post by coloradocropper on Jun 5, 2023 20:10:08 GMT
I keep one brush for each rainbow colour: a red, an orange, a yellow etc. I have heard that about the oxides and non-oxides but I don't use my oxides very often so I currently have a blue brush for oxides (that I hope I labeled somehow) and that's it. This. I'm not that intense of an artist. |
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Post by GiantsFan on Jun 5, 2023 20:26:23 GMT
Yes, oxides shouldn't be mixed with other inks.
I have a set of brushes (white) that are for oxides ROYGBIV plus black, brown and grey. And a black set for dye inks and regular distress inks in the same ROYGBIV, black, brown and grey.
Foam pads I have one for each individual color.
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Post by scrappyem on Jun 5, 2023 21:07:42 GMT
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Post by kmage on Jun 5, 2023 21:12:41 GMT
Thanks all, and thanks for the recommend! They are ordered!  |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 5, 2023 21:25:57 GMT
I mix, I have no idea what the problem is with mixing. I don’t do enough inking to worry about it.
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Post by cbscrapper on Jun 6, 2023 1:18:12 GMT
I mix, I have no idea what the problem is with mixing. I don’t do enough inking to worry about it. Same. I mix. I do have a brush for each rainbow color, plus brown and black. I just rub on a paper towel to get most if the ink off before using a different pad. But, like lisacharlotte I don’t ink blend that much. |
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Post by joblackford on Jun 6, 2023 1:57:10 GMT
Yes, oxides shouldn't be mixed with other inks. Curious if you or anyone else knows, is this because using the same brush in regular inks and oxides will somehow mess up one or other kind of ink/pads or just because the ink blended results might not be so good? It seems like a lot of people who talk about this are the kinds of people who ink blend a lot and love having all the brushes and boopers, or who really care about their results. I can see why TH would want a booper for every ink (and want us to buy them!) but I'm not convinced for the average user. I've never actually heard what terrible thing will happen if you do what I do and mix them up and forget which is which... so far it seems like it doesn't matter all that much. But I'm not a big ink blender. |
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 6, 2023 2:31:02 GMT
Yes. I have one set for dye inks and one for oxides. I don’t blend with any other inks.
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Post by cycworker on Jun 6, 2023 4:35:33 GMT
I have two sets. They're labelled.
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Post by riversong1963 on Jun 6, 2023 13:05:34 GMT
I don't worry about it. I have one for each color family, including turquoise/teal, which I use a lot. I don't have many Oxide inks anyway, because I don't like them (don't throw anything at me, lol!). I use my brushes and daubers for any and all inks, and I do just fine.
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Post by tealpaperowl on Jun 6, 2023 13:27:19 GMT
I made my own blender "heads" with wood pieces from HL. I have the domed foam piece, one for each color. For the oxides I use blending brushes - one for each color family for a total of 20 |
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Post by GiantsFan on Jun 6, 2023 15:39:34 GMT
Yes, oxides shouldn't be mixed with other inks. Curious if you or anyone else knows, is this because using the same brush in regular inks and oxides will somehow mess up one or other kind of ink/pads or just because the ink blended results might not be so good? It seems like a lot of people who talk about this are the kinds of people who ink blend a lot and love having all the brushes and boopers, or who really care about their results. I can see why TH would want a booper for every ink (and want us to buy them!) but I'm not convinced for the average user. I've never actually heard what terrible thing will happen if you do what I do and mix them up and forget which is which... so far it seems like it doesn't matter all that much. But I'm not a big ink blender. Yes. It's because of the pigment additive (is that the right word?) in the oxide ink. It makes them opaque not translucent like the regular dye inks. And they react differently with water techniques. Also, IMO, the oxide inks are kind of like a paint. The ink is thicker and I feel messier than other inks. I don't want to contaminate my regular inks with that pigment. Lastly, I just blindly follow whatever Tim and company tells me. Haha! I resisted at first but now I've got it all - distress ink, oxides, the new watercolor pencils, the sprays, the stains, alcohol inks, all the different papers, and the list goes on. I love trying inky techniques. |
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Post by grammadee on Jun 6, 2023 16:01:58 GMT
I mix, I have no idea what the problem is with mixing. I don’t do enough inking to worry about it. I have one rainbow set of brushes, one for each colour, pink, black, white, and a couple of extra blues. I don't do enough inking, and my technique is sketchy enough, that I am not sure different sets of brushes would make a huge difference. I guess now I know this, I can say "Whoops, *accidentally* grabbed the wrong brush!" 
I actually DO grab the wrong brush sometimes even though the bristles are stained and the handles are colour coded. But a quick scrub with a dry paper towel seems to get the brush back to normal.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 6, 2023 16:43:15 GMT
I think it would be a good idea if you're into using them for blending a lot. It isn't the price as much as the storage for a whole other set of brushes.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jun 6, 2023 22:01:04 GMT
I don't have a different set but I wash my foam booper heads when I'm finished inking (except for grey and brown, which have dedicated boopers) so I just use whatever I grab any time I ink.
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