pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Dec 1, 2023 4:02:31 GMT
I see a few stampers I watch on YouTube who have what look like microfiber clothes that are damp. They clean the stamp off on the platform or brick before removing.
I was stamping a lot yesterday and my hands were covered in ink as I was removing stamps after stamping them 10+ times on cards. I then got some smudges on a card. UGH. The worst.
Anyways, does anyone have one? What about the little container? Or do you just wet before you start to stamp?
Any other tools you recommend?
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Post by Shakti on Dec 1, 2023 10:26:10 GMT
Several crafty companies sell these — Lawn Fawn, Gina K, among others. Some sell their own fancy containers. If you saw the sort of spherical container with the lid that rotates into the container, that’s actually a salt cellar for chefs repurposed. You can get larger, cheaper (proportionally) cloths of the same material at auto parts stores or on Amazon, and many of us have. There’s at least one more thread about it. Found it: 2peasrefugees.boards.net/post/3943175/thread |
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Post by GiantsFan on Dec 1, 2023 15:24:58 GMT
I prefer the Lawn Fawn stamp shammy. I keep it in a little ceramic bowl on my desk, no lid. Before using it I wet it thoroughly under the tap and wring it until it's damp but not wet.
In my experience, microfiber cloths leave small dust particles on the stamp and the next time I ink it up those little dusts make for uneven stamping.
Two things to remove ink from your hands. First, the Ranger Craft Scrubbie. It's a hard porous scrubber that will take everything off including your fingerprints! haha, JK. But it works. The second is hand sanitizer. Don't use it on your stamps, but it will take the ink off your fingers. I do use a microfiber cloth on my hands after using hand sanitizer.
ETA: If I use a spray stamp cleaner like Hero Arts or Ranger, I use a flour sack cloth (not microfiber) to wipe the stamp.
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azcrafty
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Post by azcrafty on Dec 1, 2023 18:18:15 GMT
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hockeyspaz62
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Post by hockeyspaz62 on Dec 1, 2023 19:51:08 GMT
The Dollar Tree sometimes have auto shammies that would be good. And only $1.25.
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Post by mcjunkin on Dec 1, 2023 20:29:38 GMT
I use the Absorber as well. I bought mine at Walmart in the car care section, but if you search "absorber" on Amazon, it looks as if they have an off brand even cheaper.
I cut it down into pieces that fit into my stamp platform, and stamp off in it before trying to remove the stamps. Works great. It will look terrible, as it stains, but the ink does not rub back out of it onto anything, and I have used the same ones over and over for years.
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Post by lindas on Dec 1, 2023 21:36:52 GMT
My two favorites for stamp cleaning are the dollar store car shammies and the paint edger from Home Depot.
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Post by FurryP on Dec 3, 2023 7:24:12 GMT
If needed I keep my stamp shammy in a disposable plastic container with a lid from Target's plastic disposables section. But I let mine dry between uses. The salt thingie is fancy, and if free I would take it, but I'm not spending that kind of money for it because mostly the shammy does not dry for the amount of time I am using it. I wet it for each stamping session.
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Post by Embri on Dec 4, 2023 19:01:20 GMT
I use generic microfiber/shammy cloths and they work a treat. Keep a bottle of homemade stamp cleaner (glycerin, water, baby shampoo) in a spritz bottle which I use on the stamps/cloth as needed. I don't leave cloths wet after use as I'd rather not provide a breeding ground for mould/mildew.
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Post by CeeScraps on Dec 13, 2023 23:29:28 GMT
Microfiber will give you the fuzzies on stamps.
I have used a shammy. I've cut it apart so it lasts for a long time. A friend got me Gina K's shammy. I honestly don't see the difference between a shammy and Gina K's shammy. I keep them in an off brand tupperware container.
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Post by Embri on Dec 14, 2023 3:18:08 GMT
I honestly don't see the difference between a shammy and Gina K's shammy. There isn't one - like so many "crafter" products, it's just something rebranded from another industry. |
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Post by pinklady on Dec 14, 2023 3:41:30 GMT
Microfiber will give you the fuzzies on stamps. I have used a shammy. I've cut it apart so it lasts for a long time. A friend got me Gina K's shammy. I honestly don't see the difference between a shammy and Gina K's shammy. I keep them in an off brand tupperware container. The difference between Gina K’s and a shammy, is that Gina’s pills and disintegrates leaving tiny black particles all over stamps. |
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Post by MichyM on Dec 14, 2023 16:46:04 GMT
If you go to the other thread you’ll see that the auto shammys were recommended. I bought Them and cut one the same size as a Gina K tidy towel. I am Still happily using the same one, many months later.
The shammies come in a box of 2, and each shammy makes 8 towels. So 16 towels total for $20-something. They don’t crumble like the Gina K, and I’ve got enough to probably last me for the rest of my life.
Best deal ever and many many thanks to the girls who suggested them!
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