Hello,
I wanted to take this opportunity and piggy back off of my last post
regarding the many different inks and show you the differences among the 3
black inks that Stampin' Up! carries in their line, as each of the inks server
a purpose.
First is the water-based dye ink, Memento® Tuxedo Black ink. This ink is
formulated to work with alcohol coloring mediums such as Copic® Markers or
Spectrum Noir®, however, it doesn’t work especially well with water-coloring as
it does react to water and will smear, making for a bit of a messy piece as
shown here:
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| Memento Ink |
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| Using the Aqua-Painter |
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| Adding Alcohol based Ink marker |
Next is the Archival Basic Black® ink. This ink is also a water-based dye
ink, however, it’s formulation makes it a permanent ink that does not react to
water and therefore can be used for water-coloring and it will not smear and
get messy, however, it does smear and react slightly with the alcohol inks. As
you can see here in the photo, you could probably use the Archival ink with
your alcohol based markers if you were careful to remain within the lines because
as you see here, there is minimal smearing of the black color.
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| Archival Basic Black Ink |
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| Water-color with Aqua-painter |
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| Using Alcohol Markers |
Last but certainly not least is Stazon® black ink. This is a permanent solvent
based ink that can be used on non-porous material such as glass, plastic,
acetate and tile just to name a few. It is water proof but does react to
alcohol based inks, as you can see here, with the aqua-painter®, the color
remains true while the Blendabilities® alcohol marker color blended with the
black ink creating a much deeper shade of Daffodil Delight! Because of the
solvent base to the Stazon®, you do need to use Stazon® cleaner to remove the
ink from the stamp also, otherwise, you will permanently color/stain your
stamps and you should never use Stazon® cleaner on your photopolymer stamps as
the material used to make photopolymer stamps will react to the Stazon®
cleanser and break down the stamps and will shorten their life span, and if you
are like me, you love your stamps and want them around a very long time. So, to
be safe, I avoid using Stazon® ink with my photopolymer stamps and then I don’t
worry about that, I can clean them with the normal Stampin’ Mist®
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| Stazon Jet Black Ink |
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| Using Aqua-painter |
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| Using Alcohol Marker |
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| Stazon Cleaner |
I hope you have found this helpful in selecting which black ink to use for
which coloring technique you are using. Please leave me a comment and let me
know what you think and please, if you have any questions that you would like
me to address here on the blog, just let me know in the comments below and
thank you so very much for stopping by and spending some time with me.
Have a great day and Happy Stamping!
Katrina
