Following my recent embarrassment of unclean stamps which stamped purple instead of red. Although in my defence I realised later it was because I used a brush with purple on rather than red, always check your brushes before you use them! (so two crazy rookie mistakes in a short period, ooops.)
I use a number of different items depending on what I cleaning. The Stampin’ Shammy is something that works on Photopolymer and cling stamp sets. I have two, one I used for coloured inks and the other I use for Momento and Versafine. (I use Versafine for watercolouring and also Stampin’ Markers, I am not a fan of Stazon.) I store them in a storage case (is also use these to store my dimensionals and embellishments).
If my stamps aren’t sticking to the block anymore, I soak them in water and also add a bit of the Ranger water based stamp cleaner and leave them for a few hours, I then dry them off on a cloth. I also use a lawn fawn shammy as it is thinner and more maleable for cleaning around my blocks.
I use a Ranger Water based stamp cleaner for photopolymer stamps and then I use the Stampin’ Mist with my Stampin’ Scrub for cling stamps. One side is wet, which I add Stampin’ Mist and water on to before I start stamping and then a dry side to ensure that your stamps are dry.
Every now and again I remove the wet side for cleaning and soak it in washing up liquid, before leaving it to to dry. I know some people have multiple Stampin’ Scrubs, I don’t stamp enough to need lots, but it is an amazing tool to help keep your stamps clean.
If I do use Stazon I use the Stazon Cleaner with a Rub it Scrub it from Ranger, it is one side of the Stampin’ Scrub. I love it to get my stamps clean.
Hope this helps you not cause the chaos I have with different colour stamps! What tricks do you use to keep your stamps clean?
