How to Dry Stamp Pad Ink
Once you create a scrapbook page or a greeting card for your project, then you do not want to let a smudged stamp pad make a mess of your work. You can keep projects perfect by ensuring the ink is dry before moving on. Although sealing ink pads after use prevents liquid from evaporating, you also speed up the drying process by encouraging evaporation. Utilize warm sunshine and add outside heat sources to dry stamp pad ink.
Instructions
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Pre-heat your electric heat source. An infrared heater provides heat directly to the inked area, which results in immediate evaporation, or drying. A basic hair dryer also works as a heat source.
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Place your project on a flat surface made of cement or metal that prevents melting when exposed to heat.
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Place your heat source at least one inch from your ink project.
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Test if the ink is wet by poking a toothpick gently into the drying ink. The drying process takes only seconds using a heat lamp on a porous surface like card stock and up to two minutes for a non-porous surface like glass, metal or hard thick plastic.
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Tips & Warnings
Ink dries by evaporation. Work in a dry environment such as natural sunlight or in a room with a fan for the fastest drying times.
Do not let the heat source come in direct contact with your project or the ink.
References
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