Have you ever wondered how to clean stamps? In today’s tip, I will share with you some tips on how to do this, and you can also check out the video below.
First Step In Cleaning Stamps
My first piece of advice on cleaning stamps is to remove the unused ink by stamping onto a scrap piece of paper. The excess ink will then go onto the paper, making there less to clean off. Once you have done this, you can try one of the suggestions below.
Stampin’ Scrub & Stampin’ Mist
Once you have got the excess ink off of your stamp, you can use the Stampin’ Scrub, along with the Stampin’ Mist. The Stampin’ Scrub has two cleaning mats – one is for washing and the other is for drying. You spray Stampin’ Mist onto the side that you will use for washing, and then wipe your stamp gently on this side. When the ink has been removed, you wipe the stamp on the other mat to dry it.
The corner of the Stampin’ Scrub has either a raindrop or sun symbol, but they are sometimes hard to see. I place a small blue piece of cardstock on top of the raindrops, but under the mat. I then know that this is the water/washing side. On the mat on the other side, I put a small piece of yellow cardstock on top of the sun and under the mat so that I know that this is the drying side.
Here is a photo of the cleaning mat partially removed from the base so that you can see the blue piece of cardstock.
The cleaning side will build up with ink over time, so you will need to take this piece out, rinse it under the tap, and let it dry.
The Stampin’ Mist not only cleans stamps, but it also conditions them, helping them last longer.
Shammy
Another option for cleaning your stamps is the Stampin’ Shammy. Once you have stamped onto a scrap piece of paper, you just need to make sure that the Shammy is wet before you dab to get rid of the remaining ink. This will cause the Shammy to stain after a while, but this is ok as long as you rinse it out regularly to get rid of all the ink.
I bought a second shammy and cut it up smaller. A smaller Shammy is good for cleaning a stamp on the Stamparatus.
Check out this video to see cleaning stamps in action.
I hope you found this blog post useful and you now know how to clean stamps.