The quickest and easiest way to clean your wood stamps is with alcohol free and aloe free baby wipes.
Cleaning rubber stamps with baby wipes.
Other stamp care tips.
Alcohol free baby wipes are ideal for cleaning stamps and are a handy way to keep stamps clean during a stamping session.
Guess what baby wipes work like a charm.
While these may not get into the crevices of the stamp they are a great way to quickly clean away excess ink before the next color is applied.
I keep these baby wipes stockpiled in my craft space.
A plus side of having these wipes available is that they re gentle enough to clean the ink off of your hands as well.
Method 2 use a stamp shammy like this one.
Please don t use acetone bleach or any oil based cleaner for either acrylic or wood mounted stamps.
These are the ones i used because they leave the least fuzzies and lint.
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Wipe down your stamp after inking.
If clay does stick to the stamp surface remove it with alcohol free baby wipes or stamp cleaner.
Prevent the clay from sticking to your rubber stamps by using a release medium on the stamp such as cornstarch or a light spray of water.
Alcohol will dry out rubber stamps over time and can cause cracking.
Never use wet wipes that contain alcohol or any other kind of alcohol products to clean rubber stamps.
Any brand of moist baby wipes will be suitable for cleaning pigment or archival inks from your rubber stamps.
How to clean rubber stamps.
Do not use soap and water with wood mounted rubber stamps because it will loosen the adhesive.
Baby wipes work to clean all types of stamps including wooden rubber acrylic plastic foam and self inking stamps.
How easy is that.
These are my go to for a quick clean after each stamped impression.
Rubber stamps can also be used to stamp images into polymer clay.
Do not use baby wipes to clean your traditional rubber stamps.
Or use any of the cleaners mentioned above.
We have noticed that using baby wipes has become a cost effective trend for stampers but cleaning stamps with baby wipes can cause them to become pale dry and brittle over time.