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So I bought all the supplies for the marble tile coasters....the CRAFT INK IS NOT STAYING ON ONCE IT GETS WET!!!!!! I baked them at 350 for 15 mins and it is coming off!!! What am I doing wrong???? HELP ME PLEASE!!! Desperate to get this working!
First question, are you using unfinished or finished tiles? If they are glazed, then the ink won't hold even if you bake them. As I've said, I never use craft in, only StazOn on tiles. Craft ink takes too long to dry on paper, I would never trust it on a tile.
Yes, StazOn works best - I am doing some for a camp this evening. Nothing exciting, the ladies just want to know how to do it. I stamped with StazOn then used a bit of regular ink for filling in then sealed with a sealer. So far so good.
Well, I have not tried the craft ink, but I do know that Staz-on works! If they will be coasters bake them, but otherwise for magnets and such, I wouldn't bother. Just learning how to do this myself!
I have used Craft Pads successfully to make trivets. They were not the high-gloss ones, but they definitely had a coating on them. I baked them for 20-25 minutes at 350 or so, then sealed them with an acrylic sealer. Of course, if you are making coasters, you don't really want to seal them since you want them to absorb the water. Sooo, for coasters, stick to StazOn.
Sharon
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I did the coasters with the craft ink for stamp camp last year and gave several sets for Christmas gifts and had no problem. Make sure it is the tumbled marble tile (not glazed) bake at 350* for 20 min (and in my head it turns out to be much longer than 20 min cause I have been distracted and lost track of time :? ). Then I let them set for 24 hrs before using them it helps to give them that "curing" time.
I have been having a harder time with the stazon and the coloring in. Can't seem to figure that one out. Oh well.
So last night I got obsessive about this process. Big surprise there, getting obsessive about stamping.
I bought the small glazed tiles from Lowes for $2.50, the ones that come in sheet form, got out my unfinished tiles (maybe that's what some mean by tumbled), and added some dominos just for fun.
Here are my results. I only used StazOn and one marker (Summer Sun). I sanded the glazed tiles with 100 grit sand paper and brushed them off. Never wash them before putting doing the tiles they will absorb water and it will ruin your stamped image. Only brush them off. I did three small tiles. One I baked for 15 minutes as everyone had suggested. This was my first and last time I will ever bake a tile. All the colors faded except the black. I was disappointed. The second tile, I only hit with acrylic. The red faded. I don't know if I got too close or what, this has never happened. The third little tile I baked for 5 minutes, took out, cooled down in the freezer (it was 11:30 by this time), and then sprayed it. The only thing I changed was I took it out before the colors started fading and I sprayed it with matte prior to spraying it with gloss. All in all, it came out the best of the bunch. So, if I ever bake these small tiles again, I will not bake for 15 minutes.
The bigger unfinished tiles. I did these this morning at 6:30 before going to work. Like I said OBSESSIVE!! I did one the way I've always done. StazOn and sealer. It worked great. The other I baked. No differences noted. I did do it for only 10 minutes because I did see the red start to fade. But when I just sealed the unfinished tile as I had done in the past, no fading. I've always sealed my coasters and never had a problem with lifting or water accumulation. Maybe it's the sealer I'm using, but I've seen no problems.
As for the poor little dominos. Must be more careful with them. I got too close with the sealer (didn't even want to consider baking them) and one smeared horribly. It ended up drying okay, but I learned just how far I can push. I did learn that if blast them with matte sealer before the gloss I get a much better finish in the long run.
HELP HELP HELP!!!
