Have you ever accidentally tried to ink a stamp when you already have ink of a different color on your stamp? Have you ever gone to re-ink a pad and accidentally picked up the wrong color ink refill? In this blog post, I show how to recover your ink pad to its original color and not consign it to the ruined ink pad pile.
When you go from light to dark, it isn’t that big of a deal, but what about going from Night of Navy onto a Balmy Blue ink pad? You’ve totally ruined the ink pad, right? Not so fast! You can restore your pad.
Many of you may know I actually re-inked a Daffodil Delight ink pad with a Mango Melody ink refill about a year ago. There was much more than a little smudge of ink. I thought I’d totally ruined the pad. There was so much ink on the pad, it was basically a Mango Melody ink pad in a Daffodil Delight case. I was crushed! What to do?
These are two totally different situations and two solutions.
Recovery from a Bit of Cross Inking
First, with only a bit of “foreign ink” on the pad, take a paper towel and use it to absorb as much of the “foreign ink” as possible. Be careful not to “swipe” the paper towel across the pad, as you could compromise the foam. Let your pad sit for a day and see if more of the “foreign ink” rises to the surface. If it does, repeat the process with the paper towel. Lastly, use the appropriate ink refill to re-ink the pad, once you’ve removed all the “foreign ink.”
Recovery from Massive Cross Inking
If there are massive amounts of “foreign ink,” still, no worries. (This was what I had to do with the Daffodil Delight pad.) Rinse the entire pad under running water until the water runs clear. Your pad should be almost white. Let the pad dry completely, then re-ink the pad with the correct ink refill. Voila! You have restored your ink pad to its original ink color! See my blog post on re-inking your stamp pads.
If you’ve accidentally cross inked your ink pads, don’t consign them to the ruined ink pad pile. Recover your ruined ink pad with one of the above techniques.