{"id":17068,"date":"2013-05-23T03:05:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T10:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17068"},"modified":"2013-05-16T16:16:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T23:16:52","slug":"making-homemade-alcohol-inks-using-rit-dye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/making-homemade-alcohol-inks-using-rit-dye\/17068\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Homemade Alcohol Inks Using Rit Dye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17068#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Homemade Alcohol Inks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2013-05\/23-90385-pt0-homemade-alcohol-inks.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #385:<\/span> An alternative to buying commercially made Adirondack Inks.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">One of the most shared articles from our site onto Pinterest, is an old article called, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/alcohol-ink-techniques-recipes\/95\/\">Alcohol Ink Techniques and Recipes for Polymer Clay Artists<\/a>. It contains lots of information about making alcohol inks using fabric dyes.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Commercial alcohol inks such as the Adirondack line from Ranger, have been used with polymer clay for a long time.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A couple of examples of my previous PcT tutorials that use the Adirondack Inks, include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/jellyroll-cane-psychedelic-glow-in-the-dark\/8609\/\">Glow in the Dark Jelly Roll Cane<\/a> (the earrings I show in the video), and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/red-clover-flower-beads-polymer-clay-tutorial\/15155\/\">Red Clover Flower Beads<\/a>, but there are many more.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some people find commercial alcohol inks to be expensive and want to learn to make their own.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Homemade alcohol ink is very cheap when you look at the amount you can make with each box of dye.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Homemade Alcohol Ink Recipe Ingredients:<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1 part Rit Dye (powdered or liquid. I used 1\/2 teaspoon for my 1 part)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 6 parts 99% Isopropyl Alcohol (Rubbing Alcohol)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> 2 parts Water (for liquid dye only)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Stir until mixed (the powdered dye will still have salts in the bottom and the liquid dye will still have some clumps of unmixed dye.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Use a clean unused coffee filter to filter out solids if desired.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Use your homemade alcohol inks like you would use any other commercially made alcohol inks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Homemade alcohol inks aren&#8217;t as concentrated as commercial brands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Colors are not as vibrant in\/on polymer clay as they are on paper.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Color is stable when baked in polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Although the homemade version is much cheaper by volume, it will cost you about the same on a per color basis if you only use small quantities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I prefer the commercial brands of alcohol inks such as Ranger&#8217;s Adirondack Alcohol Ink, because&#8230; the colors are more concentrated and vibrant on polymer clay&#8230; there are more colors&#8230; making homemade inks yourself, is a messy job&#8230; and since the bottles last <em>forever<\/em>, I don&#8217;t mind if they are a little more expensive than the homemade version.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The homemade alcohol ink may be a good choice for schools or guilds because the price is much cheaper by volume.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jq1WguOBgg4?rel=0\" height=\"323\" width=\"575\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\">Question of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you think you will be making your own homemade alcohol inks? Or will you just stick with the commercial brands?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I look forward to hearing from you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">By the way, if you have a polymer clay question or challenge you&#8217;d like me to address in an upcoming video vlog, do post it in the comments below. I&#8217;d love to help you find quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230;<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jq1WguOBgg4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Homemade Alcohol Inks<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">. The Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #385: An alternative to buying commercially made Adirondack Inks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2536],"tags":[1948,237],"class_list":["post-17068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-test-lab","tag-inks-dyes-pigments-powders-pearlex","tag-rubbing-alcohol-acetone-solvents-cleaners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}