{"id":19505,"date":"2015-03-02T03:05:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19505"},"modified":"2015-03-06T17:41:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T01:41:07","slug":"testing-tim-holtz-distress-ink-and-stain-on-polymer-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/testing-tim-holtz-distress-ink-and-stain-on-polymer-clay\/19505\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Tim Holtz Distress Ink &#038; Stain on Polymer Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19500#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-03\/02-90632-tim-holtz-distress-ink-and-stain.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Holtz Distress Ink And Stain - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #632:<\/span> Although this product did not react negatively with Premo clay&#8230; it also did not adhere very well to my test samples.<\/span><\/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;\">Today in the PcT Test Lab we are testing the compatibility of Rangers Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Distress Stain on Premo Polymer Clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you have ever seen our videos, we like to test different products on polymer clay to see if they are compatible. I have used lots of the Tim Holtz Distress products on polymer clay before, but this is the first time I have tried his Distress Stain and Distress Ink products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I was not sure if they will work because they are a water based product that is meant for porous materials which can be reactivated with water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I made two samples of Premo polymer clay where I added the wet stain\/ink onto raw polymer clay, and then baked the samples at 275F for one hour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The baked samples were then left for a couple months to see if the inks would react with the polymer clay over time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Neither sample had any reaction, and appeared to have dried nicely on the surface of the clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">But when rubbed with my finger, most of the color came off quite easily&#8230; and was completely removed with a baby wipe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My conclusion is that this product is not suitable for polymer clay when used in this manner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Since there was no reaction though, it may be possible to mix the ink\/stain into raw polymer clay as a colorant, but that would need further testing to be sure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have had success with other Tim Holtz Distress products on polymer clay such as Distress Paint, Distress Embossing Powders and Distress Crackle Paint (on raw clay only)&#8230; just not this Distress Stain or The Distress Ink so far.<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6KmU02IORA?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19405#video\">Testing Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder on Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19378#video\">Vintaj Patina Ink on Raw Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17271#video\">My Distress Crackle Paint Test Perplexing Results<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=2051\">Using Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink With Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn 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=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b6KmU02IORA\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Tim Holtz Distress Ink &amp; Distress Stain on Polymer Clay<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; 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\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #632: Although this product did not react negatively with Premo clay&#8230; it also did not adhere very well to my test samples.<\/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":[1948,2740],"class_list":["post-19505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-test-lab","tag-inks-dyes-pigments-powders-pearlex","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19505","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=19505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}