Testing Tim Holtz Distress Ink & Stain on Polymer Clay
Video #632: Although this product did not react negatively with Premo clay… it also did not adhere very well to my test samples.
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Today in the PcT Test Lab we are testing the compatibility of Rangers Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Distress Stain on Premo Polymer Clay.
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.
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.
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.
The baked samples were then left for a couple of months to see if the inks would react with the polymer clay over time.
Neither sample had any reaction, and appeared to have dried nicely on the surface of the clay.
But when rubbed with my finger, most of the color came off quite easily… and was completely removed with a baby wipe.
My conclusion is that this product is not suitable for polymer clay when used in this manner.
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.
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)… just not this Distress Stain or The Distress Ink so far.
00:00:03 –> 00:00:07 Hi guys, its Cindy Lietz, your Polymer Clay Tutor, and today in the PcT Test Lab, we are
00:00:07 –> 00:00:16 testing the compatibility of Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink, and the Distress Stain on Polymer Clay.
00:00:16 –> 00:00:21 Now if you’ve ever seen our videos, we’d like to do… test different products to see
00:00:21 –> 00:00:27 whether they are compatible with Polymer Clay, and I’ve used lots of the Tim Holtz Distress
00:00:27 –> 00:00:34 products before, but I haven’t used the Stain or the Ink before, and I am not sure if they’ll
00:00:34 –> 00:00:39 work, ‘cause they’re kind of more of a water based product, but we should test it.
00:00:39 –> 00:00:49 So I have these samples of baked clay, both of them…okay so the Distress Stain, in this
00:00:49 –> 00:00:58 Barn Red color, I put it on some wet…or put the ink wet onto raw Polymer Clay, it
00:00:58 –> 00:01:05 was a few months ago, so it’s definitely had the time to spend on there to see if it’s
00:01:05 –> 00:01:07 compatible.
00:01:07 –> 00:01:13 And then this one, I rubbed the Distress Ink, it’s in a…this one’s in a pad, so I just
00:01:13 –> 00:01:18 rubbed it directly onto the clay, and I did the same thing…this was wet ink onto raw
00:01:18 –> 00:01:22 Polymer Clay, and the brand happens to be Premo!
00:01:22 –> 00:01:28 Clay, and I baked it for 275F for 1 hour, both of them.
00:01:28 –> 00:01:33 So let’s just see if they are going to be compatible or not, they look like they dried
00:01:33 –> 00:01:38 on there, but I don’t know if they’re going to rub off or not, and I really had to restrain
00:01:38 –> 00:01:42 myself to keep from trying it, but I didn’t wanna try it until now, so let’s just try
00:01:42 –> 00:01:43 it.
00:01:43 –> 00:01:54 Okay, so it’s on there fairly good, this is the Distress Stain, but I can see that…oh,
00:01:54 –> 00:01:59 no, as soon as my finger…my fingers are a little bit sweaty, it’s rubbing right off,
00:01:59 –> 00:02:05 so it’s a little too water based, and it only stayed on the surface and it will come off,
00:02:05 –> 00:02:10 it’s not really compatible, it didn’t do anything weird to the clay, but it’s not compatible
00:02:10 –> 00:02:16 used this way, maybe if it was mixed into the clay, and used as a colorant, it could
00:02:16 –> 00:02:21 work, other water based products work that way, but the Distress Stain isn’t really gonna
00:02:21 –> 00:02:26 work on it, just using it like that.
00:02:26 –> 00:02:35 And let’s try the Distress Ink, it seems to be on there slightly better, but let’s see
00:02:35 –> 00:02:41 if I use…oh yeah, this hand must be a little wetter, but this one seems to be rubbing off
00:02:41 –> 00:02:47 a little bit more, let me try a baby wipe and see if that will just wipe off, yeah,
00:02:47 –> 00:02:57 it washes almost completely off, so it’s not really going to work on there, wet or dry,
00:02:57 –> 00:03:00 raw or prebaked, alright?
00:03:00 –> 00:03:04 So that’s good to know, the other Distress products I’ve used that worked great are the
00:03:04 –> 00:03:12 Distress Paint and the Distress Embossing Powder…is there any other one?
00:03:12 –> 00:03:16 I don’t know…I’m distressed, anyways, so I hope that was helpful for you, if it
00:03:16 –> 00:03:20 was, do let us know if you liked this video.
00:03:20 –> 00:03:26 And if you’ve got some products you would like me to test on Polymer Clay, any things
00:03:26 –> 00:03:33 that…problems you might be having that you need some help with, or any other types of
00:03:33 –> 00:03:37 things that you would like me to show you, then make sure to leave those in the comment
00:03:37 –> 00:03:39 section below.
00:03:39 –> 00:03:45 And don’t forget, we have a great resource over at PolymerClayTutor.com, and if you put
00:03:45 –> 00:03:50 your question into the search box there, you will be able to find answers to all of your
00:03:50 –> 00:03:52 Polymer Clay questions.
00:03:52 –> 00:03:54 We’ll see you next time and bye for now.
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Resource Links:
- Related Video: Testing Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder on Polymer Clay
- Related Video: Vintaj Patina Ink on Raw Polymer Clay
- Related Video: My Distress Crackle Paint Test Perplexing Results
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