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After reading about it for years and feeling very lucky, I have found the dreaded gold sheen on several of my SU ink pads. My question is, do red pads from other companies have this same issue or are there red ink pads you can buy without this problem.
I have red pads from- Tsuneiko-( Brilliance,Staz-on, Encore) Adirondack,Marvy, Ancient page, Versafine,Vivid & Colourbox, had them for a few years and never had any issue with colour change/separation. Have DI for a couple of years, no problems there either.
After reading about it for years and feeling very lucky, I have found the dreaded gold sheen on several of my SU ink pads. My question is, do red pads from other companies have this same issue or are there red ink pads you can buy without this problem.
Red isn't the only color it happens to. I just opened my Daffodil Yellow ink pad and found it really dark on top. But it stamped okay. I haven't kept track of which brands are turning, but it's happened with all reds, and some greens too. When I realize I've bought some as long ago as nine years, well the shelf-life of inks is at least longer than the shelf-life of adhesives and the shelf-life of markers. I'm tired of dried up markers and adhesives and ink pads and even envelope flaps that won't stick anymore and expensive Vellum tape that clumps up and refuses to stick. And how about those metallic embossing powders that oxidized before I'd used more than about an eighth of the tiny container. This is truly an expensive addiction.
On the up side.....at least this addiction will never get me fined or hauled off to jail for illegal buying or over-consumption. :-)
Red isn't the only color it happens to. I just opened my Daffodil Yellow ink pad and found it really dark on top. But it stamped okay. I haven't kept track of which brands are turning, but it's happened with all reds, and some greens too. When I realize I've bought some as long ago as nine years, well the shelf-life of inks is at least longer than the shelf-life of adhesives and the shelf-life of markers. I'm tired of dried up markers and adhesives and ink pads and even envelope flaps that won't stick anymore and expensive Vellum tape that clumps up and refuses to stick. And how about those metallic embossing powders that oxidized before I'd used more than about an eighth of the tiny container. This is truly an expensive addiction.
On the up side.....at least this addiction will never get me fined or hauled off to jail for illegal buying or over-consumption. :-)
Slightly off topic - but a couple of years ago I made my Christmas cards specifically to use up specific metallic embossing powders as I had had them in my stash for around 10 years. I was happy to be rid of worrying about them. Need to do some more projects with some other things that may be past their sell by date.
To OP hope you get a resolution to your problem. TBH I had never heard of this (need to look at my red inks now).
Gold Sheen
