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I bought about 45$ worth of Luminarte Shimmerz pots 6 months ago. There are no directions with them. I got them out a couple of weeks ago and they were completely HARD, some pots had "air holes"? some pots only part filled. They were new. I was able to use some, but didn't know if it's the paints or me. Do you have to leave them moist for quite a while before they will work on a brush, etc.? I think I liked what I managed to get to work as I was trying to use them. Any tips will be great
I bought about 45$ worth of Luminarte Shimmerz pots 6 months ago. There are no directions with them. I got them out a couple of weeks ago and they were completely HARD, some pots had "air holes"? some pots only part filled. They were new. I was able to use some, but didn't know if it's the paints or me. Do you have to leave them moist for quite a while before they will work on a brush, etc.? I think I liked what I managed to get to work as I was trying to use them. Any tips will be great
The Luminarte Shimmerz look to me like the old Twinling H2O's and they are supposed to be hard and have air holes. You just have to add water with your paint brush or spritz with water. Wait a few seconds and paint away. When you are finished let them dry a little and close them up. The drier your paint brush the brighter the colors. The great thing about these little pots is that they last forever. See information here and here
That is very interesting & helpful. I may have been using too much water then. I did pat the dry, etc. So glad to know the drier the brush the brighter the colors. Appreciate your sharing!
Metallic ink pads--the foam shrinks and disintergrates--but after 10 years, I don't mind retiring them! My 12 year old Archival ink pad is fine (which is good 'cause I don't have a reinker. Yet.)
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Snot dots??!! LOVE that, lol!
About the dried up water color tubes, you can still use them. Instead of being liquid w/c's, they are now just like the cakes that come in a pan or palette.
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My list of good tools gone bad - "The Saga"
peel off stickers will loose their stick after awile - don't where it goes, but it's gone
rub-ons can dry out over a long period of time
shiny embossing powder looks like a matte finish
snot dots can get hard as little rocks
diamond glaze gets really, really thick
white puff paint in a tube turned a icky tan - like a flesh colored crayon, yewww
tube watercolors dry out
All of these items were stored out of the sun and heat, but if kept too long things do go bad. I don't buy the large size of anything anymore because I rarely use it up.
I look at craft supplies like shopping at CostCo. It's great to get a savings on that 5 lb bag of Craisins, but what savings do I get when I can only eat a pound before they dry up and I throw them away. This is not the same for chocolate - bring on the 10 lb bag of MM's!!
Thank you all for the fantastic info, I was not aware of much of this. Gonna check my stash now.
I buy a few things in bulk from time to time, esp. ATG tape and super-sticky tape, I was told by the owner of Essential Effects that one should buy more than 1 year's worth of such types of adhesive at a time.
I have also seen unused Cling foam go bad over time. If you're planning on unmounting stamps, it's a good idea to use what you buy as soon as you can, and try to store them flat and in a container away from the sun. What's funny is that the stuff seems to last forever once it has rubber attached to it. Have no idea why.
LOL That reminds me of a bottle of liquid makeup I used the other day that I found and it had to be 5 years old. One swype on my face and I almost gagged. Had to wash my face again, and again, and again!
This made me laugh- in a similar vein, I found an unopened tube of mascara, that I know I had had for years, and thought' that'll be ok, it can't go off'- only problem was, it never dried! Every time I blinked I flicked mascara all over my face,lol.;)
Thank you all so much for posting about the Colorbox pigment inks. I have two paintbox sets that are starting to dry out. I may just have to try using a drop of glycerin on each color and smushing with spoon to revive them. That will be awesome if it works!!! Thanks again! I also have one of the petal colorbox sets.
do any of you know what to do with the regular shimmerz paint pots that dry out? mine have either just a tiny bit of liquid left in them or none at all. I really hate to throw them all out, but can't use them as they are. I'm a bit hesitant to fill them with water. I know it's not that much as the pots are tiny as all get out. ideas?
thanks a bunch!
I've always added just a teensy bit of water and stirred real good.
I have been stampin for about 8 yrs now and so far nothing has gone bad. I do find with the ink pads that I do have to "freshen up" the ink as it will tend to dry out but that stands to reason. I have collected lots over the last 8 years so I guess I am pretty lucky
I've been reading through this thread and decided I must have a lot of stamp stuff that is "bad."
Because it is sitting in sacks on my craft room floor, unused, unloved, and unappreciated. Yes, it is "bad" stamp stuff! It looks at me accusingly every time I come into the room, as if to say, "I must be bad. You haven't looked at me since you brought me home, and haven't even taken the time to put me on a shelf.":mrgreen:
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I've been stamping for 20 years now and have seen products come and go. Because of that, and the fact the local stamp convetion only comes around once a year, I do purchase in bulk when there's a product I really like.
I have started thinking about this though as I have found products go bad....glues definitely go bad quickly and now I only purchase what I need when I need it. Bulk papers tend to yellow, I agree with that!
I try to use what I have for multi purposes, especially if I'm playing mad scientist in my studio and I'm just playing to see what'll happen. Often times you'll end up with Happy Accidents!
every time I see the title I think of my supplies racing off in the middle of the night to get tattoos and do tequilla shots! ;)
then I wanna join 'em....
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I have 3 of the little Perfect Medium ink pads that come with the Perfect Pearls sets that totally turned to mush after a few years. They've been stored in a shoebox, out of direct light, but it's like the foam pad completely disintegrated and mixed with the medium. Really gross!
I had this happen, I called Ranger and they sent me out a new prefect meduim pad. They claimed they had a bad batch go out.
Has anyone had mold grow in their aqua painter? Can you clean it or is it time to pitch it?
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I have an ink pad that i got when I was about 10...so 20 years ago...it is still really wet. I have old style ink pad that are still fairly moist and i got those 10 years ago. I have Crystal effects that is 10 years old and still works also.
oh that's interesting, my happy space is part of a shared bonus room over a detatched garage... so in the winter i find my glue does not stick until i get the room heated... ( the glue dots or the ATG glue) it's like the glue dots become hard and are not as sticky and pop off that paper...
eta if your space is an mostly unheated room in the winter ( and it gets cold where you live acrylic paints will freeze and change colors )
I read on a thread here a while back that you can gently heat up your cold glue dots with the heat gun to make them sticky. It worked great for me. Just don't catch them on fire. ;) Hope that helps!
Has anyone had mold grow in their aqua painter? Can you clean it or is it time to pitch it?
Hmmm. I never had mold grow in there, but......
Try making up a bleach solution, and put it in and shake it up a bit.
If that doesn't work, I'd say pitch it.
Thank you all for the fantastic info, I was not aware of much of this. Gonna check my stash now.
I buy a few things in bulk from time to time, esp. ATG tape and super-sticky tape, I was told by the owner of Essential Effects that one should buy more than 1 year's worth of such types of adhesive at a time.
I have also seen unused Cling foam go bad over time. If you're planning on unmounting stamps, it's a good idea to use what you buy as soon as you can, and try to store them flat and in a container away from the sun. What's funny is that the stuff seems to last forever once it has rubber attached to it. Have no idea why.
As far as ATG tape, I had a problem when I bought 8 rolls at one time. I kept them in the box they came in and as time went on the glue between the rolls stuck together. I tried using them but they jammed up my ATG gun which can no longer be used. I have tried cleaning the tape gun but it is useless. I really miss using my ATG.
You should call their customer service number and tell them what happened. I never dealt with them but I just think they'll do something to make it right. The tape is bad enough but now your gun doesn't work because of it? Hmmm, make the call.
I have adhesive foam squares that no longer stick. I also have several old embossing powders that have gone bad, they smell bad and their color has changed. Also went through my glue sticks and have found a few with mold dots. I guess this means that we should not hoard our supplies but use them before they go bad.
I've got some glue dots that are probably just a couple years old, if that. They are the ones on a roll, you know? I went to use them the other day and noticed that they don't come cleanly off the roll. I almost threw them out, but decided that I could still try to use them. I found that if I use my quick-stick, I can get them off and still use them. They don't lay flat on my CS, but add some dimension. Actually, this works out ok for some of my projects!
I have kept rub-ons too long and then they do not rub-on nicely. I've found the SU Craft pads don't have a long shelf life, but I've had my Real Red classic pad for 10 years and it still works great (sometimes needs a little re-inker.) I hear ya about those big pads of paper, such a great deal, I had a coupon, whatever; NEVER have I used the whole pad!
