Stazon Stamp Ink pad as a resist
October 6th, 2008 WendyLee Posted in Etching Metal, Techniques | No Comments »
I have used the stazon inkpads as a resist for etching for various other materials and methods and wanted to see if these same resists I had used in the past worked differently with the Salt water method of etching.
For this experiment I used the Black Stazon ink pad. These are a permanent ink and are readily available in scrapbooking and some craft shops.
The stamp is placed in the ink and pressed onto the metal. In this instance I am using Nickel Silver. Wait until the ink has fully dried before you place the piece in the solution. Now is also the time before it dries to alter the image in any way.
Once the ink has dried you can follow the same steps for etching using the Salt water and the D cell battery. Due tot he fact that this design had fine lines and was very intricate I checked the piece every 10 minutes. I wanted to moniter firstly how deep the etch could go and also how long it could stay in the solution before the resist started to wear away.
The image came out but its not a very deep etch. I will have to have another play with the stazon ink and perhaps use a design that has heavier lines and perhaps not so detailed.
This has yet to be cleaned up some more and I think the detail will show up alot more if I patina it or use Liver of sulphur.
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