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Types of Inks Part 2

The development of heat-set inks and semi-permanent inks must have started a trend because once those two types of inks were developed, many others were created.

After heat-set inks were developed, another type of ink was created--the semi-permanent dye inks. You can stamp with them, and once they are thoroughly dry, you may use water-based markers or watercolors and you do not have to be concerned about smearing the image.

The development of heat-set inks and semi-permanent inks must have started a trend because once those two types of inks were developed, many others were created. For example, new metallic pigment inks were created. These inks could be permanent by using the heat setting method; others were merely pigment inks.

Also developed were new solvent-based, as well as non-solvent based permanent inks. The old solvent inks were used even a hundred or two hundred years ago, as well as in more modern times. However, many people would not use them because they were so messy. Another disadvantage to using them was the strong solvent odor that could cause headaches in many people.

The newer solvents have very little, if any, smell and they stay wet on the stamp pad, but can be cleaned easily with special stamp cleaners.

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