How to Clean Rubber Stamps

I thought I'd share my favorite way of cleaning rubber stamps.

It's my personal perference to keep my rubber stamps really clean. Not only to help the stamps last but also to prevent the dried ink from contaminating other stamp pads when I go to use them again.

First, my secret weapons:
Baby wipes (nothing revoutionary there). I buy mine in the dollar store.

AND, something you may not have thought of before...
Paint Edger Pads from a company by the name of SHUR-LINE. These pads are sold in home improvement stores (I buy mine from Home Depot in the paint department). They are refill pads for edgers that are intended for painting the interior of houses. They're fantastic for scrubbing and drying rubber stamps. I like them because they don't leave behind any little "fuzzy wuzzies" on the stamp and they clean out all the little nooks and crannies. You don't need to buy the hardware - just the refill pads.

Here's how my little stamp routine goes...



Step 1. Ink and stamp your image.
Step 2. Clean the excess ink off the stamp with a baby wipe.
Step 3. Gently scrub the stamp back and forth on the paint pad. You'll be surprised how much ink comes off! And the stamp ends up nice and clean and dry - ready to be used again.

I use the paint pads until they look like the used one below and then grab a new one...

Thank so much for stopping by my blog! Happy Stamping.