How to Make Your Own DIY Alcohol Ink

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How to Make Your Own DIY Alcohol Ink

With all the recipes online for DIY alcohol ink, I’m sure this one isn’t new. I needed custom colours for some resin and wood blanks and thought I’d experiment using Prismacolour Markers.

I’m embarrassed to say that this video was on my to-do list for 6 months.

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Joan O'Arc

I have made the inks long ago with Sharpies and they turned out the same. I was wondering about leaving the bottles open for a little while to make them more concentrated.

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8 months ago
Gisele
Gisele

I can’t see why that wouldn’t work… they only thing I can see going wrong is if you are using a spray top or nozzle with a very small hole.. wonder if it would plug up?

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7 months ago