This trick involves cleaning your stamper with a lint roller instead of acetone. It isn't my original idea and I honestly have no idea who I picked it up from, but I'm pretty sure it was from someone over in Adventures in Stamping. I credit them for the brilliance of this.
The trick is very simple, once you have stamped your image onto the nail, simply press the remainder of the image that is left on the stamper onto a lint roller. Instantly clean stamper as easy as that and no mess...
If you are using acetone & cotton to clean your stamper then you know it can get a bit messy. Aside from the mess and the risk of smudging the manicure, my biggest frustration was always the darn cotton fibers all over the place. Not only does this work well by leaving the stamper perfectly clean, but no more cotton fibers! I have not used acetone on my stamper in months and have no intentions of ever having the two meet again...
Now my routine is... pick up the image, stamp on the nail, stamp on the roller, move onto the next nail...
If a lint roller is not already part of your stamping arsenal, I suggest you try this out :)
P.S. Let me know if you want to see more tips in the future...
Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)
OMG! Y have never think about it hahahaha But it's a really good idea, I have one of those at home... I think I'm going to try it x)
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*mind blown* lol, that's so clever!
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Are you kidding? :-) Would love to see tips from you - always! Thank you so, so much for sharing! Lint brush on my shopping list as of now, can't wait to try it.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to try it! Thanks for the tip :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent tip!! I'll definitely try it next time! I hate those cotton fibers that alwasy get stuck on the stamper!! Thank you!! And yes, I ALWAYS want more tips! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I am going to go steal the lint roller from my car and use it from now on :)
ReplyDeleteGreat suggestion. Never thought of it. I'll try a whole nail design soon and let you know how it worked.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I'm going to order some stamping plates ...finally!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such a great idea! Is that the sticky tape kind where you tear a sheet off when it gets too fuzzy or the silicon type where you wash the fuzzies off?
ReplyDeletewow! I had no idea of this trick! It will be a saver, I had the problem with the cotton! Thank you so much for the tip. I would love new tips!
ReplyDeleteThis is really smart! I always end up with fuzzy cotton strings on my stamper... :-/
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't happen to have a great tip for cleaning the plate as well? Or do you still use cottong and remover on it?
Thought it was beaching Nails
ReplyDeleteNever tried it Gina be it's the solution for my soft stampers
I use packaging tape rolled into a "donut"; same sort of concept i guess!
ReplyDeleteI have a different question - where do you get stamping plates that are big enough to cover your nails properly?
ReplyDeleteI love that trick too, and I also use tape to clean around my cuticles, love it!
ReplyDeleteI use scotch tape (I keep a length of it stuck to my lamp then replace as needed) but this seem SO MUCH EASIER!!! Now if I could only figure out how to work my XL squishy life would be grand!
ReplyDeleteI saw scotch tape mentioned in the AiS group to clean the stamper, I've been using that and it works great. This seems much easier though, I'll try it next time I stamp! Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this, what a great idea! And please post more tips and tricks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a simple, yet genius tip!!! I gotta try that asap! :D So far I've been using a medical hemostat and a cotton pad to clean the stamper and plates, it's convenient, but not as fuzz-free as your method :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteHUH! Never would of thought! You're a smarty!
ReplyDeletePerfect! Thanks for the tip! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone! I'm so glad that you found this tip useful and I will definitely be posting more in the future! Thank you for your wonderful comments :)
ReplyDelete@Inky Whiskers, this is the kind where you tear the sheet off...
@Lisa Me, unfortunately the plates still need to be cleaned with acetone..
@Harriet Lockett, What type of plates have you tried in the past? Most of the standard sets, Bundle Monster, Cheeky, Pueen, etc are too narrow for my thumb. The ones that fit are Cheeky Summer set and Cheeky Jumbo plates available on Amazon. DashicaBeautyShop also has large images... http://www.dashicabeautyshop.nl/c-1068535/big-sdp-image-plates/
@Stacy Plowman-Pennock, are you sure you didn't get a dud stamper? I know there were a lot of them going around on Ebay. I ended up with a few that I had to toss because they didn't stamp at all...
Love this idea! A friend told me to use sticky tape but I think this will be even easier!
ReplyDeleteI've seen this before but have yet to try it myself. I've only stamped like 3 times in my life. Haha. But my question is what do you do with the leftover polish still on the plate itself? Do you still use cotton and acetone? This is a pain as well!
ReplyDelete@Bookish Manicurist, definitely give this a try. You can also tear a sheet off and tape it to your work surface if you don't want to deal with the roller...
ReplyDelete@Colleen, yes the plates still need to be cleaned with acetone. I wish there was a mess free way to do it, but I have not found it yet :)
What a great tip!!!
ReplyDeletegenious...
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies! I hope you make good use of it :)
ReplyDeleteHi Sweetie! I love the way you clean up your stamp! I tried it and it's genious and brilliant! Thank You for that! I tell everybody about it on my fanpage and blog - great idea!
ReplyDeleteKisses!
Thank you! I'm so glad that you find it useful! :)
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