Tim Holtz Distress Ink - SALVAGED PATINA - an intriguing vintage blue-green, with a timeworn and reclaimed aesthetic.

New Distress Color for APRIL 2021! Distress Oxide Ink Pads are a water-reactive dye and pigment ink fusion that creates an oxidized effect when sprayed with water. Use with stamps, stencils, and direct to surface. Blend using Ink Blending Tools and Foam. All oxide colors are available in 3 x 3 inch ink pads and coordinating .5 oz re-inkers.
 

About Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks

• Fusion between dye (translucent) & pigments (opaque)
• Have some opaque property and some vibrant translucent property
• Water-reactive & Oxides - hazy chalky finish over the top … ink still move but you get the intense colour from the pigment
• Different results depending on the surfaces you use (Absorbent vs Non-Absorbent will result in beading or absorbing or resisting.
• You can build opacity by layering up the inks.
   

Distress Oxide Ink Pads vs Distress Reinkers vs Distress Oxide Sprays

• With the ink pads, perfect for stamping and blending, raised surface, easy to control with the blending tool or blending brush. It's a great way to apply colour to a small surface. You have total control over the colour applied.
• Sprays are ideal for working on a large surface....to cover a large area with colour and build the colour on top of it. 
• Distress Oxide Sprays are the sprayable version of the Distress Oxide Ink Pads. However, they do not have the same concentration as the Distress Oxide Reinkers.