Stamp Cleaner Recipe

Hello Everybody!!

I have just the best share for you all today! If you only knew how much money I spent in the last few years on stamp cleaner alone. I share this recipe with everybody and it has only had rave reviews! The savings are substantial, which only leaves more money to spend on the fun stuff! I want to thank my good friend Katie for helping me with the pictures (her fingers are inky as she was making polished stone paper), as well as doing the math on the cost differentials!!! Read all the way to the bottom for the recipe.

We made a 4 Litre Jug or 16 cups.

Costs~

1 4 litre jug of distilled water $3.00
2 100 ml bottlesof Glycerin $10.00 (bonus... 40 ml left over)
16 teaspoons of rose water (optional) pennies
16 teaspoons of babywash under $1.00

To be generous, lets call it $15.00


Cost of the Stamp Cleaner I used to buy from a well known company .......

2 oz bottle

$5.50
Tax .27
S&H .57
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Total $6.43

To get a 4 litre jug this way, you would have to buy 66.6 bottles and would cost you a whopping
..........................................................$428.23!




Their 8 0z bottle is a little easier on the pocket book

$11.95
Tax .59
S&H $1.25
Total $13.79

To get a 4 Litre jug this way you would have to buy 16 bottles and cost you still a whopping.......................$220.64

I was astounded at the savings!! This recipe smells very much like the same I used to buy through a catalog. It is gentle on your stamps and protects the rubber. That is what the glycerin is for. It is actually used for skin protection and can be bought at the drugstore. Rose water is completely optional, it's only purpose is to make it smell purdy!! Rose water is also found at the drugstore. If you buy the concentrate, be sure and dilute it as per the directions. You can make as little or as much Stamp Cleaner as you want. I make a big jug and store it away until I need a refill. Be Sure and use Distilled Water and not tap water or spring water, the reason for this is the water is demineralized and won't hurt your stamps.

The Recipe (All supplies found at the drugstore, just ask the pharmacist)

1 Cup of Distilled Water

1 Teaspoon of Baby wash

2 Tablespoons of Glycerin

1 Teaspoon of Rose Water ~optional (Smells wonderful, just like Grandma!)

Here are the ingredients...

Stir in glycerin.....

Stir in baby wash.....

Stir in Rose water.........

Pour into a spray bottle.....(good thing I hoard everything and saved all my empty bottles!)

Here I have covered up the label of the stamp company and filled it with my own fantabulous cleaner!! Once again if it doesn`t move it is endangered of being altered!hee heee!!

For the cover
I stamped Belle Toile in White craft ink on black paper.....heat set....colored with colored pencils and highlighted with a white gel pen. ( This technique is called Black Magic) The butterfly is from spellbinders die Fanciful Flight, which was sponged with Rangers-Tattered Rose and Spun Sugar Distress inks. To finish it off I tied some pink taffeta ribbon around the neck and added some rhinestones.


I really hope all this makes sense! I really should do my blogging in the daytime and not in the middle of the night!!

Good Night All!!
Have a Fabulous Day!!

Over & Out
El