glycerin 101 for crafters!

Sorry it has taken me so long to compile a list of all of the great uses for glycerin in the craft room. Glycerin is a watersoluble plant based oily liquid that is a main ingredient in many of your art supplies. You can buy Glycerin at a pharmacy or a health food store or in the cake decorating aisle of the craft store (but that is the most expensive way) or if you need a lot of it you can purchase it through a soap making supplier online.

Uses:
Reinking embossing stamp pads. Use as is or with a wee bit of water to reink clear embossing pads or mix with gouche paint and make your own pigment reinker. Here is a video on making your own pigment ink:    • how_to_make_pigment_ink.mpg  

Add a few drops to your acrylic paint rince water to increase open time and workability with acrylic paints. It makes your water wetter!

Refill your blending pens and waterbased markers! Video:    • how_to_refill_waterbased_markers.mpg  

Add a teaspoon of glycerin to a 4oz spray bottle of water and you have dye based ink refresher, shake before using.

Make a permanent gelli plate, sciency-weincy video:    • Make_a_permanent_gelatin_plate_AKA_he...   Be sure to read the video description for updated recipe!

Add a couple drops of glycern to student grade watercolor paint in a palette to is does not dry out too much.

There you go, a fairly complete list, If I think of anything else I'll let you know!

Oh, and here is the pattern for my wrap:    • how to make a katniss cowl  

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