Speedball Professional Relief Ink

Sadly it was leaking when it arrived

Well, I'm used to using tubes of oil-based black ink, to do my lino-prints with, but I thought I would give this product a go. The ink that I regularly use comes out of the old-style tubes very thick, and sticky, which is good, and the rolling of the ink out on a glass plate is also very good and efficient, but this stuff (which was quite expensive) was hardly sticky at all, and I found that it was pretty horrible to use. After ten minutes of trying it, I threw the pot of it in the refuse bin! Good!... Back to the tubes!

The product was delivered as described and as promised. Its a great product that helps me achieve the best results in my printmaking.

Really loving working with this ink. I’ve been printing lino on kraft cardstock with it and the prints look great, and they dry fairly quickly too. I love that everything washes up easily too.

Esta tinta es de lo mejor en el mercado para grabado en relieve. Recomendado!

Looked like it had been opened and used.

When just starting in lino carving I was trying to find affordable supplies. The price of this ink was very reasonable and it's a lot of ink! Just takes a little bit to do a series of prints. It's oil base so dry time is slower than water base. In the learning curve that is a plus because the ink doesn't dry up on the lino block while you're printing. I use it for mono (one color) prints. On some pieces, I come back with watercolor paints to add highlights. Take some time to clean up the inside of the lid and the lip around the canister to make use less messy. Good ink at a good value.