Speedball Water-Soluble Block Printing Ink Starter Set, 6 Bold Colors with Satin Finish, 1.25-Ounce Tubes

Ink was awful. Extremely thick to the point that rolling it onto the roller was nearly impossible because you would get so much on it that the print would be smudged without even pressing it

Good starter pack. Inks worked great. Not a fan of the gold. It worked decently, but the texture for that one was a little odd. Ill stay away from the metallics going forward. The others were great. Now I know how much Ill need and which colors I want to order in larger tubes.

Nice little starter set. I was able to use this kit with a class or twenty students. It was easy to use and enough for everyone

Good value for newbies

This product is nice, but the ink dries very quickly so I recommend using some retarder to slow down the drying of the ink, especially if youre planning on printing large editions.Also, it doesnt seem to work very well with battleship linoleum so I would recommend using it on woodblocks. Clean up is very easy with just soap and water.

This ink is fantastic, my only complaint is that its so expensive and doesnt last very long if you make a lot of prints like I do. Ive tried the cheaper inks on Amazon and they were horrible. I gotta say these are vastly superior inks that give a truly beautiful result. I block print and rubber stamp print on paper and fabric and these work very well. I also use the speedball metallics which are amazing mixed with these to make shimmery colors. I also mix them a lot and layer them to make different effects and it comes out great. It just takes a bit of experimentation! The photo shows The result of one such experiment.

A good starter set for block printing - I had been using leftover screen printing ink, and wondered what the difference was - this proper block printing ink drys a lot slower, allowing you to squeeze just what you need onto your glass for each pull and keeping the brayer from clogging or drying out too quickly. When I decide what colors I want my prints to be, I will buy larger tubes of each.

I have tried multiple times to like this product, and always come away disappointed. The colors available are very limited and some of them, like the yellow, appear to have white in them, so the colors produced when mixed are not as clean as I would like. These are fine for kids or beginner printmakers, but I would not recommend them for more experienced or serious artists. They do dry quickly, which is an advantage in some cases, but the downside is that the ink gets gummy fairly quickly. You can add retarder which does seem to help. Most water-based inks say water soluble and have oil in the ink. This makes the colors richer but you can still clean up with water. The Speedball inks are truly water-based and dont have any oil. So that might be an advantage to some. If you are picky about your colors and like to mix them, I would not recommend this product.

Good starter set with good quality products! It gave me an opportunity to see if I like this medium before investing in classes and additional materials.

One tube was separated into fluid and colour. One tube was too dry to spread.