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

good colours for printing

the containers of ink were smaller than expected, but worked just fine.

Just what I needed .. easy and clean.

I really enjoyed using this product. I especially like the gold ink!

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

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.

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.

the ink quality is very nice. it spreads well and and the clean up does not require anything special. the smell is not strong or acrid. the colors are nice and bright. the gold does dry faster than the others but that tends to happen with all metallic paints or inks.

Im a beginner but I really like the product

the blocks are very very hard..difficult for a kid to cut thru..he is 13 years old, but had trouble cutting the design..otherwise, it is a fine kit.