Question About Soaker Liquid

My experience with normal stamps (not peel and stick) is that it is time in water, not water temperature that matters. Have the water as hot as your hands can stand and add a drop of dishwashing liquid. This means the stamps are in water for a shorter period of time.

Ronsonol no longer contains naphtha. The following link is a Martin Guitar site but it has information that will be useful to anyone who believes Ronsonol is basically naphtha. http://theunofficialmartinguitarfor....UoTtp5R4ZXc

@64idgaf: Does the hotter water not damage the stamp??
I heard how hotter how more the colors come off the stamp...

Very hot water should not damage stamps but might cause coloured envelope paper to leach faster. Trick is to get the stamps in and out of their bath as quickly as possible and change water if you see any discoloration in the water.

Okay, thanks for the information.
I'm just finished with 200 grams on paper, with a bath of water at body temperature.


Greetings, Rik

The Material Safety Data Sheet stated about two years ago that it was 100% naphtha. If there are any other substances they would only be there in trace amounts, Google not withstanding. (Naphtha itself is sort of a generic term, and may be any of several substances.) I don't know if Coleman's formula has changed in the past couple of years. I've been using Ronsonol/Coleman fuel for years with no ill effects on me or on the stamps. The can that I have right now is not Coleman brand, so I can only assume that it is identical. I don't know what you might find in it in Guatamala, so try it on inexpensive stamps first.



HAHA I was a moderator on the UMGF site for several years...funny you picking that one. Incidentally, the UMGF is an independent non-profit organization, not owned or controlled by the CF Martin company.

As far as Ronsonol not containing naphtha any longer: the MSDS states right on it that it contains 30% naphtha. I haven't tried the new formula so I can't say if it works for watermarking or not, but I would bet it will. Again, try it first with inexpensive stamps.