Professional Relief Inks - Super Graphic Black -236 ml

Love speedball products because they make printing very safe an accessible in a classroom setting! This in yeilds a great opaque black, but like any other oil based ink the dry time is super slow. Print your works well in advance of when you need them to be dry.

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.

The media could not be loaded.  The ink itself is fine (doesn't seem dry,) but I'll update this review as I use it.But holy damn, the other reviews were correct that Amazon just is incapable of shipping these without damaging the tin. Mine was dented in 3 places and wibble wobbles on the table (see vid,) which isn't great. I'll see if I can gently mallet-whack it back to a stable state. The ink was pretty chaotic inside as well, as it was shipped in a bag, not a box with stuffing so this was jangling around and upside down a lot I imagine.

I’ve been using Speedball products for about 50 years. Definitely my preferred brand. I went to college near one of the factories and found them to be super helpful in person as well.

Top quality ink, cleans up with soap and water takes a while to dry but the richness of colour is beautiful.