Glycerine, castor oil, and mineral oil are suitable;€.8. 15 per cent arachis (ground nut) oil, 15 per cent sperm oil, 70 per cent mineraloil.

Now for the inks the biggest problem in inking a ribbon is finding inks that don’t dry out, therefore water based inks alone won’t work. However you can use a coloured ink pad to get the effect as the ink is mixed with glycerine keeping it from drying out!