This Red Pepper Re-inker can be used to refresh the Red Pepper ink pad, or used straight out of the bottle with a paintbrush for a fine detail work or for direct to surface techniques or reinker techniques.The Adirondack Red Pepper Pigment Ink gives an opaque coverage that air dries on matte paper surfaces. It is embossable and can be heat set on gloss paper, vellum, shrink plastic, metal and glass.