| Are you addicted to rubber stamps and rubber | | | | inking stamp. This means it's unsuitable for your |
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| rubber stamps? Perhaps a baby footprint stamp, | | | | employs a technique where ink flows through a |
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| Classifying Rubber Stamps | | | | Among the various ways for manufacturing |
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| Business stamps are hand stamps, self inking | | | | home. Manufacturing polymer stamps will allow |
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| and down on a stamp pad to load the stamp with | | | | is now the most common method of |
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| - all your stamp ideas can be realized once you | | | | rubber stamps, you must keep in mind some |
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| your rubber stamping ideas! | | | | to these and you can be assured of a high quality |
| You will never again need to buy from a Rubber | | | | rubber stamp. |
| Stamp Manufacturer! | | | | Platemaking Polymers - Used extensively in the |
| The fantastic thing about making your own | | | | printing industry not all photopolymer plates will |
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| with buying stamps from a rubber stamp maker | | | | a polymer with the durometer reading of 40 is |
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| Manufacturing | | | | assured of a good quality polymer so request it |
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| making rubber stamps can become addictive once | | | | Polymer Solidification - Some stamp making kits |
| you grasp the basics. You must have an | | | | employ other types of polymers that solidify |
| understanding of how different methods of | | | | under natural light or a single light bulb. This is not |
| rubber stamp manufacturing is carried out, then | | | | recommended as polymers that solidify under a |
| you can start searching for the relevant rubber | | | | specific UVA light range are always better. All |
| stamp supply to start creating your rubber | | | | professional stamp makers use polymers like |
| stamping ideas! | | | | InstaPlate as it allows control of the UVA light at |
| - Hand carved - Creating a carved stamp is still | | | | a specific wavelength to make stamps. So invest |
| practiced in some countries. A simple example of | | | | in a quality UV exposure unit along with a |
| a carved hand stamp is carving on erasers but | | | | commercial grade polymer such as InstaPlate to |
| this is beyond the skill level of most of us and is | | | | create stamps like the professionals do, this is |
| very time consuming. | | | | especially important if you are interested in |
| - Vulcanizing - You may be familiar with magenta | | | | producing wholesale rubber stamps at home for |
| rubber stamps that utilize self cling foam similar to | | | | resale. |
| EZMount for sticking to acrylic blocks. These are | | | | Strength of your Rubber Stamp - We often |
| vulcanized rubber stamps like the ones you buy | | | | come across polymer stamps with no structural |
| from Stampin Up. Vulcanized stamps require a | | | | backing allowing the stamp to naturally stick to a |
| matrix mold to be produced for each new design | | | | mounting block. While these seem great, they are |
| making it an expensive process for small | | | | susceptible to tearing, dirtying and distortion. A |
| quantities of a single design. The vulcanizing heat | | | | strong permanent backing avoids these problems |
| press is also quite an expensive stamping machine | | | | and is becoming very popular now that we have |
| for home use. | | | | products such as EZMount and InstaGrip. InstaGrip |
| - Laser - Sounds hi-tech and so will your bills be! | | | | is a new method of affixing rubber stamps to |
| You can also make your own rubber stamps | | | | acrylic blocks and is a repositionable mounting |
| using a laser engraving machine, however, | | | | system designed for mounting stamps onto |
| expenditure is high including its maintenance and | | | | acrylic. InstaGrip is basically a clear thin silicone |
| operating costs, which are much higher than the | | | | repositionable mat that sticks both to the stamp |
| vulcanizing process. Lasers are usually used for | | | | backing and the acrylic block. Since it's |
| business style stamps where a custom rubber | | | | transparent, it will allow you to see through the |
| stamp is required. | | | | stamp and the block to place your impression, |
| - Flash technology - This relatively new stamping | | | | making your stamping process easier than ever |
| technology is not too expensive but the finished | | | | before. |
| stamp has only a single colour, similar to the self | | | | |