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Post by stompie on Aug 27, 2020 14:20:03 GMT
Anyone use coins for doing their wax seals on envelopes? Coins without a holder like you get with normal wax seals.
Stamps - is a wooden stamp better than a rubber one and do you have trouble with the inks?
Just curious!
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Post by Gary S on Aug 27, 2020 16:36:57 GMT
I use a large coin for a seal but simply used some tacky putty to attach it to a cheap store bought wax seal with a handle. You really have to get a good angle on the wax seal to see the impression down in the wax. I've been thinking of trying to make my own seal using a brass blank and ferric chloride to etch the metal but so far haven't gotten around to doing it. As to rubber stamps I don't have any wooden ones but do have issues with with unintended ink showing up when using different types of ink pads on subsequent stamp impressions.
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Post by vertolive on Aug 27, 2020 22:32:25 GMT
I’m not sure what a wooden stamp is. Do you mean the mount and handle with a rubber stamp attached?
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Post by MKB on Aug 28, 2020 0:56:25 GMT
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Post by stompie on Aug 28, 2020 3:02:49 GMT
I’m not sure what a wooden stamp is. Do you mean the mount and handle with a rubber stamp attached? No, those little wooden blocks with an image "carved" on it that you put on a stamp pad to ink it up and then press on to paper to get the image transferred.
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Post by ole on Aug 28, 2020 3:09:09 GMT
I’m not sure what a wooden stamp is. Do you mean the mount and handle with a rubber stamp attached? No, those little wooden blocks with an image "carved" on it that you put on a stamp pad to ink it up and then press on to paper to get the image transferred. That sounds really cool. I've haven't seen those around.
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Post by Catida on Aug 28, 2020 14:28:52 GMT
Stamps - is a wooden stamp better than a rubber one and do you have trouble with the inks? Just curious!
I mostly use silicone cling stamps with an acrylic block. They are so easy to store and clean. And it's much easier to get the image just where I want it (cause you can see through the block, and even through the stamp itself). I do have a few rubber stamps too, mounted and unmounted. Wooden ones I haven't yet tried. I wonder aren't they difficult to clean?
What sort of trouble do you mean, with the inks?
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Post by penguy on Aug 29, 2020 1:31:47 GMT
MKB, I assume you would have to have the letter hand cancelled to use a wax seal like that. I know when I get a letter with a wax seal, if it is a bit thick you can see where something burnished it as it was going through a machine.
I do have a wooden chop that I sometimes stamp by my signature. It was cut into the end grain of a piece of wood about 1/2inch through and about 2 inches long with a machine. I got it when I was in Korea and it is my first name using Korean characters. I suppose I could cut an image in a small piece of end-grain hard maple with engraving tools.
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Post by distractedmom on Aug 29, 2020 2:09:24 GMT
I hadn’t thought of trying to do a wax seal with a coil. Hmmmmmmm
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Post by MKB on Aug 29, 2020 14:56:29 GMT
MKB, I assume you would have to have the letter hand cancelled to use a wax seal like that. I know when I get a letter with a wax seal, if it is a bit thick you can see where something burnished it as it was going through a machine. I just put it in the mailbox, and that’s what it looked like when it was received. There’s a minor scuff on the left side. I did use a non-machineable stamp, but that was for aesthetic reasons. On several occasions I have sent a similar-sized dragon seal with just a regular stamp without issue.
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Post by michelleg on Aug 30, 2020 18:31:22 GMT
So speaking of wax seals - has anyone tried the wax sticks that you put in a glue gun?? Are those any good?
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Post by mrsduffy on Aug 30, 2020 19:05:54 GMT
So speaking of wax seals - has anyone tried the wax sticks that you put in a glue gun?? Are those any good? I have. I think it entirely depends on the brand. I didn’t care for plastic as it’s harder to get the stamp off until it’s completely cool. That’s where a roll of coins would come in handy if you’re sending out Christmas cards or invitations. I tried the glue gun wax sticks from Letter Seals but found the appearance a bit matte. I prefer shine. They’re very easy to use though. That is the extent of my glue gun experience. I settled on melting beads in a spoon as my preferred method.
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Post by MKB on Aug 31, 2020 0:08:33 GMT
So speaking of wax seals - has anyone tried the wax sticks that you put in a glue gun?? Are those any good? I just tried the wax sticks in a glue gun for the first time last week, and it worked very well. (Normally just I melt and drip Atelier Gargoyle sticks with a butane torch lighter and shape the blob with the stick.) I needed to carefully control a large wax blob for a project to make seals meant to look like Aztec gold from POTC, and the glue gun made this challenge much easier. Here are two examples. The first seal shows my usual dripping method (this was a first guess as to how much wax was needed for this 40mm seal), the second seal is with a dual temperature glue gun on low and Paxcoo glue gun wax. The glue gun is much more controllable and quick to lay down wax once heated up properly. On low temp, the wax isn't as runny, so it's an ideal consistency for stamping. The down side is warm up time and being stuck with one color till the stick is gone, and perhaps transitioning carryover to the new color. Dripped: Glue gun:
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Post by michelleg on Aug 31, 2020 14:48:13 GMT
So speaking of wax seals - has anyone tried the wax sticks that you put in a glue gun?? Are those any good? I just tried the wax sticks in a glue gun for the first time last week, and it worked very well. (Normally just I melt and drip Atelier Gargoyle sticks with a butane torch lighter and shape the blob with the stick.) I needed to carefully control a large wax blob for a project to make seals meant to look like Aztec gold from POTC, and the glue gun made this challenge much easier. Here are two examples. The first seal shows my usual dripping method (this was a first guess as to how much wax was needed for this 40mm seal), the second seal is with a dual temperature glue gun on low and Paxcoo glue gun wax. The glue gun is much more controllable and quick to lay down wax once heated up properly. On low temp, the wax isn't as runny, so it's an ideal consistency for stamping. The down side is warm up time and being stuck with one color till the stick is gone, and perhaps transitioning carryover to the new color. Dripped: Glue gun: Nice! Both look good actually, but the glue gun method looks more consistent....May have to try one.
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