Okay can anyone give me some suggestions for mounting the speedball
pink stuff please? I just tried it for the first time, love the way
it carves, but the images are a little large and seem a bit unstable
without backing. I would really appreciate the help!
pandora{HIB} - Iron`Bear's addicted letterboxer
Mounting the Pink Stuff
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Started on 2003-10-21
Mounting the Pink Stuff
From: pandora{HIB} (hispandora@phlsystems.com) |
Date: 2003-10-21 14:22:46 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Mounting the Pink Stuff
From: Steve S. (kerjin@myndworx.com) |
Date: 2003-10-21 07:34:33 UTC-07:00
I use a substance called "GOOP" Outdoor Adhesive. WE discovered it at Walgreens one day and have been using it ever since. It's a tad messy, but well worth it. I even use it to clue the "What's this?" paper to the inside of the Letterbox. It's very flexible and it glues the stamps to the wood we use perfectly.
Steve of Rayvenhaus
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
The PNWLb Website - http://www.myndworx.com
(Whose sig can be seen at http://www.myndworx.com/rayvenhaus )
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From: pandora{HIB}
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Subject: [LbNA] Mounting the Pink Stuff
Okay can anyone give me some suggestions for mounting the speedball
pink stuff please? I just tried it for the first time, love the way
it carves, but the images are a little large and seem a bit unstable
without backing. I would really appreciate the help!
pandora{HIB} - Iron`Bear's addicted letterboxer
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From: pandora{HIB}
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 7:22 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Mounting the Pink Stuff
Okay can anyone give me some suggestions for mounting the speedball
pink stuff please? I just tried it for the first time, love the way
it carves, but the images are a little large and seem a bit unstable
without backing. I would really appreciate the help!
pandora{HIB} - Iron`Bear's addicted letterboxer
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Re: [LbNA] Mounting the Pink Stuff
From: pandora{HIB} (hispandora@phlsystems.com) |
Date: 2003-10-21 15:04:21 UTC
Thanks Steve!!
I will take a look for it... about how long does it take to set and
what sort of wood are you mounting too if I might ask? Are you
putting anything between the wood and the stamp??
Going to try and get this stuff today so if you could let me know I
would really appreciate it.
Can't wait to see you at Fright Fest
pandora{HIB} - Who put the chaos in Team Chaos
I will take a look for it... about how long does it take to set and
what sort of wood are you mounting too if I might ask? Are you
putting anything between the wood and the stamp??
Going to try and get this stuff today so if you could let me know I
would really appreciate it.
Can't wait to see you at Fright Fest
pandora{HIB} - Who put the chaos in Team Chaos
Re: [LbNA] Mounting the Pink Stuff
From: RayvenMom (RayvenMom@myndworx.com) |
Date: 2003-10-21 08:35:46 UTC-07:00
It sets pretty quickly into a "soft stage" in about an hour, but to be sure
of it's 'take', we typically wait 24 hours before using the stamp...
We used to put a thin piece of foam between the stamp and the wood backing,
but soon realized that the foam really didn't have much to do in the
pressing of the image and only served to make the stamp look more like a
store-bought stamp...
As for the wood backing, we do it a couple of different ways... for the
smaller stamps (i.e. 1x2, 2x2, 2x3, etc.) you can get pre-cut pieces at most
craft stores like Michael's which is where we get ours... they are sold in
packages of 5 pieces or so, depending on the size, and are relatively
inexpensive... for the bigger stamps, RayvenDad goes out into his woodshop
and cuts the size needed from scrap lumber and such on his scroll saw... As
a matter of fact, when the ones that we have bought are all gone, he'll be
making all of the wood backings himself from plywood... The 'PNWLb Fright
Fest '03' stamp is backed by a piece of lumber that is about a 1/2 inch
thick so not all backings have to be thin... I guess it's just a matter of
preference...
"On the Mend" RayvenMom
> Thanks Steve!!
>
> I will take a look for it... about how long does it take to set and
> what sort of wood are you mounting too if I might ask? Are you
> putting anything between the wood and the stamp??
>
> Going to try and get this stuff today so if you could let me know I
> would really appreciate it.
>
> Can't wait to see you at Fright Fest
>
> pandora{HIB} - Who put the chaos in Team Chaos
of it's 'take', we typically wait 24 hours before using the stamp...
We used to put a thin piece of foam between the stamp and the wood backing,
but soon realized that the foam really didn't have much to do in the
pressing of the image and only served to make the stamp look more like a
store-bought stamp...
As for the wood backing, we do it a couple of different ways... for the
smaller stamps (i.e. 1x2, 2x2, 2x3, etc.) you can get pre-cut pieces at most
craft stores like Michael's which is where we get ours... they are sold in
packages of 5 pieces or so, depending on the size, and are relatively
inexpensive... for the bigger stamps, RayvenDad goes out into his woodshop
and cuts the size needed from scrap lumber and such on his scroll saw... As
a matter of fact, when the ones that we have bought are all gone, he'll be
making all of the wood backings himself from plywood... The 'PNWLb Fright
Fest '03' stamp is backed by a piece of lumber that is about a 1/2 inch
thick so not all backings have to be thin... I guess it's just a matter of
preference...
"On the Mend" RayvenMom
> Thanks Steve!!
>
> I will take a look for it... about how long does it take to set and
> what sort of wood are you mounting too if I might ask? Are you
> putting anything between the wood and the stamp??
>
> Going to try and get this stuff today so if you could let me know I
> would really appreciate it.
>
> Can't wait to see you at Fright Fest
>
> pandora{HIB} - Who put the chaos in Team Chaos
Re: Mounting the Pink Stuff
From: Bigguy (bigguy9210@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-10-21 15:46:01 UTC
I use a general purpose 10 minute epoxy available almost anywhere to
mount the pink stuff on 1/4 inch hobby plywood cut to size. It sets
quickly, seems to be immune to water, and no warpage problems noted
so far. Hope this helps!
Bigguy
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "pandora{HIB}"
wrote:
> Okay can anyone give me some suggestions for mounting the speedball
> pink stuff please?
mount the pink stuff on 1/4 inch hobby plywood cut to size. It sets
quickly, seems to be immune to water, and no warpage problems noted
so far. Hope this helps!
Bigguy
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "pandora{HIB}"
> Okay can anyone give me some suggestions for mounting the speedball
> pink stuff please?
Re: [LbNA] Mounting the Pink Stuff
From: Silent Doug (silentdoug@letterboxing.info) |
Date: 2003-10-21 13:27:27 UTC-04:00
pandora{HIB} wrote:
>Okay can anyone give me some suggestions for mounting the speedball
>pink stuff please? I just tried it for the first time, love the way
>it carves, but the images are a little large and seem a bit unstable
>without backing. I would really appreciate the help!
Check out this tutorial on mounting stamps:
http://www.letterboxing.info/articles/00000012.shtml
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Silent Doug, P37 F222 E06 X27
silentdoug@letterboxing.info
http://www.letterboxing.info
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>Okay can anyone give me some suggestions for mounting the speedball
>pink stuff please? I just tried it for the first time, love the way
>it carves, but the images are a little large and seem a bit unstable
>without backing. I would really appreciate the help!
Check out this tutorial on mounting stamps:
http://www.letterboxing.info/articles/00000012.shtml
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Silent Doug, P37 F222 E06 X27
silentdoug@letterboxing.info
http://www.letterboxing.info
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Re: [LbNA] Mounting the Pink Stuff
From: Steve S. (kerjin@myndworx.com) |
Date: 2003-10-21 10:43:58 UTC-07:00
Thais is said in total jest and nothing is meant at all towards you Silent Doug, your website is a wonderful resource of information......
That being said, I have one comment to make.....
Funny one can do something that others get their butts handed to them in a basket over. Thank you Silent Doug for the short concise answer to Pandora's question and not re-quoting something you'd already written at your website.
Steve
P.S. Any and all scarcasm read in the previous words was intended, though not towards Silent Doug. Sorry for the testiness, I guess the weather's pulling me down lately. (soft smiles)
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That being said, I have one comment to make.....
Funny one can do something that others get their butts handed to them in a basket over. Thank you Silent Doug for the short concise answer to Pandora's question and not re-quoting something you'd already written at your website.
Steve
P.S. Any and all scarcasm read in the previous words was intended, though not towards Silent Doug. Sorry for the testiness, I guess the weather's pulling me down lately. (soft smiles)
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