Mounting Stamps

From: Jay Chamberlain (ae4mk@1bigred.com) | Date: 2001-01-30 11:09:47 UTC-05:00

We had some conversations over the holiday about stamp mounting and glues for mounting. I am also on the Carving Consortium eList and back in December learned about "Superstick". It is a double sided high density foam sheet. I had been trying 1" wide foam tape, but then had to piece it across a 2" wide stamp.

I just mounted my first stamps with it and WOW does it work great. When I use the Red Speedball carving medium, which is about 1/4 thick to start, thin, double sided tape works pretty good, because it acts like it's own cushion. When I use the laser engraved rubber, which is .085 thick, the foam cushion works the best. I am spoiled with access to the laser engraver and as Squirrel can attest, it does a really nice, store bought quality stamp. I pull clipart off the web or scan art and or logos out of magazines to create the stamp image with Photo Shop.

The next thing I will try is using 3/8 or 1/2 wood backs instead of 3/4, Superstick cushion and speedball hand carved stamps. I will also try and put some photos of the finished stamps on my web sight

For you that are going the next step and mounting your hand carved stamps, you might want to try SUPERSTICK

http://www.rubberpoet.com/PigAccessories.html

Superstick(tm) is our regular cushion. Black, high density, 8 pound, 1/8" foam with very aggressive adhesive. Sold in 9x12" sheets for $3 postpaid. This is the stuff that the Poet has milled to his own strict specifications by a defense contractor who now has excess capacity, thanks to the peacetime dividend. So keep buying stamps from us and we'll keep one defense contractor from reverting back to their old trade of mass death and destruction.

Jay C.
Fredericksburg, VA
"The Jolly G-man" p22 f11 x0
www.1bigred.com/jayc/letterbox/

Mounting Stamps

From: carol pedersen (pedersenteevens@cablespeed.com) | Date: 2004-08-18 11:32:05 UTC-04:00

Bindle Babe posted her mounting tutorial link ealier, and I just wanted
to say that I used this method on some little stamps of my son's
(haven't done my bigger cat stamp yet,) and the method works really
well. I like the "finished quality" look to it, without having to go
out and buy/cut real wood backers.

Thanks, Bindle Babe :-)

PennyPenny
The Pedersen- Teevens Family
South Lyon, MI

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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 03:43:15 -0000
From: "bindlestiff_boxer"
Subject: Re: first carved stamp and a question

Congrats on carving your first stamp, Ru.

Perhaps, some of the conflicting advise you have been getting may
come from people who have not carved their own stamps, but do have
experience with comercially produced unmount rubber stamps.

Those kind of machine made stamps quite often are made of a very thin
valcanized rubber material. They will give their best impression if
they have some kind of "cushion" to work with. (Either between the
stamp and the wood/mounting surface or under the paper being stamped
on.)

Most of the materials used for carving letterbox stamps are
sufficently thick that they don't need any cushion. However, they
will last longer and be easier to use if you do mount them.

I have a few stamps mounted to the thick style of fun foam. They've
been "out there" for several months and so far are holding up well.
Using the fun foam was an idea I got from someone on this list.

However, the material I most often use to mount my stamps to is
posterboard. I have a stamp mounting tutorial, with photos, at our
picture trail site. www.picturetrail.com/bindle_boxers

Enjoy!
---Bindle Babe

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Re: Mounting Stamps

From: T Prindle (tprindle@nativetech.org) | Date: 2004-08-18 23:11:11 UTC

We've had wonderful sucess mounting/backing our stamps with
plexiglass, the 1/8" inch thick stuff is easy to score with a mat
knife and snap over the edge of a work bench... a corner-rounder
picked up a tagsale makes it even more streamlined. You can even
heat transfer your original image to the back of the rubber stamp
material before gluing the plexiglass down, for a professional look.
We are using regular old crazy glue to bond the rubber to the
plexiglass with good results. Best, is these wont warp in our new
england winters (if they dont fall apart!) and they are nice and thin
to fit in our favorite streamlined rubbermaids!

Rush Gatherer and PowWow Dancer

Re: Mounting Stamps

From: Abbey Manalli (coyotetrix@yahoo.com) | Date: 2004-09-30 13:24:20 UTC-07:00

I always mount my stamps on wood. It seems to help give a better stamped image since I can apply equal pressure all over the stamp. I use Speedball's "Pink Stuff" and mount dirrectly to a piece of wood. I use E600 glue, that stuff sticks to anything, and I haven't had any problems with warping my stamps. After I glue, I place the stamp, stamp side down, and place a paperweight on it while it dries. Result, a nice sturdy stamp.

Just my two cents.

Laughing Coyote

Cherry Valley, IL

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