Here
is a brief summary of the process, complete
instructions are supplied with the system
and procedures manuals with stamp making
tips are accessible online from this web
site.
The
first step in making rubber stamps
with the InstaStamp Stamp Making System
is to print your images onto Vellum,
an almost transparent paper like film.
To produce quality artwork you should
use a laser printer, inkjet printers
do not produce crisp edges which are
so important in producing quality
stamps.
Water
Based Negative film is part of the
InstaStamp Stamp Making System. This
film is cut to suit the size of your
printed vellum then both are clamped
firmly before exposing the negative
in the InstaStamp machine.
The machine will process up to A4
size negatives.
The
unexposed areas of the negative are
washed away leaving you with a perfect
negative. If you plan to make the
same batch of stamps over and over
again you only need to make the single
negative.
An
InstaPlate sachet is placed onto the
negative, clamped and processed. The
machine can process InstaPlate sachets
up to A4 in size.
Within minutes you will be washing
away the excess polymer from your
sheet of stamps ready for the hardening
process which is also done in the
InstaStamp machine.
The
complete process from printing your artwork
to cutting up your sheet of rubber stamps
takes about 35 minutes using the InstaStamp
Rubber Stamp Making System.
