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It’s safe to say most people probably don’t get into leather working that much. While you usually don’t need to, making a customized embossed leather luggage tag is super easy and educational.
Personally, I’ve never really liked the luggage tags on most suitcases. The kind with a slide out card always make me worry that someone could swap in their own card and make off with my luggage while I’m not looking. It might be a little paranoid, but I prefer to have something unique on my bags.
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Embossed leather tags are perfect for this. They can’t be easily altered, and they stand out from the rest of the bags on the carousel. They’re also crazy easy to make. DIY craft store Fairgoods has a guide on how to emboss your own leather tags (or anything else made of leather). The whole process breaks down into a few simple steps:
- Create a mockup of your tag design so you have a reference point to work from.
- Dip your piece of leather in water to dampen it. You can buy pre-cut leather tags for stupid cheap.
- Using a hammer and an alphabet stamp set, lightly tap each letter into the tag where you want it.
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You can read more about the instructions below. However, once you learn the process, you can suddenly see all the other ways you can customize the leather objects in your life. The alphabet stamp set is easily the most expensive part of this guide, but if you’re interested in customizing your own leather stuff, you can use them over and over again. It’s also a nice introduction into how leather is molded into the objects you use every day.
Father’s Day DIY: Embossed leather tag and tie clip | Fairgoods via ManMade DIY
Photo by Rich Bowen.
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Package with hot stamping before (left) and after stamping (middle) with the foil after the stamping (right)
Hot stamping or foil stamping is a printing method of relief printing in which pre-dried ink or foils are transferred to a surface at high temperatures. The non-polluting method has diversified since its rise to prominence in the 19th century to include a variety of colors and processes. After 1970s, hot stamping became one of the important methods of decoration on the surface of Plastic Products. Hot Stamping technology for plastic is now using for Electric Components (including TV frame, Audio components, Refrigerators etc.,) cosmetic containers (lipstick, cream, mascara, shampoo bottle etc), automobile parts (interior and exterior materials).
History[edit]
In the 19th century, hot stamping became a popular method of applying gold tooling or embossing in book printing.[1] The first patent for hot stamping was recorded in Germany by Ernst Oeser in 1892.[2] Originally used on leather and paper, the method became a popular means of marking plastic from the 1950s on.[3] It is also one of the most commonly used methods of security printing.[4]
Process[edit]
In a hot stamping machine, a die is mounted and heated, with the product to be stamped placed beneath it.[5] A metallized or painted roll-leaf carrier is inserted between the two, and the die presses down through it. The dry paint or foil used is impressed into the surface of the product. The dye-stamping process itself is non-polluting because the materials involved are dry.[2]
Tools[edit]
Along with foil stamping machines, among the commonly used tools in hot stamping are dies and foil.[3] Dies may be made of metal or silicone rubber, and they may be shaped directly or cast. They can carry high levels of detail to be transferred to the surface and may be shaped to accommodate irregularities in the surface.
Foils are multilayered coatings that transfer to the surface of the product.[3] Non-metallic foils consist of an adherence base, a color layer, and a release layer. Metallic foils replace the color layer with a layer of chrome or vacuum-metallized aluminum. Metallic foil construction has a metal-like sheen and is available in different metal shades such as gold, silver, bronze, and copper. Pigment foil does not have a metallic sheen but may be glossy or matte. Holographic foil paper includes a 3-dimensional image to provide a distinctive appearance to specific areas of a digitally printed application. Printing is often done on leather or paper.
Different hot stamping machines serve different purposes, but the most common hot stamping machines are simple up-and-down presses.[2][3] Three of the most common brands are Kwikprint, Kingsley, and Howard. However, for more industrial applications Kluge and Heidelberg presses are more commonly used.
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References[edit]
- ^Cambras, Josep (2004). The Complete Book of Bookbinding. Lark Books. p. 115. ISBN978-1-57990-646-7.
- ^ abcBenedek, Istvan (12 December 2010). Developments In Pressure-Sensitive Products, 2nd Edition. Taylor & Francis. p. 514. ISBN978-1-57444-542-8.
- ^ abcdMitchell, Philip; Tom Drozda; Philip E. Mitchell (1996). Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook: Plastic part manufacturing. Society of Manufacturing Engineers. p. 9-6,9-7. ISBN978-0-87263-456-5.
- ^Couchman, Ivan (1998). Interpol: 75 Years of International Police Co-operation. Kensington Publications. p. 102.
- ^Harper, Charles A. (26 May 2006). Handbook of Plastic Processes. John Wiley & Sons. p. 674. ISBN978-0-471-78657-3.
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