Make your own seal stamp?
Hello everyone,
I had the crazy idea that I could seal the personal letters to my grandmother with sealing wax (or in my case, probably hot glue).
Unfortunately, I don't have my own sealing stamps, so I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about them and knows of alternatives to using sealing wax.
I've already done some research online and found potato stamps and wooden stamps. Does anyone know if these work?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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Potato temples do not work with seal wax. This is something to punch with color. They can only be used for one or two days.
You can carve a wooden seal or engraved in metal. It’s fine with a Dremel. Draw a design beforehand, transfer it to a piece of aluminum or brass, and mill the line to be processed 1-2mm. When I do such works that I have never done before, I always take a test piece to practice the technique, only then I go to the actual work.
I even etched a seal. At the time, I have often produced PCBs myself, and had the material there. As a basic material, I took a defective power transistor, my seal pattern was drawn onto the metal “dach” and then etched the rest away. That was pretty good. I knocked off the connections, and then I could make that thing to the keychain.
Thanks for the detailed answer. I actually thought that potato stamps were not suitable.
The method with the aluminum is great, I will definitely try it.
Is there no sealant anymore? I have a bar at home. It is heated with a candle, let it drop onto the envelope and press the stamp into it.
Should also go with normal wax. Place a metal box with candle wax remains over a candle flame. After some time, it melts.
ATTENTION, put gloves ready to attack and work where the wax does not produce stains or is a risk of fire.
You can make a stamp from linoleum. Get something from the tree type and draw the motif on it. You cut it out with a small hollow bar and the stamp is ready.
You can also take wood and a carving iron from Opa.
Don’t you ever do that at school?
No, we don’t have any works at school.
I think there’s still sealant, but I don’t have one at home.
But thanks for your tips
If it’s important to you, use sealing lacquer. The effect is unevenly better.
I worked with both, very much with wax. Wax can also be poured well. You can make hollow shapes (for example, of mineral water bottles that can be melted well and then moulded) and then pour in the wax. Make sure that the plastic is only on one side so that you can easily remove the shape without breaking the model.
You can then glue the parts by glue or by melting the wax.
and: Cheap wax is easier to process. High-quality wax more difficult because it has a higher melting point.
Please don’t breathe any vapours. Not plastic or wax. However, they are very small.
I will try and watch it
You should get hot wax off.
Needs a much too high temperature to be flowable and would stick the stamp with the paper.
Otherwise, potato stamps work excellent in the short term. Until the potato dries and the die shrinks accordingly
but no. Wax melts easily, you can only not expect it to melt in 2 seconds.
But what is true is that it is fat. So there’s a fat spot on paper underneath. So place something below that the wax is not sucked in through all paper layers.
To prevent the punch from sticking, you can apply a separating layer at best. You can experiment with powder.
Thank you, I’ll try it out
I meant hot glue (as mentioned in the question)
Thanks for the hint. It’s pretty different for me. This is for example for alarm system wires and must be correspondingly stable. For letters too heavy and too hot.
speckstein or self-curing ton.
You’ve got something for one time.
I would be critical for wood and more contact with hot glue.
for linoleum is hot glue to hot.
Thank you.
Where do you get bacon?
should you get in the craft shop – is sold by weight. the tool there too. You don’t need much.
Thank you.