Hot foil with makers stamp.

[DieselTech]

Guy & gals I wanted to share my procedure for hot foiling with a steel makers stamp. 

1st off I reached out to Tim at steel stamps to make sure it would not hurt my stamp. He said nope it wont hurt them. 

So a toaster oven works the best for accurate temperature settings. 

Preheat toaster oven to 300°f & then place your steel stamp in the oven for a minimum of 15minutes. 

Then once the stamp is heated. Place your stamp on the hot foil on the leather & sit stamp on the foil & leather. Leave it there for 10-30seconds. 

It leaves a nice foil stamp on your leather. 

[bgentle]

Great idea! I’ll have to try that. Thanks!

[DieselTech]

Here is a couple pics of the finish hot foil. This is a copper foil. 

[purplefox66]

I like that idea.

[DieselTech]

Thanks guys & gals. I figured its 1 more weapon to have in your arsenal bag. Another option to offer your customers. 

I think it looks quite well to boot. 

[DieselTech]

Here is how I set my foil up.

[DieselTech]

Here is another sample with a bigger stamp & gold foil. 

[toxo]

I'm really reluctant to rain on your parade but in the interest of knowledge....

If you have a screw thread in the back of your stamp, clamp it in a hole at the bottom of your arbor press or put it in the chuck on a drill press or failing all else, a pair of mole grips. This will give you some accuracy when lining up.

Using a blowlamp, heat the stamp to around 100degrees F , it'll only take about 30 seconds. Check with a digital thermometer.

Place your leather/foil in the right place and press the stamp for less than 1 second.

 

[DieselTech]

24 minutes ago, toxo said:

I'm really reluctant to rain on your parade but in the interest of knowledge....

If you have a screw thread in the back of your stamp, clamp it in a hole at the bottom of your arbor press or put it in the chuck on a drill press or failing all else, a pair of mole grips. This will give you some accuracy when lining up.

Using a blowlamp, heat the stamp to around 100degrees F , it'll only take about 30 seconds. Check with a digital thermometer.

Place your leather/foil in the right place and press the stamp for less than 1 second.

 

Yeah but I dont have all that stuff. I improvised. My stamps are hand held stamps.