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[Tina]

Try this place for a hot foil stamp (or other): http://www.phillipsengraving.com/Magnesium_Dies.html

I and many other here have bought metal Makers Mark stamp from them and they do have a wide range of stamps/materials they work with.

[UKRay]

Dave,

I've recently been stamping garment leather items (jacket patches) with a hot foil printer (without foil) using a magnesium block (very cheap!). No need to wet or do anything detrimental to the leather as the heat seems to be enough to 'set' the stamp. The finished article looks rather like a standard veg tan makers stamp has been applied to it.

One thing I would say is that not all garment leathers are the same - mine is a very soft, black leather - the sort of stuff biker waistcoats or wallets are made of. It is about 1.5 to 2mm thick and has enough 'body' to accept the stamp. I have not had much luck embossing thinner leathers in this way as the stamps tend to cut into thinner stuff quite easily. You will need to be careful with the amount of pressure you apply too. I spent a couple of hours playing with samples before i got it about right. It is easy to spoil a job if you don't have the 'feel for the amount of heat and pressure you need.

Hope this helps, I'll send pictures if you need 'em but I feel this is pretty self explanatory so you won't have too many problems. I have used a hand operated Marshall hot foil press and also my big semi-automatic Marshall. They both work just fine if I set them up correctly so I guess any hot foil machine will work for you. Let me know if you need temperature settings and I'll see what can be done but I have to say my thermostat settings are dodgy at best... LOL

Ray

[BIGGUNDOCTOR]

You can regulate the temp on a soldering iron with a rheostat. Just make sure that it is for the correct voltage, wattage/amperage.