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Qualities Of A Good Foil Embossing Dies

By Gwen Lowe


In past days, they used to craft in order to make impressions on stamps. They applied the paper embossing method which is still used today. It is commonly used since raises the letters being pressed on the surface, and they can easily be seen. Apart from this, it is used to make pictures more elevated in the papers surface. This is possible by use of foil embossing dies.

Dies are made of many materials, but the most common are magnesium, copper and brass. The material that is to be embossed will determine the material that will be used to make the dies so that they can be compatible. Of course, there will be other factors to consider, and so one should get all the information they need before purchasing dies so that they can choose the most appropriate.

There ate many types of embossing, and each style has its own advantages and disadvantages. The blind etching technique does not use foil or ink in order to highlight the embossed area. One will only notice the embossed area by looking at the symmetry of the paper that is being worked on. It is mainly done on hard paper to make it unique and not forgeable.

The second technique is called registered embossing. It is basically a form of imagery that duplicates things that have been adorned by ink or foils on the paper's surface. The other method is combination emboss. It uses both impressing and foils impressing on one piece of paper to bring out a unique outcome. It will look common, yet complex to be fictitious because one cannot tell what has been done to it.

Some of the forms of impressing include scorching, pastelling, and glazing. All of them make surfaces look appealing and very inimitable. To enhance the effect, the finishing is done using the ink and pearl varnishes. It is so suitable for a decorative piece and also other products which will be because of their beauty, for example, gift wrappers and stamps.

Alternatively the foils beautification can be used. It requires a heated coloring to be smeared on the foils for the surface to be beautiful. This is the expected outcome since it being so gleaming and with the bright colors, people have to draw attention to it. This has been done on pens, pencils, photographs, book covers and hankies. These things should not be soaked in water because the decorations will come off.

If you do not like the shiny surfaces, you can opt for the pastel foils. Normally, it has totally opaque tints and lacks the glossy effect. For the white one, when it is pressed on white paper, it provides a refined brand which is outstanding.

When you are looking for these dies, you need to choose those that will give a deeper impression so they must be highly raised. Pneumatic machines can be used instead of manual ones when one is doing embosses that are high in volume to reduce fatigue.




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