1) Do we have a retail store?
2) Are we an angel company?
3) Do we sell unmounteds?
4) Do we sell wholesale?
5) What is the difference between an art
stamp mount and a traditional wood handle mount?
6) What is the difference between a polymer
stamp and a red rubber stamp?
7) How do I price a polymer custom art stamp?
8) Can I send an electronic file of my artwork?
9) What is the turn around time on a custom
stamp order?
1) Do we have
a retail store?
We do not have a retail location. We sell retail and wholesale
via our catalog through
mail order, fax, phone and this website. We also have many wonderful
stamp stores who carry some of our designs. Check our listing
of fine retailers
to see if there is one near you. If not, be sure to recommend
us to your favorite stamp store.
2) Are we an
angel company?
Yes, we are an angel company. Please feel free to use our stamps
to create hand stamped items for pleasure or profit. We'd love
to see what you create. Please send us a sample we can post to
our website. Each item must be individually hand stamped. No mass
production by any means, mechanical or electronic, is permitted.
All designs © Repeat Impressions. All Rights Reserved.
3) Do we sell
unmounteds?
Yes. Unmounted stamps are half the price of the mounted version.
Please be sure to specify unmounted on your order form. There
is a flat fee of $5.10 for shipping an order of unmounted stamps
only via Priority Mail.
4) Do we sell
wholesale?
Yes, we welcome wholesale buyers and would love to add you to
our website. To request our wholesale catalog please send your
$8 payment ($5 refundable), a copy of your resale certificate
and at least one of the following: copy of yellow pages ad; ad
from magazine; photo of storefront; company letterhead and business
card.
5) What is the
difference between an art stamp mount and a traditional wood handle
mount?
An art stamp mount is an hourglass shaped hardwood mount that
is smooth and flat on top. The curved shape on the sides of the
wood give your fingers a comfortable grip on the wood. Art stamp
mounts are made to be held with two hands. These mounts give you
more control and allow for a more even pressure and more exact
placement when stamping an image.
A traditional wood handle mount is also made from wood but
has a knob handle on the top. These mounts work best for quick
stamping applications or large runs of stamped pieces. This type
of mount lends itself well to address stamps, signature stamps,
deposit stamps, stamping logos on bags, etc.
6) What is the
difference between a polymer stamp and a red rubber stamp?
POLYMER STAMPS:
We use polymer to create custom wood mount and self-inking stamps.
Polymer stamps are a fast and economical way to create one of
a kind stamps or stamps in small multiples. You can use a variety
of inks with your polymer stamp just as you can with a red rubber
stamp. You should blot off any excess ink on a scrap of paper
and wipe with a baby wipe when necessary to clean your polymer
stamp. Never use any heavy solvents to clean your polymer stamp.
A polymer stamp is created using a film negative and a liquid polymer which is then developed in a special machine through a process using light. The excess polymer is washed away leaving the exposed polymer which is the stamp. The stamp then goes through a special wash out process and is cured to harden the stamp.
These stamps can be produced in a fairly short amount of time and without a costly investment because no metal engravings or matrix boards are used in the polymer process. We normally produce and ship your custom polymer stamp within 24-48 hours.
RED RUBBER STAMPS:
All of our art stamps are made from red rubber. Red rubber should
be used for large runs of a particular stamp design. Red rubber
stamps require an initial investment to produce a deep etched
magnesium plate and a matrix board which can be quite costly.
Once these have been created the actual cost to create the rubber
dies is reasonable.
This method begins with a specially made deep etched magnesium plate created from the original artwork. This metal plate is then used to produce the matrix board. The matrix board works like a mold. Sheets of raw rubber are placed on the matrix board and the rubber dies are pressed in a vulcanizer using a lot of heat and pressure. After the rubber has been cured it is pulled from the mold to cool and then the individual images are cut apart to create the rubber dies.
Red rubber stamps require an initial investment of time and money. Two to three weeks must be allowed to produce the plate, matrix and first sheet of rubber. Subsequent re-orders of the same images can then be produced in two to three days.
7) How do
I price a polymer custom art stamp?
Custom art stamps are priced by the square inch. Measure the width
of your image and multiply that number by the height of your image
to give you the square number of inches. (Example: 1" high
x 2.5" wide = 2.5 sq. inches) Refer to our Custom Designs page for pricing.
8) Can I send
an electronic file of my artwork?
Electronic files are accepted in these formats only:
When scanning prepare file as 600dpi, 100% size, Black & White
(bitmap), save in tiff format for Mac and name your file using
the .tif extension.
If you have created your artwork in Illustrator, Freehand or CorelDraw
please save them as .eps files. (Do NOT convert to .eps if it
wasn't created using these drawing programs!)
And lastly, if all else fails a clean black and white copy sent
through the mail is always happily accepted. (Please Note: Photographs
are not acceptable.)
9) What is
the turn around time on a custom stamp order?
Custom polymer stamps are normally processed within 24-48 hours.
(Sometimes longer if we are away at a show.) Custom stamps made
from red rubber can take 3-4 weeks to allow for the production
of the magnesium plate and matrix board.