Printing Negatives for Stamp Making ( 10) 

no, if I need to I will do another print. I'm not happy with my precision with a blade!

The way you store the resin can make a difference. Once a bit has been used from the kg bottle, I transfer it to a large black, flip lid shampoo bottle. This allows me to store it upside down (I prop it up in a spray can top). This decreases the amount of air that can get into it when dispensing. Don't squeeze the bottle too hard to get it out when pouring and pour in lines from one side to the other in a gentle back and forth manner. If you get bubbles a little gentle heat from a hair drier or heat tool can help get rid of them, sometimes with the aid of a pin. I find fewer issues with bubbles when the room is warmer.

createinspain thanks a million

createinspain.blogspot.com Go to that page and use the contact form and I can email you for more details. From what you have said, your stamp has been over cured. i recommend that you start off with a SMALL stamp until you know what you are doing or you will go through all the NG7 and not get anywhere!

What sheets? The UV ones? They are principally used for making industry stamps and I have not used them. Also very pricy to get here.

I am using a LASER printer, my Canon won't print on it either! I have a cheap Samsung laser printer. If you can't print things yourself, maybe you can take some tracing paper to a print shop and ask them to print for you? I've tried printing on Over Head Printer Film and couldn't get my inkjet to print well on that either. If you have any transparent vegetable paper, you may find that works on your inkjet - it leads to a slightly longer curing time as it blocks a bit more UV light.

@@createinspain The tracing paper was not opaque enough in my Brother laser printer. I'll keep trying different settings and mediums. I may call a print shop too.

@@veramats On my printer I have a few settings I can change, one for quality and another for darkness of print, check to see if you have too! I then set it up as a custom setting so that I can easily know I have it set correctly for that purpose.

@@createinspain I tried printing the tracing paper in the laser printer and the toner just comes right off and doesn't stick to the tracing paper at all. I'm going to try to see if a local printer business can print for me. I'm just not able to get anything dark enough at home. I'd rather not buy another printer. :)

No, too expensive!

createinspain yes I am finding that out. I recentlyrics switched over to using the pouches cause I actually have a business making Stamps but oh my I take 5 steps up to go 10 back with the exposure times...I actually have a more professional machine but lately have been wasting so much materials with the pouches. you have to be sooooo careful when scrubbing the plates clean. so thinking about going back to the old way BUT gotta get these bubbles under control .

Merlin - Sorry I didn't get there sooner! Would you believe I had tried pretty much every paper I could get my hands on. What did it in the end was near success with tissue paper - but it wasn't heavy enough to hold enough ink. I didn't have any tracing paper, but when I saw some while out shopping, I decided it wouldn't hurt to try that too!

I actually knew about the tracing paper before but i never tried cause i got all kind of information that it’s not reccomented and would’nt work and what ever. And i was not really sure what the tracing paper means 😀😀 now i looked up and what do you know - it’s the same paper i never tried.

Merlin - I do wonder if misinformation is put out by various businesses who want to make money from selling outrageously expensive materials! As you can see, it works - or at least it does with my method, obviously I don't have the imagepac kit to try it with that. However, the cost of those sachets compared to the bottles.....and now that the method is clean, I see no reason to. The only real difference though is whatever type of plastic those sachets are made of and possibly a different thickness of glass, that affect the timing.

createinspain yea... allthough the negative film is really good, it’s A4 format, so i have to print whole sheet full of different images and projects. otherwise i’ll loose the film cause it’s almost impossible to print on some little peace of film. how did you print on the tracing paper? it is so thin. did you feed it to the printer with a regular printing paper?

i think they are made of food sealer material there are different thicknesses it looks like the thinner plastic

Madhatters - the VX55 is pretty much the same - slightly firmer and slightly dearer.

Merlin, good news indeed! Hopefully, you will be stamp making very soon! I have also managed to print negatives on an old laser printer, just by using normal paper setting, best quality and dark colour setting. Not quite as good as the inkjet but cheaper to run! Let me know when your gel arrives - you may find the label is not what you expect. When I know exactly what it is I may be able to give you fairly accurate timings.

The polymer will be that new one they have - VX55 i beliebe. Maybe i should ask the seller whats the difference

Merlin, most likely they won't know! I do wonder if they just brand them differently for different countries or markets.

Well... as long it’s clear and sticky polymer, i’ll be happy. Beacuse i actually can make a small business out of it so i deffinutely need a photopolymer which sticks to the acrylic block. If i find out whats the difference between VX55 and i55HV then i’ll let you know. Also i saw a video where one india guy made negative out of butter paper 😀 and used it with all the professional equipment.

It will stick to the block, no worries about that!

I get 3 1 kg bottles at a time. When I first contacted them, there was no rep for Spain that I could find. I rang the UK and told them that I design my own stamps and wanted to source it here. They told me they had a new rep and gave me contact details, but he ignored me. I went back to them and said I wanted 3 bottles but the guy isn't answering his emails. They contacted him and the next thing I knew, he turned up on my doorstep! My spanish is not brilliant but he had a catalogue and I showed him what I wanted. He went away having said he would get it, then I heard nothing. Eventually hubby spoke to someone in the UK and I think they put the order through to him - although payment is a bit weird in that he had to set up an account. Now though, it is (he says) simply a matter of sending in a new order when I need it. When I looked at the latest lot I got at Christmas, I asked hubby if he had ordered the same type - he said he had, but this is definitely different - the times are much shorter and the result is even better - it is firmer and not so sticky once finished. I suspect it all comes from the same place in Mumbai or somewhere and re labelled! I think that it is only being persistent that will work! The strange thing is, I looked at the spanish catalogue on line today and the NG7 that I now have, isn't even listed.......but hubby bought it at the end of last year!

thank you i will just keep trying i am determined to find a regular suppler once i have made up my mind there is no stopping me lol

Maria - There is a whole selection of videos on my channel that show, how exactly the process is done. I suggest you look at them all and then come back with any questions you still have.