Magnesium is suitable for embossing, debossing, and stamping. Being a photographic process the detail will be completely dependent on the quality of the artwork furnished. These dies are chemically etched and are therefore only one level. You can buy a stamping die and an embossing die to get a combination foil and emboss look to your project. They do what is called a stamp and bump which simply means they stamp it first with a foil stamping die and come back and bump it up with an embossing die.

When providing the artwork please keep in mind fine line detail must be taken into account, as the etching will be shallow in the finer detail or none at all. If we are making a stamping die the line may fold over if it is to thin or not show up at all. Lines should be at least 1pt thick but no less than .5pt thin. Please make note of this when providing the artwork. All magnesium embossing dies are etched for 80 lb paper stock unless told otherwise.

Magnesium is suitable for embossing, debossing and stamping. Being a photographic process the detail will be completely dependent on the quality of the artwork furnished. These dies are chemically etched and are therefore only one level.

There are also other types of die we can make with the magnesium plates. Letterpress cuts or wood mounts as they are called, also metal mount dies for hot stamping, and hand stamps for leather companies. To see more information on these slick on the links on the menu bar.

Magnesium metal mounted dies are used on hot stamping machines. Being a photographic process the detail will be completely dependent on the quality of the artwork furnished. These dies are chemically etched and are therefore only one level. To make sure these dies do not touch on the bottom we mill or machine cut away the extra material to a deeper level.

There metal mount dies are used on hot press machines. They can be used to put foil on the leather. It can also be used with out the foil to give an emboss look to the leather with the heat added it will give it a branded look.

Magnesium hand stamping dies are used my leather manufactures. They are some times called maker stamps. Customers place an oval outline with their information inside of the oval. Some leather stamps are also used to stamp the companies log or brand on the leather. Being a photographic process the detail will be completely dependent on the quality of the artwork furnished. These dies are chemically etched and are therefore only one level. We machine the extra material away and taper the edge of the die so it does not hit the leather.

We recommend that the artwork or design be no bigger than two inches wide. If it is to big or wide the image will not stamp correctly on the leather.