First & Last Impressions is a company that manufactures Stamps for business and personal use. We have been producing rubber stamps for 30 + years and have always held our products to the highest standards. We now use a different process to make our stamps than what was used when we first began. The process now uses a clear Photo polymer Resin that is as durable and long lasting as its earlier counterpart and still accepts all the modern stamping inks on the market today. We use the latest technology and up-to-date equipment to keep our products on the cutting edge of the stamp market.
We use Ideal Self Inking Mounts for our Custom Business and Personal stamps that is the top of the line and Industry Standard for Self Inking Stamp Mounts.
We also now have a growing line of Art Stamps that provide products for the ever growing Stamping and Scrap booking enthusiasts out there. These are great for hand-made cards and Scrapbook pages as well as many other craft projects
Liquid Polymer Rubber Stamps
Converting rubber stamp polymer from a liquid into a solid to make stamps is quite fascinating. Polymer stamps are manufactured between two sheets of glass using precision controlled UV light which passes through a negative containing the stamp artwork solidifying the polymer. Negative production has been simplified with the introduction of water based negative technology, photographic chemicals for producing negatives are now a thing of the past.
The first step in making polymer rubber stamps is to print your images, clipart or text onto Vellum, an almost transparent paper like film. To produce quality stamp artwork you must use a laser printer, inks from bubble jet printers are translucent allowing UV light to pass where it should not. Water based negatives are easily washed out after being exposed for a few minutes in a UV exposure stamp machine.
Polymer contained in a sachet is now replacing the older cumbersome method of using foam tape to create a dam and pouring of rubber stamp polymers, the sachets have also addressed the age old problem of removing air bubbles from the poured polymer.
The negative of your artwork and polymer sachet is sandwiched between two sheets of glass spaced 2-3mm apart which is then exposed in the machine for a few minutes. Once you have completed the exposure it is a simple process of cutting open the sachet and washing away the excess unexposed polymer before returning the stamp die back to the machine for a 10 minute curing. Once the stamps are cured they can be cut up individually. Polymer sachets are available in a range of sizes up to A4 size.
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