question about embossing

Hi, I'm a beginner to rubber stamping and just tried embossing for the
first time yesterday. I followed the steps... ink stamp with pigment
ink, stamp paper, cover stamped image with powder, tap off excess, set
with heat gun. I used a gold embossing powder and it came out very
nice, but I noticed that when I touched the embossed image, a very thin
film of powder (?) ended up on my finger.... sort of like how some
metallic tissue papers make of mess of your hands. I'm wondering if
this is normal or if anyone might know the cause if it's not normal...
Thanks,
Melissa

Melissa wrote:
Hi, I'm a beginner to rubber stamping and just tried embossing for the
first time yesterday. I followed the steps... ink stamp with pigment
ink, stamp paper, cover stamped image with powder, tap off excess, set
with heat gun. I used a gold embossing powder and it came out very
nice, but I noticed that when I touched the embossed image, a very thin
film of powder (?) ended up on my finger.... sort of like how some
metallic tissue papers make of mess of your hands. I'm wondering if
this is normal or if anyone might know the cause if it's not normal...
Thanks,
Melissa


Melissa,

How mysterious! I have not run into that particular issue, though maybe
someone else has and will reply later. There was one powder I used that
had a tendency to flake off even after heat setting. It also came out
flat rather than shiny/embossed, even though from the labeling it
should've been the same type of powder I'd used before, though not the
same brand. So I think there is probably a brand difference, based on
that experience, that might be causing your problem. Of 3 bottles of
gold powder now, PSX, Stampin Up, and the other brand that rubbed off
(can't remember the brand name), PSX has been my favorite.

Sorry I don't have any more info for you!

Barbara

Some of the embossing powders have tinsel in them and they are harder to set
than the others. You can actually over heat them.

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Melissa wrote:
Hi, I'm a beginner to rubber stamping and just tried embossing for the
first time yesterday. I followed the steps... ink stamp with pigment
ink, stamp paper, cover stamped image with powder, tap off excess, set
with heat gun. I used a gold embossing powder and it came out very
nice, but I noticed that when I touched the embossed image, a very thin
film of powder (?) ended up on my finger.... sort of like how some
metallic tissue papers make of mess of your hands. I'm wondering if
this is normal or if anyone might know the cause if it's not normal...
Thanks,
Melissa


Melissa,

How mysterious! I have not run into that particular issue, though maybe
someone else has and will reply later. There was one powder I used that
had a tendency to flake off even after heat setting. It also came out
flat rather than shiny/embossed, even though from the labeling it
should've been the same type of powder I'd used before, though not the
same brand. So I think there is probably a brand difference, based on
that experience, that might be causing your problem. Of 3 bottles of gold
powder now, PSX, Stampin Up, and the other brand that rubbed off (can't
remember the brand name), PSX has been my favorite.

Sorry I don't have any more info for you!

Barbara

Thanks for the suggestions! I played around a bit more with the
powders today. I had bought 4 colors (silver, gold, brass, clear) of
the same brand... and only the gold one gives me the problem. The
other ones worked well, no rubbing off. So maybe I just got unlucky
picking the gold :-/

- Melissa

Thanks for the suggestions! I played around a bit more with the
powders today. I had bought 4 colors (silver, gold, brass, clear) of
the same brand... and only the gold one gives me the problem. The
other ones worked well, no rubbing off. So maybe I just got unlucky
picking the gold :-/

- Melissa

Hi Melissa,

I think sometimes the gold can be difficult. Black Embossing powder seems to
be the worse. Took me a long time to learn that one!

MA

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Thanks for the suggestions! I played around a bit more with the
powders today. I had bought 4 colors (silver, gold, brass, clear) of
the same brand... and only the gold one gives me the problem. The
other ones worked well, no rubbing off. So maybe I just got unlucky
picking the gold :-/

- Melissa