Personalisation & Hot Stamping

Item must be a flat plane of uniform thickness, ie. from the top of the text to the bottom of the text, or from the beginning of the text to the end of the text, there is no change in thickness. If one side is thicker than the other, when the press is engaged, the thickest part will be marked, while the thinnest part will not a clear mark of the die or type.

Suitable items are wallets, luggage tags, labels, book covers, laptop sleeves, key straps, bag straps, and other similar types of products.

Unsuitable items are rounded/puffy balloon bags, bucket bags, uneven surfaces or textures, corners or edges of large items that need to be held down under pressure.

Item cannot be more than 50mm thick, eg. clutch or long wallets with many internal pockets. When lying flat, the full thickness of the wallet may exceed the press clearance height.

Leather products with a plastic/polyurethane/polyethylene coating may require a test print on a sacrificial sample. Some of these coatings have melting points lower than the required marking temperature, so the coatings on the leather product may melt before the foil is hot enough to be transferred. If the press is not hot enough for the foil to transfer, the foil may transfer partially, looking like it flaked off or faded. In this case, it is recommended that the item be blind debossed instead. No foil is used in the process.

Client and customers must be informed and made aware of the risks involved. Despite our experience and best efforts, sometimes defects may be caused by surface contamination of the marking surface that are not within our control. Some faux leather/PU/pleather products are made in molds that require a non-stick release agent that may prevent the perfect transfer of foil onto the surface. We shall not not be liable for any defective marking on any products not made by us, pertaining to but not limited to partial foil transfers, uneven marking, and tooling marks left by protruding parts of the hot stamping press.