I am trying to remove the wood blocks from my rubber stamps. The wood comes off great, but the foam is a bugger to get off. At the rubber stamp convention the gal convinced me with a little microwaving it would all come off so nicely. Not the case with the foam part. I have new foam with the static cling for the acrylic blocks to replace it with, but hesitate to stick it to the rubber stamps when I can't get all the foam off. It would be lumpy. Any suggestions?
Lynne
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Ronni's tips...
Just incase a few of you wanted to know some tips. Between Ronni and a friend of mines tips I got 43 (I want to say rubbers, but that just sounds wrong tee hee) rubber stamps taken off their block of wood and the sticky foam. Yes, I actually got a blister it was so funny. Ronni warned me and I just thought it wouldn't happen to me. haha What I know stamps with gray foam/ good come off fairly easy. Stamps with black foam if one can get into the right layer it will come off nicely, but finding the layers is the tricky part. Stamps with red foam spell stop. OK I'm not going to let it stop me, but they are the major buggers to get off their foam. May save them for last whenever possible. I got the blister, because some stamps were so old that the adhesive would stick to the rubber. But it would rub right off fairly easy. Didn't seem like it was hurting my thumb at all. In the middle of stamp 44 my thumb suddenly went numb in a tiny spot. I turned it up to look and sure enough I had a blister. I might try gloves or a bandaide next time I do a lot of rubbing.
There were 3 stamps that I bought 20 odd years ago when the wood block was as important as the rubber stamp. The wooden handle is all sanded, rounded, stained and really a work of art. I haven't had the guts to pull them off and may never.
Lynne
Did you do that to SU stamps too? I'd have so much more room if I did that. I must have missed how you are storing them though and where did you get the adhesive or whatever you use to make them cling to the acrylic blocks? If I want to sell the SU stamps later, do I need to put them back on their wood blocks and keep the plastic boxes that they are now stored in?
I have so many questions. But then my stamps are now taking up nearly 3 shelves on one bookcase!
M-C
I have a lot of Stampin' Up stamps. I'm sure the resale value would be less for Stampin Up at this point in life if they are unmounted. BUT in a few years who knows maybe the unmounted rubber stamps will be come a common thing.
I have a small 5 drawer plastic dresser full of stamps and 2 plastic bins of stamps. They are going to take up SO much less space this way. I'm going to have them in binders. Along with the sticky foam to add to their backs I bought these binder sheets, which will let static cling material stick to them. So, what I'm going to do is have a page with a stamped example of what's on that page this the page of stamps. I'm not going to keep the wood blocks or the plastic containers. I never get rid of any of my stamps.
Lynne
I did my SU ones too... I had 4 iris carts full... now I have two 2 inch 3 ring binders full. Big space saver...
Thanks Lynne and RJ. I'm surely going to do that if we need to move again. Another project for a little bit further down the road!
Remember when Ronni says you'll get a blister on your thumb.... take precautions! haha
Lynne
I'll try to remember. I'm sure when the time comes to do it, I'll have to ask what I need to buy to make it work! I wonder if those old rubber thumbs covers you used to be able to get to thumb though paper would help. I wouldn't want to get a blister while moving my thumb up and down trying to get the rubber off the wood, LOL!
Here is a way to store unmounted stamps.
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