Foil stamping equipment

[Stickman42]

Hello - We may need to bring foil stamping in house to provide a client with a 1" x 4" area of scratch off foil onto 10 pt. C2S on print runs that range from 100 to multiple thousands. Knowing almost nothing about foil equipment, I thought I'd ask for recommendations here. Any suggestions are appreciated.

 

[chevalier]

There are multiple ways to produce scratch off. There are inks and coatings that are usually applied via screen printing. Hot foil stamping is a MAJOR endeavor to taken on and requires a lot of expertise to run.

 

[Stickman42]

There are multiple ways to produce scratch off. There are inks and coatings that are usually applied via screen printing. Hot foil stamping is a MAJOR endeavor to taken on and requires a lot of expertise to run.

I was afraid that this would be the case. Since we are an all-digital shop, can you point me towards any screen print resource that would be worthwhile?

 

[edocpublish.com]

i use stickers and i apply them using a wafer seal machine. Kirkrudy has one, buskro has a tabbed too. you case buy these stickers cheap and apply them to digital prints. you can even use a small desktop tabbed to start with low volume.
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If you still need to do foil stamping, the best machine is Kluge. I have one for sale. I own 5 of them. They run for ever. a quick web search will show you that they machines run for 50 60 years with just minor repairs and lubrication. Mine is a recent one with all of the safety / OSHA guards on it and auto breaking system.

 

[Stickman42]

I have been supplying this work to our client using the scratch-off stickers. However, thanks to a bad batch that wouldn't scratch off, the client is now insisting on foil. Thanks edcopublish for the pointer towards Kluge. My local supplier runs them too. I would love to just give this work over to him, but turnaround time does not allow that.