Engravable polymer, what is it?

[Dave Johnson29]

Backing vs film on top are two different things.

Thanks Paul,

I don't think rubber stamps is my niche. Glad I tried though.

[Sylvia Feller-Dow]

I just wanted to find out where you bought the clear polymer sheet?
Making stamps is my favorite thing to do and I would love to try the clear.
Thanks so much in advance,
Syl

[Bill Cunningham]

Most stamp polymer is clear.. or fairly clear (not glass like).. The backing sheets I use are from Millinium, and are a amber colour, so the engraved polymer die is also a amber colour. When i was using polymer from Stewart Superiour they had clear backing sheets (looked like laser printer transparencies) so my stamp dies were clear (well, actually no colour, you could not see through them)

[Sylvia Feller-Dow]

Wow, I had never seen them clear like that.
I find it not very cost effective so I just stick with red laser rubber.
But I love to make stamps so one of these days I have to come up with a better way.
Syl

[Bill Cunningham]

"Red" Laser Rubber???? Hmmm All I have ever seen is Grey laser rubber.. The raw rubber I get for vulcanizing stamp dies is red, but it's not much good on the laser.. I just keep a roll in the freezer, for those odd jobs that need larger numbers of 'real rubber' stamp dies that would not be cost effective to laser..

[Sylvia Feller-Dow]

Red is better for me due to it smelling nicer than the grey kind and the actual engraving is nicer with less dust. The cost is the same. I mostly make art stamps-designing and production, but the designing part is more my cup of tea.
Syl