Self Inking Stamps, supplies exclusive Trodat brand multi-colour customised rubber stamps along with Shiny brand and traditional rubber stamps. Schools, organisations and businesses can instantly create their own stand-out identify from the wide selection of multi-colours, shapes and custom designs.
And another great advantage of choosing self-inking stamps is you save money by ordering a refill ink pad online. Simple and cost-effective!
YOU CAN also recycle your current stamp that is out of date or change it completely to re-purpose it.
Here’s how easy it is: First, find your correct rubber die by visiting www.selfinkingstamps.co.nz then type into the “search for products” field at the very top of the opening page.
To find the right type of rubber die, type in the model number of your stamp, like “4912”, then press “enter” and all the options for that model of stamp – including rubber die only or rubber die and ink pad combo – will be displayed.
Here’s a few tips when changing the rubber die:
- Hold the stamp in the palm of your hand and slightly press the stamp down to open the ink pad slot and take the ink pad out.
- Stamp the stamp on paper until the ink hardly shows.
- Then press the stamp all the way down like you are stamping with it and lock it in that position. There is, depending on the model, a lock slide button on the back opposite the brand label or little tabs/buttons on the side in a contrasting colour like red push those in and it will hold the stamp in the down position when you release it.
- Use a paper towel or something absorbent like that to dab the rubber and remove more ink. You could use that paper towel between you and the rubber to do the next part, or not, it just helps to reduce the ink on your fingers.
- At one corner gently ease the rubber up off the sticky layer on the text plate of the machine. Once a corner is lifted you can grasp the rubber and slowlypeel it back over on itself and peel away from the stamp being careful not to pull the sticky layer off this will take a firm pull (don’t panic if you do pull it off however you will need to clean it all off then). If it is an older machine it is better to replace this sticky layer anyway.
- Then you can turn the stamp body so the brand label is to you.
- Take the backing tape off the new rubber die.
- Then line up the die like you would read normally with the top of the rubber away from you and place it on the text plate taking care to line the text parallel along the body.
- Press the stamp down on paper slightly on an edge and on some models it will automatically unlock or on others the slide button can be slid back and it will expand quickly back out to normal.
- Hold the stamp in the palm of your hand and slightly press the stamp down to open the ink pad slot and slide the pad back in with the ink side down (towards the paper) and click into place and release the stamp again.
- Test the stamp on paper and check it is functioning correctly and you have it up the right way. Don’t worry if it’s not right we do that from time to time too just repeat the above. Yes you can put new doubled-sided tape on there to do the sticky bit or if it comes off in the future.
Happy stamping!