Thursday, June 4, 2009

Rubber/Custom Stamps + Permanent Inks = WIN

Does your handwriting suck? Are you tired of writing on money and want to find a way to automate your message? This article is an expansion of the Expert Mode to spreading the gospel of Chanology on money.


Stamps

$: You can always order custom rubber stamps online for as low as $4.00 per stamp! Note that you might have to reveal your identity to the company making the stamps. They might be Scientology-friendly or even Scientologist-owned! You never know. However, most of these stamp businesses are just happy to get any business at this point. Highest risk but lowest cost.

$$: Self inking stamps are fabulous since you can just carry them around. They're also quite small too; no bigger a half-pack of cigarettes. Don't forget to put them in a ziplock bag or put a rubber band around it so they don't smear ink all over your pocket or purse if the lid comes off. Store-brand stamps (from Office Max, for example), iStamp, or Trodat usually use water-based inks--these are crap. Don't get them unless you want your URLs to wash off. Xstamper uses oil-based ink that doesn't wash out easily.

$$$:
Create your own custom stamps. This is the most expensive alternative but it will ensure anonymity because you can buy these stamp sets online or at craft stores and no one will ever know what you will use them for. Examples of build-your-own stamps: Xstamper Xtensions, Stamp!t by JustRite, and Harmony Classic Circle I 1-5/8” + Small Letter Set for Round Monogram Stamper by JustRite.

Inks

- Here's a short list of tried-and-true inks that are waterproof and permanent: Memories Acid Free Dye Ink Pad, and inks that come with Xstamper stamps, Archival Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad, Vick Bantock Vermillion Lacquer Acid Free Raised Felt Pad, and Archival Ink (Ranger).

>9000 Expert Mode: Heck, if you're handy with an xacto knife, make your own rubber stamp from erasers: http://www.essortment.com/all/rubberstampmak_rlts.htm

1 comment:

  1. Ooh. >9000 expert mode for me. Been trying to figure a way to go the stamp route, but I don't have the funds. This is perfect. Wish I thought of it meself.

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