Rub N Buff on Name badges

[bill harmon]

Has anyone here had success using Rub N Buff to color the engraved areas of Rowmark name badges? My customer wants gold letters in part of the badge. Thanks for any help.

Bill

[Bill Cunningham]

When I have a job that needs colour in the badges, I use rev. engraved rowmark, and laser the filled area first, colour fill it gold or what ever, then laser and fill each colour the same way, one colour at a time (all badges in a sheet) once everything is engraved and colour filled, I just use the laser to score the plastic (about 3/4 through) then snap them apart and stick on the pins magnets etc.. Working from the back is a lot less fiddly, cleanup is easier, and the colours look pretty sharp! I used to hot stamp them, but not anymore!

[Frank Corker]

Bill - rub'n'buff (and I might be wrong here - search on my history I've been wrong before) is wax based. It will hold for a short time, but will wear off relatively quickly on something being handled all of the time. I would suggest you go to your local art shop and buy a tube of gold acrylic paint. It dries in minutes but is really very durable and will have a similar appearance, quite reflective.

[Mike Null]

There are also some IPI plastics that engrave to gold. Like Bill, I prefer color filling name tags from the back in a reverse engraving process.

[Pete Simmons]

Bill / Mike :

Please explain the method again. I must be missing something cause I do not understand.


Say I want white letters on black LaserMax, with a little blue color fill.

How would I do that?

[bill harmon]

Thanks to all for the comments. You've given me lots of food for thoughts. With success here, I'll post the results.

Bill

[Pete Simmons]

It is the part about engrave from the back I do not understand.

Do you burn all the way to the front surface??

[Mike Null]

It's clear plastic that has been painted onthe back. You engrave through the paint then color fill the engraved portion with whatever color you want.

[Pete Simmons]

Thanks - I understand now.

Clear was the key I was missing.