Personal or Company Wax Seal Stamp - Scale A

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Artwork MUST be approved prior to ordering to confirm suitability for engraving.
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LASER ENGRAVED WAX SEAL STAMP SCALE A, personally engraved to your own custom artwork - various wax seal stamp sizes available.

(Scale - A or B will be assessed on receipt of artwork and is based on the amount of time the seal will take to engrave).

PLEASE FORWARD YOUR ARTWORK FOR APPROVAL - We will than advise which Scale of engraving is applicable to your design.

Please make an allowance within your vector artwork which should be bolder than your proposed wax seal impression to allow for the slight 10 deg incline that the laser cuts at.

Please email your design prior to ordering to confirm suitability for engraving to Sales@CustomWaxNSeals.co.uk,  preferred file format is cdr (CorelDraw 6x), we can also view files in Adobe Illustrator, PDF, EPS, or High Resultion Jpg, but to use these files they will need to be converted to a vector SVG format for us to import the file into CorelDraw for engraving. Thin lines and fine detail may need to be thickened for engraving as they will not be strong enough to produce a wax impression.  If sending vector artwork, please place your design within a thin circle to indicate placing on the wax stamp.

We will also advise on the recommended stamp size for your design. Once your artwork is approved for engraving we will email over the correct order link and reference.

Extra Artwork charges may apply if your design needs any amendments or is currently unsuitable for engraving, we will suggest improvements you can make yourself or we will do those for you (extra artwork fees may apply if we need to do major adjustments on your design)

PLEASE NOTE on your artwork design - the black area is engraved and is therefore raised in the wax seal impression - all artwork is reversed by ourselves at the engraving stage.  Small text and thin areas of your design may not  be engraved as deeply as other parts, this is due to the laser cutting at a slight angle will cut to its maximum depth and not be able to proceed further in narrow or thin lines.  The wider the line or engraved area, the deep the laser can cut and the better the wax seal impression.  We are unable to guarantee a good wax seal impression unless these guidelines are adhered to. Please indicate with a red circle where your design is to fit on the stamp, otherwise we will fit the design how we feel it will be best suitable.

 

Instructions for submitting your own artwork and creating your own designs

All artwork supplied must be 'Production Ready'. Black and white and have sharp, clean lines and require no retouching. When emailing artwork please name your files with your first and last name or company name. All artwork is reversed at the engraving process, please don't submit a mirror image for engraving.   If you image is very busy in detail, please consider if some design elements could be removed and yet still convey the spirit of your design.  We are able enhance or re-draw a poor image at extra cost, which will be evaluated on the amount of work involved.  Artwork fees will apply based on time.

FILE FORMATS ACCEPTED FOR ENGRAVING

ADOBE - PDF, AI, ESP, SVG VECTOR 
Artwork should be BLACK ONLY on a white background, NO layers, hidden images, FONTS must be converted to 'OBJECTS ONLY' as we cannot be responsible for font format changing on opening your file if we do not have the font installed on our system.  No Overlapping images  or lines, please combine objects.   The file should not contain multiple images hidden within the file as this creates problems when out-putting to the laser engraver.  There will be a surcharge for any additional artwork that needs to be rectified prior to engraving.

 JPG FORMAT 
BLACK on WHITE Background, page size A5-A4 minium, 300dpi (we may be able to convert lower dpi if the image is sharp and of a large size)  Low resolution images will result in a loss of definition of the design on converting to vector. 

COREL DRAW - CDR, CMX, WMF
Size as per your stamp required, NO OUTLINES, BLACK ONLY, FONTS converted to Curves, Combine overlapping images with the WELD feature,  ALL Paths must be CLOSED, or this will cause a conflict with the engraving process.  Please view your artwork in WIREFRAME Mode, to ensure the above conditions are met, as they may not be visable in NORMAL mode. If your image or font does not appear thick enough, add a Contour to thicken and take away the original image.
 
 
TEXT SIZES
As a guide we would recommend that the text should not be smaller than pt 8 -9 (this can vary depending on the font used - we have used Arial for example), as most fonts are too thin to engrave, this will also need to be thickened with a contour, so adequate space around the letters is required. 
 Delicate fonts are not suitable as edge text as this will result in a poor wax seal impression due to the thinness of the lines.  We recommend a line thickness of approx 0.8 - 1mm or more for a good wax seal impression. 
 
 LASER ENGRAVING works by burning away artwork that is shown as black in the design, try to steer away from thin lines within your design, as when engraved they will be too deep and not pick up in the wax. Try to image your design as a stencil - see example below. The image on the left would not engrave well, but will turn out much better when converted to the image on the right. 
 unicornexample.jpg

wrong                         right 

The drawing on the left was scanned at 300dpi and printing onto white gloss A4 card at full size, hand painting into a stencil effect using black and white Gouache paint, as the paint is opaque, you can paint the white over the black. The final painting is then re-scanned at 300dpi, lineart - fine quality mode, to give a good jpg image to work with for engraving. The scanned painting is then traced into vector format using Corel Trace to give an image for engraving. 

Bear in mind when creating designs for laser engraving, that you do not use thin lines in your design, the laser burns deep, so thin areas may not make an imprint in the wax. Black filled areas work best where possible. Thin fonts will need to have a contour applied to make them heavier. 

Submitted Designs not up to the above recommendations may require editing or even redrawing altogether, there is an extra fee for this service, ranging from simple touching up, to a total redraw of your design, you will be advised of this prior to your ordering and advised the scale of service you need to select in the shopping cart.

 

 

Dispatch:
3-7 Working Days
Material:
Solid Brass & Wood
Production:
Laser Engraved in house

Reviews

  • 5
    Outstanding service........

    Posted by Stephen Moore on 5th Oct 2013

    Jackie headlined a very professional and very personal shopping experience. Keeping me informed of progress throughout, from design to dispatch. Indeed, the quality and final touches made it all very special. All business should be done like this. Others have a lot to learn....... Well done Jackie. I'll be shopping with you again. Suffice, I Am very happy.

  • 5
    Gold award

    Posted by National Trust on 4th Oct 2013

    Thanks to you all for creating a great stamp that we used to put a seal on trophies for our recent surfing competition. The team were really helpful with taking our design and turning it into a successful stamp. Really good communication and good will throughout thanks

  • 5
    great product

    Posted by Ben Goodwin on 23rd Sep 2013

    really impressed would order again

  • 5
    Best service money can buy :)

    Posted by Coddan Cpm Ltd on 5th Sep 2013

    In the past we have ordered a number of custom seals for our clients, and in short, not only they provide the best seals they can offer, they are also one of the few who cares about customer care and quality. Happy to purchase their seals / service and more than happy to order again with them in the near future.

  • 5
    Amazing

    Posted by Unknown on 23rd Jul 2013

    I custom ordered my seal and Jackie helped me with the design. It was one of the best and most personal experience I have ever had when purchasing an item. The seal looks so cool! Thanks again!

  • 5
    Good service and product

    Posted by Unknown on 11th Jul 2013

    Quick responses and good advice. Will shop from them again

  • 5
    Excellent Gift and Service

    Posted by James Black on 3rd Jul 2013

    Support in trying to make my purchase was excellent; advice and effort from Wax n' Seals was greatly received. The finished article was very well produced.

  • 5
    Very Happy Customer....

    Posted by Gareth on 2nd Jul 2013

    I am writing to say how happy I am with the seal that you and your team made for me. The end result is fantastic and really shows the image well. I must also say that I am impressed with your service overall, both times I contacted you I found you to be very helpful and unhurried in your dealings with me. I am also impressed by how quickly you were able to take my order from the original image and make it into the seal and have it delivered. I would like to say thank you for the free stick of wax you gave me and the sample seal impressions you did. I have one question about those samples though; two of them you have managed to colour the background without colouring the raised areas, I was just wondering how you managed to achieve this. Hi Gareth - I am glad you liked your seal :) the effect you mention is achieved with the use of a high-lighting ink pad, these are available on our site in 'Tools & Accessories' - simple really when you know how .....

  • 5
    Excellent

    Posted by Gareth on 1st Jul 2013

    Fantastic service from start to finish. The seal is excellent quality and produces pin sharp images in the wax. I would definitely recommend this company/service for use.