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Crazing?
editIs the white text crazing or white plastic showing through? —Ben FrantzDale (talk) 13:15, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
- The plastic gets stretched and distorted by being pressed between the two halves of the stamping die. The plastic used in the tape is a type which turns white when stretched. Bizzybody (talk) 08:48, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
- This info really should be in the article. As it is, even though the article is titled "Embossing tape", it spends considerable time describing the machine and how it works but doesn't mention "tape turns white when stretched" at all. But that is key to the process. It's like describing a typewriter and never mentioning how the ribbon works—in an article titled "typewriter ribbon". Jeh (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
- @Jeh: - Hi Jeh, I think this is in the article. It says "The embossed characters stand out from the tape and look white due to stretching of the plastic." But if that's not prominent enough for you feel free to move it up. Oddly, I can't seem to find a good source explaining the plastic composition. Blythwood (talk) 21:41, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
- This info really should be in the article. As it is, even though the article is titled "Embossing tape", it spends considerable time describing the machine and how it works but doesn't mention "tape turns white when stretched" at all. But that is key to the process. It's like describing a typewriter and never mentioning how the ribbon works—in an article titled "typewriter ribbon". Jeh (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
Metal tape and vertical lettering
editDYMO also makes metal tape without adhesive. Some of the embossing tools also have a hole punch for using the metal tape to make tags to tie onto items. There are also vertical lettering embossing wheels for these tools. That's another piece of information missing in the article, interchangeable embossing wheels for different fonts. Bizzybody (talk) 08:50, 26 March 2012 (UTC)