Set of 26 special characters in Arial brass, size 4mm - Deco Cuir

26 ARIAL CHARACTERS - 4 MM - LEATHER MARKING AND ENGRAVING

Personalize your leather creations with this kit of 26 special Arial characters, designed for hot or cold leather marking. These brass characters are perfect for embossing or engraving a message.

These brass characters are used in conjunction with a 50 mm character holder (ref. TB334_50) or 80 mm (ref. TB334_80).

They are supplied in a practical metal box, which allows you to store all your brass characters, including those purchased separately.

Cold use, on vegetable-tanned leather :
For embossing, only natural, unfinished vegetable-tanned leather (which absorbs water) can be used.
Insert the letters into a character holder then screw it onto the handle ref. TB335. Moisten the vegetable-tanned leather, then strike the handle with a mallet.

Hot use, on mineral and vegetable tanning :
For engraving, two methods are possible:

1. With an electric creasing iron :
Insert the letters into the character holder and tighten them with the 2 side screws using an Allen key. Screw the character holder onto the creasing iron.
Heat the iron to the desired temperature, wait a few minutes for the temperature to homogenize across all the brass characters.
Apply the characters to your leather, ensuring perfect verticality.

2. With the brass handle for character holder ref. TB335 :
Insert the letters into the character holder and tighten them with the 2 side screws using an Allen key. Screw the character holder onto your handle.
Heat the brass characters with a blowtorch, for example. For a better result, you can control the temperature of the characters with an infrared thermometer. Use gloves to hold the handle without burning yourself.
Apply the characters to your leather, ensuring perfect verticality, then gently strike the handle with a wooden or nylon mallet.

Depending on the leather, the temperature should be between 120 and 200 °C. Thicker leather will require a higher temperature. The pressure exerted, the duration, and the temperature will give different results.

Foil use :
For an even more decorative and shiny effect, it is possible to use foil transfer paper. Cut a small piece and place the shiny side on top. Set the temperature between 100 and 120 °C.
Apply the characters to your leather, ensuring perfect verticality.
It is strongly recommended to do tests on a scrap of the same leather to fine-tune the settings.

Placement of letters in the character holder :
The dot below the letters indicates the bottom of the letter; it should be positioned on the same side as the dot on the character holder.
The word is written in mirror image. The beginning of the word is on the right of the character holder. You can check in a mirror if the word is correctly reflected.

Character marking on leather requires experience, which is why we always invite you to do tests on leather scraps. The striking force, the inclination of the character holder, the temperature of the characters (for engraving), or the humidification of the leather (for embossing) are all variables to master to obtain a result that meets your expectations.

The 4 mm size refers to the reference height of this entire font, whether for uppercase, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. However, the exact dimensions vary slightly from one character to another.

Features :
- Font: Arial
- Height of a special character: approximately 4 mm (variable depending on the character)
- Height of the brass block: 10.7 mm
- Depth of the brass block: 14.9 mm
- Box dimensions: 11.5 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm

Made in China for Deco Cuir