Foil Blocking sometimes known as Gold Foil Blocking is a “heat stamping process” originally used with gold leaf to print on to leather. It has now developed into a well-established method of decorating or finishing products. There is an extensive range of foils from basic spot colour to complex reflective diffraction foils; transfers can also be applied using this method of printing. Hot foil blocking can be used to decorate material such as plastic, leather and wood.

At Stable Print we can print 1,2,3 and 4 spot colours, metallic foils, diffraction foils and even transfers. All of this can be done onto flat or raised surfaces (sometimes referred to as tipping out). Our range of Foil Blocking machines can be fitted with shuttles, turntable and conveyor belts to cope with different production runs.

Facilities are available to make low cost blocking dies in house for tipping out work, we can arrange for more complex dies to be made for flat or convex surface work.