Metallay applications or appliqué are brass plates used for thick cover stock or board stock covers. Mainly yearbook companies and some book binding companies use them for their covers. Unlike a combination die that has a flat edge on the outside these dies are made to have a cutting edge on the outside so it can cut the metal appliqué. Imagine your custom graphic in gold or silver metal embossed on front cover of a book. This application can also be used with an overtone rub, in which ink is applied over the metal and the excess polished away to bring out all the detail of the design. Some of these types of dies have also been used on special edition Blue-Ray disc covers to give them more appeal on the shelf.

METALLAY BRASS DIES

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