Urns and flag cases are two of the products that we routinely personalize at Mark Thomas.
We have four tools to choose from, so we can achieve the best result for you:
–a rotary engraver with a spinning tool that cuts through the surface of a metal urn or name plate.
–a laser engraver that uses focused laser light to burn through the finish on a metal urn or cut into a to add personalization.
–a UV-LED color printer that prints a full color photo on metal, wood and cultured marble urns, plus other personalized items.
–a dye sublimation printer and heat press for putting full color images on select wood urns and other personalized items.
–a porcelain portrait printer and kiln. These are permanent photographic portrait tiles intended for outdoor, all-weather use. Made using special ceramic toners, each tile is fired in a kiln to 1600 degrees F. A special 3M adhesive is applied for adhering to a headstone.
Flag cases are generally personalized with a metal nameplate. Many of our metal urns can be engraved directly, but some can’t be—either because of the material it is made of (cloisonné, for example can’t be engraved directly) or because the surface is already so full of engraved detail that any personalization would be lost. In these cases, we offer a tag that can be hung on the urn, or a wooden base with a nameplate.
Our laser engraver is also used for adding a drawing to a hardwood urn. This can be in addition to “name and dates” personalization, or instead of personalization. This is actually the reason we purchased our first laser engraver nearly 25 years ago.
Laser engraving can also be used to put a photo and other information on a granite panel that is built into a wood urn.
Photos on urns are also a specialty, using either directly, with the UV-LED printer, or with a sublimation photo transfer process. Metal, wood and cultured marble urns can all be personalized with full-color photos.
Niki and Laura are pros at personalization, and are just a phone call away if you have questions about personalization.
