Hard Enamel Lapel Pins
Cloisonné Lapel Pins are made with a glass-like mixture. Colors are fired at 1,700 F for two to four minutes under an open flame and polished to give it the smooth hardened finish. Classic New Enamel Lapel Pins are similar to Cloisonné accept PMS color matching is possible. Each color is bordered with metal unless extra printing is used as a way to avoid metal in areas of a logo with lots of detail. Metal and colors are on the same level. This style pins has the highest perceived value.
Embossed Soft Enamel
Die Struck Similar to Hard Enamel Lapel Pins but the colors are harden without fire or heat. Colors are recessed and the metal is raised. Colors can be matched as needed.
Die Struck Pins and Sandblasted
Used mostly as recognition pins, this process is similar to Hard Enamel in the sense that the pins are struck. Color can be added in the recessed area. Sandblasted and carefully polished for two-tone look.
Offset Printed
For complex logos such as photos or gradations. This style pin is printed on an offset press as you would a 4 color process brochure but much smaller plates are used. This process allows high quality reproduction of logos. These pins are protected with a clear epoxy dome.
Screen Printed Pins
Screen printed process is ideal for multi-colored designs. Color-matching is available while providing the fine detail and close color on color registration. The design is protected with a clear epoxy dome.
Photo Etched Pins
An image of your design is transferred from a photographic negative onto the surface of the metal. Same principle as pictures taken by camera. Your design is then etched into the brass using an acid-reaction process. All the acids and other impurities are carefully rinsed off. The indentations are then filled with the enamel colors. Colors are inserted by hand, one at a time, using syringes. Pins are then cut out of the sheet according to your custom design. Non-colored (raised) sections of the pin are then plated to a shiny finish. An optional thin epoxy protective coating (dome) can then be applied to protect the colors.
Casting
An alternative to die-struck the cast processes begins with a cavity formed from steel ( a two-sided die ) where a melted metal is injected to create the item. Once hardened, the die is opened, allowing the item to be removed for and plating and polishing. A video of casted pins can be found on our website:
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