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When quality, durability, and a shiny finish are everything, hard enamel pins should be the only choice. It’s the second most popular enamel pin design and is considered to be of the highest quality.
If your intended use and design brief require a premium enamel pin, you should choose a hard enamel pin. From the intricate perimeter cuts to the iconic smooth finishes, hard enamel pins are designed and polished to create a surface that is smooth to the touch.
Hard enamel pins are baked at high temperatures and polished until the enamel is flush with the metal edges. This creates a perfectly smooth, flat surface with a high-gloss shine that looks and feels like high-end jewelry.
The heating and polishing process makes these pins incredibly tough. The surface is highly resistant to scratches and fading, making them the best option for items that will be worn daily or exposed to the elements.
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Standard Nail
Butterfly Clutch
Rubber Clutch
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Plastic Box
Velvet Box
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Hard enamel lapel pins are made from die struck iron, copper or brass metals.
To make a hard enamel lapel pins, we add the enamel so it reaches the tips of the surrounding raised metal. Then we heat the enamel at a really high temperature, and this hardens and cures it. This is followed by smooth polishing so that the enamel and the metal lines are on the same level. The polishing increases the quality and durability.
What differentiates a lapel pin into soft or hard isn’t the sturdiness of the pin, rather it is the texture.
A soft enamel lapel pin has a more textured feel with the separating lines slightly raised and the enamel slightly recessed. The colors are more visible and vibrant. Soft enamel lapel pins are known to be a cheaper option.
A hard enamel lapel pin on the other hand, has a flush, flat feel as the thin lines that separate each color are flush with the enamel in the design. The colors on a hard pin are not as vivid as soft enamel pins but they have a hard finish because they are cured under heat making them a bit more durable!
When making a hard enamel lapel pin, the enamel is baked and cured at high temperature unlike soft enamel which is just air dried. It is the process that hardens the enamel thus improving its durability. If you touch the surface of a hard enamel pin, you will feel a smoothness rather than a dimensional texture.
Hard enamel lapel pins are made from die struck iron, copper, or brass metals and enamel. It is the heating of the enamel that is the only distinguishing difference between hard enamel and soft enamel.
It’s easy to care for a hard enamel lapel pin. It’s as easy as polishing with a damp or a dry cloth material or handkerchief. Don’t use vinegar on your hard enamel pin ever as it can tarnish.
If you are dealing with a tarnish on your hard lapel pin, you should use a polishing agent. A silver polish and a light, soft cloth material should work. You can also use a jeweler’s cloth and polish. Just make sure you’re gentle while cleaning so you don’t get abrasions on the smooth surface.
Hard enamel pins are lapel pins with really smooth surfaces. They are made by striking a design into metal, filling with enamel, heating to harden, then polishing off for a smooth finish and durable result. Like soft enamel pins, they have a metal separating ridge between each enamel color.
You can have your hard enamel pins made at Custom Pins Now! At Custom Pins Now, we have mastered the art of hard enamel pins. All you have to do is send in your design and we will do the rest! Having produced millions of pins, we know a trick or two to ensure you get a pin you will be proud of.
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