Introduction and Graphic Illustration of Badge Process

Introduction and Graphic Illustration of Badge Process: enamel, epola, soft enamel, biteversion, printing, stamping process for badge.

The most popular craftsmanships: softenamel, epola, stamping (craft for common coins). Other badge crafts: biteversion(eclipse version), silk-screen printing, offset print, 3-D badge effect, etc.

Craft effect of soft enamel: enamel (PMS Pantone color) should be used in concave parts, gold plating and goldplating (metal plating) should be used in convex parts. Metal plating can only be used  in bulge parts.

Characteristics of soft enamel: these badges have bright colors, lines are clear and lively and they have strong material quality. Copper, zinc alloy and iron can be used as raw material. Iron soft enamel is beatiful and cheap amongst them. If you have a tight budget, this choice is suitable for you. 

Transparent protection resin (or polly) can be used on soft enamel badges, which is commonly known as the "glue”, notice that the surface of badges will be bright because of refraction, yet badges will lose the sense of concave and convex.

Badges with epola have smooth surfaces, compared to soft enamel craft, the lines onepola badges have a little concave if you touch them. Smooth surface is because of manual grinding and polishing processing. You can plate metal color (gold andsilver color) on the surface lines. Blanks between metal lines can be filled with epola paint.

The craftsmanship of epola badges is slimilar to enamel craft (ie. true or cloisonneenamel), the main difference lies on the different paints (One is true enamelgranular pigment, the other is synthetic enamel color paste). The badges with epola color paste are relatively cheaper.

Epola has exquisite craft and smoothsurface, and it leaves you an impression of very high-end luxury, so it’s the first selection of badge making craft. If you want to do a beautiful and high-grade badge, please choose epola.

Stamping badges: normaly uses materials likecopper (copper, red copper, bronze, etc), Zinc alloy, aluminum, iron, etc. and they can be called as metal badges. Copper is the most soft and suitable for making badges. So copper badges have the clearest lines but the price is alsothe highest. Zinc alloy is the second choice. Zinc alloy die casting technology is more appropriate for badges with inscription.

Plating effect (including gold-plated, nickel, copper,bronze, ancient silver, etc) can be used on stamping badges. Also the effect ofthe grinding sand processing can be used on concave parts of these badges.

Printing badges: there are silk-screenprinting and offset printing. They are generally call as glue badges. The last process of making the kind of badges is to plate a layer of transparent protective resin (Polly) in order to protect color. The main materials are stainless steel and bronze. Plating is not for printing badges with bronze or stainless steel surface. Natural color and wire drawing processing are appropriate. Default thickness is 0.8mm.

Silk screen printing badges: mainly for simple graphics and color surfaces. The surface of epola badges sometimes needscreen to overprint various small graphics.

Offset printing badges: for complex graphics andcolors, especially gradient ramp. Tourist attractions badges and all sorts of colored picture badges are the most suitable to use offset printing. They can scenic landscapes perfectly.

Because of the smooth surfaces of epola, they canalsouse screen to overprint various small graphics.

It’s hard to overprint soft enamel badges, yet anotherway is to plate a layer of polly on its surface before overpinting.