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UK Suppliers
of Enamel Badges, Key Rings, Emblems, Crests, Fridge Magnets, Tie
Pins, Cufflinks, Stick Pins and more. British badge makers
AAA
Badges Of Quality
AAA
Badges of Quality are a British producer of quality enamel
badges, keyrings, fridge magnets, tiepins and cufflinks
for businesses, for charities and for promotional purposes.
We are one of the main producers in Europe and have an excellent
reputation for quality and service.
Metal enamel badges are a very cost
effective way of promotion and awareness.
Cold enamel badges tend to have a high perceived value
but in reality are of very low cost. The method of manufacturing
allows the badge maker to accurately reproduce a logo
or graphic image with a hand coloured enamel finish
giving the impression of high quality enamel at a very
economical solution.
These budget priced enamel badges are also known as
soft enamel badges and ideal for low run or high runs
for service awards or recognition badges.
Traditional enamel process is a glass-like powder that
is placed in a copper or brass wire shaped frame of
the logo or design and baked at high temperature to
melting point. It turns into liquid and then sets to
a very hard glossy finish.
Soft or cold enamel badges are die stamped brass or
copper and a cold enamel acrylic filling is used instead
of the expensive glass-like powder (vitreous). Metals
are polished to give it a luxurious look and feel. Although
copper and brass is used, they can be plated for a choice
of luxury finishes such as silver, gold and even black.
So even antique finishes can be obtained.
Some manufacturers have the facility to colour the acrylic
to match particular branding using the PMS process (Panton
Colour Matching System.
If you require the very highest quality enamel badge,
the traditional enamel processes is probably the only
choice as it uses glass (vitreous) enamel colours and
then fired at high temperatures.
An alternative would be the Cloisonne method. A very
similar enamel badge production process as the die struck
soft enamel lapel pins. The main difference is in the
colour fill. Cloisonné pins are hard enamel instead
of soft enamel. The cloisonné material is placed into
the metal areas by hand and then baked at high temperatures
to obtain a smooth surface.
Attachments are often; butterfly clutch,
tie clip, key ring, tie tack, safe pin, simple pin,
long pin, cuff link.
Peter Yexley
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