Custom Lapel Pins, Keyrings, Badges and Buckles

This is a technique developed hundreds of years ago for Custom lapel pins, and is still in use because it produces vibrant, lustrous colours perfect for most metalware products. To create this luxurious effect, your design is stamped into a sheet of brass. The recessed areas of the design are then filled with powdered glass. After each colour is added, the design is fired to ensure the colours do not bleed together. Your design is then polished and the brass can be plated with gold or silver etc. if you wish. Choose this style if you want your Custom lapel pins to be of the highest quality, with colours that won't fade for a very long time. This makes it the perfect choice for commemorative gifts such as, award medals or to celebrate years of service badges.

This is very similar to Cloisonné in technique, except it produces a similar look, at a much more economical price; coloured epoxy is used instead of powdered glass. In the short term, imitation Cloisonné hat pins, or medallions are nearly indistinguishable from a genuine Cloisonné design. One advantage of imitation style over the genuine style is there is a much wider range of colours, we can even match your company logo Pantone PMS colours, for perfect branding reproduction on your custom lapel pins.

This is one of the most popular techniques for custom keyrings, and especially for souvenir and Flag pin badges. More economical than imitation Cloisonné, die struck soft enamel is stamped, plated, and then painted before being fired. An epoxy coating is then applied to give the design a glossy shine, and also help protect from cracking or colour fading. Like imitation Cloisonné die struck soft enamel styles, have an extremely wide range of colour choices available, including Pantone PMS paints. This technique is versatile, economical and hard-wearing, making it the perfect choice for many products including metalware products, that will see a lot of use with a large production run.

This is the most popular technique in Australia for manufacture, as it allows for incredibly fine detail. Instead of your design being stamped, it is chemically etched into the base, and then hand colour filled, fired and polished. To protect the colours and design a coat of clear epoxy is applied to the product. On top of being the best technique for intricate designs, photo etching offers a wide variety of colours and is the most economical in terms of price of manufacture. All these factors make photo-etched enamel a great choice.

This is a technique most often used for Custom Lapel pins, in conjunction with Cloisonné and colour etched, to apply detail work such as small print or logos that cannot be achieved through those techniques alone. However, silk screen printing can work well by itself, and is applied directly to the metal, and there is no limit to the number of screens that can be applied, and the artwork can be fine or contain precise lettering. In addition, Pantone PMS inks are available to perfectly match your corporate colours and company logo. Due to the flexibility of there being no need to stamp your design into the product, silk screen printing is a good option for high-volume, low-cost uses.

This is a simple technique that can produce an antique look, or a clean looking design without colours, with dimension. Generally the product is made of brass or steel, stamped with your design and then plated to your specification. The finished product is often sandblasted or polished. The classic look of a simple die struck pin, custom made badges or medallions make great gifts for clubs and companies in Australia.

These are used for many of the same applications as colourless die struck products, as they have a similar classic appeal, although the pewter products are created by using a mould rather than stamping, so your design comes away from the product rather than being recessed into it. Like die struck, the zinc/pewter technique is good for small details, and cut out designs, and 3D designs like Custom bottle opener keyring products, and they can be plated and polished if you wish. Also excellent for Enamel pin maker styles, they are most often produced using a thick die struck brass, copper or zinc alloy. Often used as souvenirs, awards or celebratory gifts for clubs, and for other corporate organisations, they can have as much or as little detail as you require on the custom badges, with or without colour fill. We have produced quality custom coins and flag pin badges and custom keyrings for many associations all over Australia.

Used for promotional keyrings this is similar in process to silk screen printing, however allows for even greater detail, but the main advantage to this technique is the colours available. As your product is laser printed on to metal, almost any colour can be produced, including gradients and shadows. Excellent for high volume complex designs. Once the ink is dry, we add a layer of epoxy to protect the colours and design, as well as add a glossy shine.