How To Make Enamel Pins

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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 8
There are a few steps to cover in the finishing department. Each pin has a post welded to the back. Then we apply the butterfly clutch and bag them. Your order is now ready to ship. Most orders take around 3 weeks to produce.
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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 7
If you ordered the hard enamel process, there is an extra step. With hard enamel, the paint is level with the surface. The way they achieve that is to add a lot more paint that soft enamel, and then buff them. A technician hand polishes each pin with a grinding wheel and buffing wheel to remove the excess paint.
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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 6
This is the fun part! Your pin bases are placed on racks and heated up slightly. A technician then uses a epoxy filled syringe and applies one colour at a time. This is the part of the process that artists need to understand the most. If a factory wants to change your art, this step is the reason. We need an open 2mm area to inject colour into.
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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 5
Once your pins are stamped and trimmed, they head to the spa! Each pin is attached to a metal rack and then dipped in a series of chemical baths. They are cleaned and then plated bronze, nickel or gold.
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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 4
Once your design is stamped, it moves to trimming. This process chops off the extra metal from the stamping. It gives the pin a nice, crisp edge.
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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 3
After a stamping mold and trimming die are made, the factory stamps your design into a zinc alloy.
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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 2
Once a stamping mold is made, the factory makes a tool and die set. This is used after stamping is done to trim off the excess "flange" from the stamping.
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How Enamel Pins Are Made: Step 1
There are 8 steps to making a custom enamel pin. The first step is to create a stamping mold from your art