What kinds of lapel pins are there? what are they, let's learn more about pins.
Pin, which call lapel, badge too. There is a long history to wear the pins, the pins uses as a symbol worn on the body to indicate identity, occupation and honor at the beginning, but now, pins are not only to indicate the identity but also use to decoration. There are many kinds of pins on the market now, in generally speaking, according to the forming process, it can be divided into three kinds: die-casting pin, stamping pin, and printing pin. if according to the logo artwork, it can be divided into soft enamel pin, hard enamel pin, printed pin, epoxy pin, 3D pin.
 | Soft Enamel Pin This is soft enamel pin, the material can be zinc alloy, iron and copper, but if the artwork is complex, irregular shape or cut out, then the material is better to use zinc alloy. The green color is soft enamel, it is cover on the metal surface which makes the pin more colorful and beautiful. The surface of soft enamel pin is roughness, we can see and touch on it; |
Hard Enamel Pin the hard enamel pin is similar to soft enamel, use the sample material. Look at the picture, the white color is hard enamel. All the enamel color will be done according to the Pantone C Color code. There some difference between soft enamel and hard enamel pin, it is the surface, the surface of hard enamel is smooth without roughness. |  |
 | Printed Pin This is printed pin, the material is stainless steel, aluminium or paper. It uses print method, CMYK print or digital print artwork to print the logo on the surface. The printed pin is good for the full color logo. |
Epoxy Pin The epoxy pin is that the surface has a transparent glue, which use to protect the surface from the scraping and color fading. The epoxy pin is not limited for the material, zinc alloy, iron, copper, stainless steel, aluminum or paper are ok. |  |
 | 3D Pin 3D pin which call relief pin too. The material of 3D pin is zinc alloy, only the zinc alloy can make relief effective the for material characteristics. |
According the material, the pin can be divided to zinc alloy pin, iron pin, stainless steel pin, paper pin and so on. Different material, the making artwork will different too, we will make a clear explanation in the following update.