What's the difference between Soft & Hard Enamel finishes?

Soft enamel pin badges are produced with a recess where the enamel sits in a slight dip, the raised metal is therefore slightly higher on the pin than the enamel.  Hard enamel pin badges are polished flat with the metal and enamel on the same level.  Visually soft enamel badges have slightly more definition between colours as the metal lines are more obvious where the enamel dips into the surface.  Hard enamel can look less defined as the enamel merges slightly over the metal lines, as the enamel & metal are finished to the same level.  The design differences between the two processes are very subtle but provide a slightly different look and feel to your badge.

Artwork Guidelines
Soft enamel pins are made with thin raised metal lines to separate each enamel colour; this prevents the colours running into each other. If you are designing your own artwork, please remember to separate each colour with a border (to represent the thin lines of raised metal on your pin).

Colour Limitations
Due to the nature of the dark enamel pin plating options such as black dye or black nickel, the pantones you select may turn out darker than the pantone colour, so an exact match cannot be achieved with these finishes