Coloring Process Category of Metal the metal crafts

Class of the day-- Coloring Process Category

As you know, there are four major categories of the coloring process for the metal craft, they are hard enamel, imitation hard enamel, soft enamel and printing ink.

Hard enamel is a kind of mineral powder, which is only with fixed dozens of color options. It can’t be required to match the international pantone color book exactly since the colors are just born as what they are. The color effect is a little dull and not too bright. It has the ancient color effect as well as has some unavoidable impurities. The well fired hard enamel color is quite hard to be pierced into and can’t be stabbed with a sharp object. But it is also quite brittle and crisp which means it will break easily with smash or impact.

Imitation hard enamel is actually the resin. It has wide selection of the different colors. We can adjust the colors just according to the international pantone color book by adjusting the different color compositions. Just one color is unachievable for it, it is pure white. The white for imitation hard enamel is always a kind of beige or cream white. The imitation hard enamel color is the brightest color on all the color process options. Comparing to hard enamel, it’s complete pure and no flaws inside. Also, it is soft and not high temperature resistant. It could be stabbed with the sharp object easily but it won’t get break by smashing.

Soft enamel is a kind acrylic painting. The color is not as bright as the imitation enamel, but brighter than the hard enamel. We also use the pantone color book to adjust the color, the color tolerance is within 10%.

Printing ink, just as its name implies, it is printing on the metal coin and badge or other metal crafts’ surface, we have silkscreen print, offset print and UV print. The printing ink is quite easy to be scratched off. So people would generally add a layer of epoxy on the surface to protect it. We also use the pantone color book to adjust the color.

 

Different coloring process has different characteristics as well as advantages and disadvantages. More details keep coming, please look forward to our further sharing.

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