Custom Enamel Pins
Are you looking to create custom enamel pins? Alchemy has over 10 years of experience and have helped create over 5 million pins for artists and brands. Hard Enamel, Soft Enamel, Rainbow Metal, Acrylic and Wooden pins can be made to match your vision.
Hard Enamel Pins - Custom Hard Enamel Pins
Soft Enamel Pins - Custom Enamel Pins
Rainbow Soft Enamel Pins - Anodized Rainbow Metal
UV Printed Pins - Custom Full Color Pins
RUSH - UV Printed Pins | 12-14 Days - Custom Full Color Rush Pins
Antique Sandblasted Pins - Custom Lapel Pins Diestruck
UV Printed Wooden Pins - USA Made - Custom Wood Pins
Wooden Pins - USA Made - Custom Wood Pins - Sustainable Wood
Needle Minder - Hard Enamel - Custom Needle Minders - Cross Stitch
Needle Minder - Soft Enamel - Custom Needle Minder - Cross Stitch
Learn about the different ways to make custom enamel pins
Choose from hard enamel, soft enamel, soft enamel with epoxy, rainbow metal, acrylic, wooden, offset printed, uv printed, needle minders, coins, necklaces and 3D modeled digital pins. You can also create your own pin banners for your fans to showcase their collections.
Hard Enamel Pins
Buffed down to be a flat surface and considered to be the highest quality and are priced higher for retail. Screen printing can easily be added and these pins are often highly collected.
Soft Enamel Pins
Considered the traditional pin style with raised flat metal and inks at a lower profile. Epoxy can be added to do a mock hard enamel feel. Adding epoxy kicks any specialty inks like glitter or glow into high gear.
Rainbow Metal Soft Enamel Pins
Anodized rainbow metal is made by intorducing an electrical charge to the metal while submerged in water. This creates a unique look to the metal that varies per pin. They can only be made in soft enamel, or in soft enamel with epoxy for a higer end feeling. Each pin is a one of a kind unique item.
Acrylic Pins
Perfect for full color images or art with gradients. Single sided with two pieces of plasrtic and a safety pin backing. Glitter epoxy or a Holographic effect can be added.
UV Printed Metal Pins
UV printed offer a high end pin style that allows full color and gradients with a thin clear coating to protect the printing. These are the highest quality way to do a full color pin design.
Wooden Pins
UV printed pins allow you to print in full color on poplar wood. A backstamp logo or sequential numbering can be added.
Wooden pins without ink are made right here in the USA and feature raised lighter areas and recessed, burned areas for a two tone look to your pins. Very fast turn around times.
Needle Minders
Hard or Soft enamel with a flat back and two magnets. One is glued to the back and the other magnetc draws to the first so it can be used as a needle minder. The surface will also have a magnetic pull to keep needle in place. These are done on zinc alloy which is not megnetic natually to allow for the magnets to work properly.
Coins
2D or 3D, double sided coins. These include two molds (front and back) and work great when using one of the antique metals for a really unique look. Inks can also be added, but work best in a 2D application.
Custom Enamel Pin FAQs
Do I see a proof before they get made?
We send a digital proof for your review before production is officially scheduled. If approved, we are rolling, but if you need adjustments, we will get new proofs until you approve. There is not a hard sample fully completed to review before production resumes. If you need to see a single sample first, it will 2x the turnaround. They'd need to do a full labor run for a single item, and if approved, they have to start the process over again.
How long do custom enamel pins take to make? And Can you do rush orders?
Most pins take about a month from proof approval to shipment. The complexity of your design factors into it's turn around time, so an easier pin will be done quicker than something very complex.
The quickest options are Soft Enamel, Soft Enamel with Epoxy or UV printed. Hard Enamel pins go through additional labor steps and take longer.
Rainbow metal pins are on average 6 weeks.
If you have a rush order, please email us and we will find out if it is doable for you.
Can I do variants?
Yes. Simple variants are no problem or ones with at least 50 per color way. If you have a lot of variants or tons of colors changing, specialty inks, changes in numbering, etc, please email us for an exact quote. At the end of the day, pins are priced based on materials and labor. If we do a run of 100 pins with 4 colors, 25 x 4 and each has different colors, we are creating a lot more labor than 100 of one color way.
What's the difference between soft and hard enamel or soft w/ epoxy?
Soft enamel have flat metal and inks are at a lower profile/recessed. Hard enamel are buffed down flat. They cost more because they have additional labor steps. Soft enamel with epoxy has a clear coating of epoxy added (free to do) and creates a flat surface, like a mock hard enamel. This can be great if you have thinner details in your pin, want to use a soft enamel metal, etc. We are big fans of soft epoxy here.
How do I know if my shape is complex or die cut?
Simple shapes or ones with sofer edges can be made by being stamped in sheets of iron. More complex shapes with deeper cut in areas, cut outs and tight cut in sections needs to be casted in zinc alloy and use a different mold and base metal. The cost more because of the material/mold differences. If you are unsure, email us. and if you check out with one and needs one or the other and you chose wrong, we will either refund the difference or send a request for the remaining amount.
Can you do other things not listed, other quantities or more colors?
Yes! We can make any size, quantity or number of colors needed. We can also make spinners, latched pins, multi-piece pin on pin and more. Please email us for an exact quote.
Custom Enamel Pin Adds On Options
Glitter
Everything is better with Glitter. We have over 150 different glitter options and can help pick ones to best suit your design.
Backing Cards
Step up your branding and presentation with backing cards. Pins come assembled on the cards and individually bagged.
Glow in the Dark
Glow can be added to any ink color to give your design some excitement in the dark. It works best on lighter colors.
Sequential Numbering
Is your design a limited run? Add sequential numbering to help raise the collectability.
Printing
Added printing can allow for details that are too small for regular ink or to add details without needing to be surrounded by metal.
Translucent Ink
Choose from one of our stock 10 translucent ink colors. Go even further by designing multiple levels in your pin and having the translucent ink go over it.
Pearl Powder
Pearl can be added to any ink color and done subtly for some texture or with a heavy swirl to give movement.
Metallic Ink
We have stock Gold and Silver metallic inks. It can be added to other ink tones upon request.
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