You can explore the world of custom soft enamel pins, renowned for their beautifully textured, sunken surfaces and vibrant colors. You can learn the key differences between soft and hard enamel pins, and discover how custom soft enamel pins from Nextpins can benefit you with cost-effective pricing, complimentary design services, and expert customer support.

• What is soft enamel pins?

Custom soft enamel pins are often the first choice when it comes to creating custom pins. These pins have long been our most popular option, due to their affordable price, high-quality customization, and classic visual.

Custom Soft enamel pins are particularly ideal for designs with well-defined separated colors, making them perfect for corporate logos, branding, employee awards, clubs, promotions, and more. They can also be designed into a wide range of unique, creative, and cool enamel pins.

• The differences between Soft Enamel Pins and Hard Enamel Pins.

The key difference between hard enamel and soft enamel lies in the textures. Hard enamel pins have a smooth, flat, and shiny finish, while soft enamel consists of raised metal with recessed enamel areas.

In soft enamel, the metal plating is done before the filling with enamel. If you're looking at a rainbow-plated, black painted, or an antique metal finish for your pin, the soft enamel would cater to your need.

Conversely, after filling the hard enamel with color, the surface is ground down to be polished smooth, flat finish. With this grinding process, hard enameling may be best fitted for original metal color plating since certain metal finishes can be incompatible.

Soft enamel pins are baked once all the colors are applied, while hard enamel pins are baked after each color is added individually.

• What Makes Soft Enamel Pins a Great Choice?

Custom soft enamel pins are crafted by stamping metal, filling the design with vibrant enamel colors, and then baking the pins in an oven to cure the enamel.

Unlike custom hard enamel pins, custom soft enamel pins have raised metal lines that separate the different colors, creating a slightly raised metal feel and recessed enamel cavities. This design results in a textured finish that offers a contrasting tactile experience, making soft enamel pins more detailed and visually striking compared to other types of pins.

Soft enamel pins are the most popular type of custom enamel pins. At Nextpins, creating your own unique soft enamel pins is easy — with no minimum order requirement and free shipping included.

Join us and start crafting your creative enamel pin designs today!

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•  Free Design & No Hidden Fees

– Enjoy free design services with every order.

– Unlimited FREE proofs before production — we’ll revise until you're satisfied.

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Delivery & Production Timeline

• Production starts once your proof is approved.
• Standard production time: 7–14 business days
• Rush production available:

– 5 business days for production

– Plus 3–5 business days for shipping

• Tracking will be provided once your package is shipped.