Traditional hard enamel V.S. Imitation hard enamel – Which one is better?

Introduction

What is hard enamel? Many people think it is similar to literary “hard enamel”, but don’t know what it actually is? Along with the development of modern craft, there is a new thing called “imitation hard enamel”. And which one is more attractive to people? There is an analysis article about their features and differences below.

Traditional Hard Enamel

When it comes to “enamel”, most people have heard about “enamel”for teeth.

In fact, traditional hard enamel is a material whose texture is like teeth. It is a shell made of the powder of the glass and china, which is heated in high temperature and fusion with the glass, china or metal.

The main materials of traditional hard enamel are quartz and feldspar. To color the traditional hard enamel, people would add some metal oxide with it, therefore, the public appearance of traditional hard enamel would be colorful and beautiful, and equipped with the function of protection and decoration.

Imitation Hard Enamel

Imitation hard enamel is the technique invented by a foreign specialist in fifty years. By using imitation hard enamel, it can have more kinds of colors, and the visual presentation would be more exquisite.

Furthermore, the cost of imitation hard enamel is much lower than hard enamel. According to the advantages, many manufacturers start to focus on the technique and use it on the badge manufacturing.

Traditional Hard Enamel V.S. Imitation Hard Enamel

The manufacturing processes of traditional hard enamel and imitation hard enamel are almost the same. Actually, the main difference from them is “the material of the pigment”. Traditional hard enamel is made of mineral powder, and imitation hard enamel is made of resin pigments. Since that, their temperature in the baking process has a huge difference from 800 degrees to 80 degrees.

The difference between two pigments is that the color of imitation hard enamel would be various and shinier than traditional hard enamel, however, although there are fewer color options on traditional hard enamel, it can keep a natural quality like china.

Since the texture of pigment is also different. Traditional hard enamel is harder and if someone takes a needle to thorn it, it would not leave any trace, but it is crushed easily；And the texture of imitation hard enamel is softer, you can remove the pigment by a needle, and the color can not be reserved for a long time, after three years, the badges would be yellow.

Conclusion

Both of the enamel crafts have been remembered by their accomplishments in history. The cost of traditional hard enamel is higher, so it was manufactured into kitchen wares like enamel pots, or other artworks. And the imitation hard enamel is cheap and includes various colors, most badges and keychains in the market are made of imitation hard enamel. Depending on the situation, they have different suitable places. After reading the articles above, did you know more information about traditional and imitation hard enamel?

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