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Nickel<\/p>\n Nickel<\/p>\n
Nickel Solution applied by electroplating to base material, silver in color. Most cost effective finish.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Fair strength, may lose luster with age<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No | Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Rhodium<\/p>\n
Platinum precious metal group applied by electroplating over bright nickel base. Brilliant white color. Very popular finish.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Tarnish resistant will not discolor or peel<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No | Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Rho-Glo\u00ae<\/p>\n
Base material with solid silver color throughout, requires no surface plating. Brilliant luster. Highly polished silver color.
\n*Hard enamel and a full color seal are standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability -Very durable<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – Yes | Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Silver Oxide<\/p>\n
Any base material heavy plated silver, oxidized then hand rubbed off leaving the appearance of natural oxidation from age.
\n* Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Nickel Oxide<\/p>\n
Any base material plated nickel, oxidized, and then rubbed off leaving the appearance of natural oxidation from age.
\n* Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Gold Plate<\/p>\n
Base material golden color throughout, requires no surface plating. Brilliant luster. Highly polished gold color.
\n*Hard enamel and a full color seal are standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability -Very durable<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – Yes | Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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\u200bVHB KK<\/p>\n
Heavy gold electroplate (HGE) is the ultimate in 24K+ fine gold plate. This process applies a uniformly thick coating of tarnish proof high karat gold, purer and more durable than gold plate.
\n*Hard enamel and a full color seal are standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Tarnish proof and purer and more durable then gold plate\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – Yes| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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VHB Bronze<\/p>\n
A base material, blackened and hand rubbed leaving the appearance of natural oxidation from age. A popular finish for commemorative badges.
\n* Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Rose Gold<\/p>\n
A darkened gold electroplated base material which is hand rubbed to create the appearance of an antique gold finish. Another popular commemorative badge finish.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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\u200bChocolate Bronze<\/p>\n
A base material, hand rubbed to create the appearance of a chocolate antique finish.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Green Bronze<\/p>\n
CDA 260 brass oxidized, and rubbed off to create the appearance of a natural oxidation from age in a green tinted bronze finish.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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VHB Black<\/p>\n
Subdued black finish over a base material minimal reflection. Mainly used by undercover detectives, SWAT, etc.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
MILITARY BLK (Swat, Undercover) select Nickel finish for pricing – type MB in the special instructions area<\/b><\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Gunmetal<\/p>\n
Our newest charcoal finish features a hint of blue, and unlike the matte finish of VHB Black, Gunmetal has a slight sheen. A great finish for commemorative or anniversary badges, as well as undercover detectives.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Pink<\/p>\n
One of our newer finishes created for our Breast Cancer Awareness Line of badges. A bold pink finish is over a base material, and lacquered for durability.
\n*Regular enamel and plain seal is standard. We can not use hard enamel on this finish. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n
When Ordering PINK – select Nickel finish for pricing – type PI in the special instructions area <\/b><\/p>\n
Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n
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Kelly Green<\/p>\n
One of our newest finishes created for Emerald Societies, Pipe & Drums, and Irish public safety professionals, etc. A bold green finish is applied over a base material, and lacquered for durability.
\n*Regular enamel is standard. We can not use hard enamel on this finish. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n
ORDERING: <\/strong>To order write KG Finish in special instructions<\/p>\n PRICING: <\/strong>Kelly green (KG) is the same price as rhodium finish<\/p>\n Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n Our new Domestic Violence Violet is a vibrant purple. The violet finish is applied over a base material, and lacquered for durability. Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n VIOLET\u200b (\u200bDomestic Violence) select Rhodium finish for pricing – type DV in the special instructions area<\/b><\/p>\n Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n Our new blue finish was created for Autism awareness month. This blue finish is applied over a base material, and lacquered for durability. Hardness\/Durability – Lacquered for durability\u200b<\/p>\n BLUE\u200b (Autism Awareness) select Rhodium finish for pricing – type AB in the special instructions area<\/b><\/p>\n Finish Life-Time Warranty – No| Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Combination of gold and silver colors. Badges with applied panels will consist of Hi-Glo\u00ae & Rho-Glo\u00ae. One piece badges will consist of Hi-Glo\u00ae panels and rhodium background or Rho-Glo\u00ae panels and gold plate background. Hardness\/Durability -Very durable<\/p>\n Finish Life-Time Warranty – Yes | Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n Combination of gunmetal and either silver or gold panels. Badges will consist of Hi-Glo\u00ae or Rho-Glo\u00ae panels and gunmetal plated background. Hardness\/Durability -Very durable<\/p>\n Finish Life-Time Warranty – Yes | Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n Combination of three finishes. Generally a silver, gold, and bronze finish. A very complex badge to manufacture. Tri-Tone badges must be custom quoted. Tri-tone is a great finish for a special anniversary badge. *Hard enamel and a full color seal are standard. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n Hardness\/Durability -Very durable<\/p>\n Finish Life-Time Warranty – Yes | Mfg Defect Life-Time Warranty – Yes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Learn about the different Blackington Badge finishes that are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[10,11,27,28,21,16,23,15,22,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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SEAL STANDARDS:<\/strong> (Unless otherwise specified)<\/em><\/div>\n\n
LETTERING STANDARDS:<\/strong> Only regular enamel (No Hard Enamel)<\/em><\/div>\n\n
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Violet<\/p>\n
\n*Regular enamel is standard. We can not use hard enamel on this finish. NON-STANDARD\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/blue_sm.png\")
Blue<\/p>\n
\n*Regular enamel is standard. We can not use hard enamel on this finish. NON-STANDARD<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/twotone_HGRG_sm.png\")
Two-Tone<\/p>\n
\n*Hard enamel and a full color seal are standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/twotonegunmetal_sm.png\")
Two-Tone Gunmetal<\/p>\n
\n*Hard enamel and a full color seal are standard. STANDARD<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.badges-etc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TriTone_sm.png\")
Tri-Tone<\/p>\n