Do not know how to distinguish the medal plating in making medals online?

The following explanations will help you finish your custom medals well.

Popular Plating: Shiny Gold & Shiny Brass

• Shiny Gold Finish for Medals

Gold plating is an unnecessary process of adding a thin layer of gold to the metal. The shiny gold finish is very bright plating. Its color looks like the color of the eye of wheat, which is yellow. It is usually used in shiny & sandblast medals, soft enamel medals and hard enamel medals. It is real gold but it uses less, so it hasn’t the value of gold.

Gold usually symbols honor, glorious moments and success. If you customize 1^st medal, finisher medals or awards medals. Gold plating can be seen everywhere.

• Shiny Brass Finish for Medals

Shiny brass is the second choice for medal owners. Its color looks like moss, which is light green. It is mainly used in shiny & sandblast medals and custom enamel medals.

If you want your medals to be different, shiny brass plating is a great attempt, especially when you make your graduation medals online.

Personalized Plating: Shiny Silver, Shiny Black Nickel & Dye Black

• Shiny Silver Plating for Medals

Shiny Silver or nickel is often used on custom medals. Its color looks like steel. You can easily distinguish it from the above picture. But when you get your medals, maybe it is a little difficult to distinguish from black nickel. You should watch the side edge or back of medal to identify.

It is usually used on the 2^nd medals, running medals or else.

• Shiny Black Nickel Plating for Medals

Shiny black nickel is a bling dark and can reflect lights. When it reflects lights, it seems to be silvery.

• Dye Black for Medals

Dye black is a deep dark, and it needs to make products dyed. Dye black is not wear-resistant compared with black nickel. In addition, you can choose to dye other colors, like dye pink, dye purple or else.

If you like dye crafts, you can try it. It will make your medals very different.

Eye-catching Platings: Shiny Copper and Rose Gold

• Shiny Copper for Medals

Shiny copper is a very deep color. It seems to be jacinth. Copper looks like burning in the furnace.

• Rose Gold for Medals

Rose gold is a kind of pink color. But the color is very light.

How to Distinguish Different Colors in Custom Medals?

1. Watching the margin of products carefully.

2. Whether it reflects light or not. You can put them in the sun, you will get the answer.

3. Comparing with different products and looking through the production details.

FAQ about Custom Medal Plating 

Q: Will the plating be faded on the award medals?

As times goes by, plating will lose the original brightness. It is common.

Q: How long medal plating will last?

Generally Speaking, plating can last up to 2 years with proper protection.  

Q: How to keep medals with plating for a longer time?

1. Please keep away from oil and chemicals.

2. Do not expose it to the water.

3. Do not store it with other metal products to avoid friction.

4. Please wash it regularly if you want to keep your award medal as a collection.

Q：Do you have other platings in making my custom medals?

Most medal makers will offer several medal platings for you to choose. At GS-JJ, we offer over 10+ medal platings as follows.

1. Antique Platings for Antique Medals:

Antique Gold/ Antique Brass/ Antique Copper/ Antique Silver

2. Shiny Platings for Custom Enamel Medals:

Shiny Gold/ Shiny Brass/ Shiny Copper/ Shiny Silver/ Shiny Black Nickel

3. Unique Platings for Personalized Medals:

Rainbow Platings/ Two-tone Finish( Gold Plating+Silver Plating)

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Dear Diary,

A few days ago, The committee gave me a task to purchase some custom medals within a limited budget. Their only requirement is unique and personalized. I was happy but a little worried. Personalized is a broad meaning. How can I make sure that my custom medals are personalized? I asked a lot of custom company and I have some ideas from GS-JJ company.

At first, I just said what I wanted about my custom medals and told them that I had a limited budget. Then, I asked them: ” is there any way to personalize my medals?”. I knew that it was maybe difficult for many companies. After all, the budget was limited. However, the suggestions that they gave me made me believe that everything is possible.

If being personalized, there are two main ways to get. It’s not about complex design but a combination of 4 materials and 5 crafts. YES! They told me.

A) 3 Materials Combination

Usually, metal is a wonderful material to make medals, glass is second, and wooden is last. By and large, single material is chosen for producing medals because people always think that simplicity is beauty. But why not break the pattern?

        a) Metal + Wooden

The metal and wooden combination is inlaid.

Advantages: Environmental, short manufacture cycle, and Personalized

Disadvantages: Easy to be corrosive in wet conditions.

       b) Metal + Glass

The metal and glass combination is like a strip of mild steel.

Advantages: Soft, Shiny and Personalized

Disadvantages: fragile when being thrown.

 B) 6 Crafts Combination

The second way to make custom medals is to combine different crafts. The 5 crafts are soft enamel crafts, hard enamel crafts, 3D/cut out Crafts, Antique Crafts, Sandblast/ Shiny Crafts, and Printing.

      a) Soft Enamel with 3D/ Cut-out

Feature: Colorful and third dimension

Example: 3D 5K Custom Race Medals From GS-JJ

      b) Antique with Soft Enamel

Feature: Retro style with a bit of amazing

Example: The Paediatric Society Custom Medals From GS-JJ

     c) Sandblast/Shiny With Soft Enamel

Feature: Shiny and matte texture

Example: Muskoka River X Race Medals From GS-JJ

    d) Soft Enamel with Printing

Feature: Waterproof

Example: Raw Nationals Powerlifting Medals From GS-JJ

       e) Antique with 3D/CUT OUT

Feature: Protruding Logo or Pattern

Example: 3D Scotdance Custom Medals From GS-JJ

       f) Hard Enamel with Cut-out

Feature: Smooth

Example:

All in all, most processes can be combined with each other. But, like hard enamel and 3D crafts, they cannot combine each other because their requirement is different for level.

I was pleased that I needn’t choose the special design like folded medals because each one has an expensive price. I really thanked that GS-JJ helps me and gave me inspiration. Therefore, I placed an order here. In addition, it was worth mentioning that they were very patient with my question. That’s probably what good customer service was! I will order personalized medals again at GS-JJ in the future!

Linda

Picture Resources:

1.https://www.instagram.com/p/Bld532iAFPH/

2.https://www.glassogroup.com/references/glass-metal-elegant-medals?cat=2

3.https://goldenonechina.en.made-in-china.com/product/XeqQFwWrSvUb/China-Custom-Triangle-Shape-Athletics-Hard-Enamel-Medallion.html

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• 100% Sandblast Medals

• 100% of sandblast medals are common everywhere. Like the left award medals, at first sight, it is shiny. Its glossiness is good and protection is strong. It looks like delicate. It will totally present all the texts. If you only make your products special, 100% sandblast is a good way.
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• 75% Sandblast Medals

• 75% of sandblast medals are less used. It adopts sandblast in some special place like texts. On the other place, it adapts the polish surface. As the left picture, its periphery and center use sandblast, giving people a sense of depth. If you want to make something prominent, 75% sandblast can be chosen.
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• 50% Sandblast Medals

• 50% sandblast medals are used in cut out medals commonly. Like the left gold medals, sandblast are used in the center. Carefully looking, there is a man riding in the house. It is to make its logo prominent. By using sandblast, it gives people visual impact. 50% coverage of sandblasting can imperceptibly express what you want to.
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• 25% Sandblast Medals

• When you needn’t many embellish while you think that there is a little monotonous. 25% of the coverage of sandblasting can be added. Like the left Judo Yukon sports medals, the designer only uses a little sandblast around the logo, which creates separation. The product becomes different right away. If you want to make your logo eye-catching, you can emphasize reversely – by adding sandblast around the logo.
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• Different Sandblast Medals

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• The sandblast is associated with the glossiness. The good it is, the shiny product will be. From the left to right picture, we can clearly find that their sandblast is different. The effect of No.1 Picture is clearly rough than one of the No.2 Pictures. While No.3 medal has granule like beans. This is because the factory selects different grinding materials like round one or rhombus one. Moreover, in the same grinding material, it is also different. The thicker the sand is, the rougher it is. Sandblast usually is used in shiny medals or antique medals. According to different effects, we can classify into Fine: a delicate subtle finish with a matte surface medium: a slight visual texture is apparentCoarse: a heavy rough finish with a slight texture or even with a granuleIf you want to represent the feature of products, sandblasting is a good skill to use. The cost is low. As for choosing different coverage of sandblasting, it is up to your products and what you want to extrude. If you would like to know more information, click here: https://www.gs-jj.com/medals/Custom-Medals

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