Brass Looking Nameplates Aluminum is the most common choice for our customers when selecting mateiral for their brand identity nameplates and emblems. Another common request is to review for a brass nameplate. When this happens, it's good to know that aluminum can also be used. Here's how.
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Antiqued Brass Nameplate This aluminum nameplate is printed to simulate an antiqued brass nameplate. A printed texture is used to add dimension to the background pattern. The Bushnell logo is embossed with a brushed brass finish.
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Simulated Antique Lacquer on Aluminum This aluminum nameplate is printed to simulate an antique lacquer finish on brass. Artwork was custom created to duplicate the slight darkening around the edge of a lacquered nameplate. A transparent tint of gold printed on brushed aluminum gives the ...
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Deidre Kruser
The etch process is typically used in industrial applications for rating and serial tags. The chemical process relies on a screen print process to apply a resist to the surface of the metal protecting selective areas during the etch process. The process is available on aluminum, steel or brass. ...
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Deidre Kruser
Jasper Cabinets | Brass Plates Brass plates and decorative emblems are often used by furniture and cabinet manufacturers to identify their product. The Jasper Cabinet nameplate uses an etch and fill process. Aluminum can be decorated to take on the look of brass. The graphics are chemically etched ...
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Deidre Kruser
Steel, Aluminum and Brass - CD Packaging Custom matching a patina finish for CD packaging in the Mile Davis metal spine series meant working closely with the packaging designer to exactly duplicate the worn and imperfect surface on the trumpet used by Miles Davis.
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Deidre Kruser
Patinaed Metal Aluminum is a versatile substrate which can be decorated in an endless range of patinaed surfaces that can be integrated into nameplates creating antiqued effects. Our library of finishes includes a wide range of aged and distressed surfaces on metal. All of these can be integrated ...
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Deidre Kruser
Solid Brass Nameplates A solid brass nameplate is one alternative to aluminum when designing a nameplate. A situation when customers require a brass nameplate is when there is brass elsewhere on the product and the brass nameplate helps to continue a consistent look across the product. Brass ...
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