Italian Enamel Charms

Enamel, Italian charms, together those two items could be used to convince a young girl that she should pay attention to the instructor in her chemistry class. Enamel, Italian charms, both can retain their bold colors. Why do other colors fade, while the colors in enamel covered charms retain their bold and shiny character? The answer to that question can be found by anyone who takes the time to learn some of the basic principles of organic chemistry. One of those principles explains the lasting colors in the enamel covered Italian charms. Those with knowledge of chemistry can best understand that principle.Marketers like the fact that aluminum tubes take well to the application of enamel. Italian charms enjoy an expanding market. Enamel has markets, and Italian charms have more than one market. What else is shared by enamel and Italian charms?

In 2004 the Tube Council gave an award to a company that had put on the shelves an aluminum tube covered in white enamel. Italian charms are worn by many people, some of  whom have received an award. Do those two statements underline the connection between enamel and Italian charms?

Obviously the above statement makes a very weak case for any relationship between enamel and Italian charms. Should the reader thus conclude that enamel shares very little with Italian charms? Such a conclusion, while seemingly logical, would be incorrect.

An online shopper can find websites selling Italian enamel charms. Such charms have bold and bright colors. Those colors come from the vitreous paint that has been applied to the metallic charm.

After a vitreous paint has been applied to a metallic Italian charm, it dries to a hard and glossy state. In that state, it shines. That shine illustrates the appeal of enamel. The shine of enamel allows it to complement the shiny metal in the Italian charms.

Italian enamel charms do not invite the application of latex paint.  Such paint is used to create “fake enamel.” The colors in such paint fade over time. True enamel retains the colors in any painted surface.

The enamel on Italian charms contains an oil-based paint. The molecules in such paint have the ability to cross-link with one another. That fact accounts for the lasting nature of colors in the charm enamel.

At the start of this article, the reader learned about aluminum tubes with enamel. Italian charms are sometimes worn by those who purchase such tubes. Such tubes are used to hold many health care products, things such as Polysporin. They are also used to hold cosmetics.

Once aluminum tubes have been covered with colorful enamel, they must pass through a harsh manufacturing process. Still, they retain their colors, despite the harsh conditions of the manufacturing environment. That is why marketers like the bold colors on aluminum tubes.

The shine of enamel matches well with the shine of gold. Vitreous paint adheres well to gold. For that reason, Italian charm makers have covered some of their gold charms with enamel. They have made colorful, gold enamel purse charms.

A principle that students learn in organic chemistry classes explains the lasting nature of the color on enamel. Italian charms might not often appear in an organic chemistry class, yet the chemistry behind the color in the charms explains the charms’ eye-catching shine.

There is a definite connection between enamel and Italian charms.