Painted copper ferrule is easily faded

The ferrule material can be aluminum or copper, both of them have their own characteristics.

Aluminum ferrule is cheaper, and can be anodized to a variety of colors such as light silver, matte silver, light black, matte black, red, blue, green, gold , brown, purple, etc, but it is easily scratched, the brightness and glossiness are not so good as copper ferrule.

The copper ferrule is more expensive, but it has perfect brightness and glossiness, as well as great quality and metal texture, which is difficult to be surpassed by aluminum ferrule. However, copper ferrule also has its limits on colors.

It is know that most MAC and Sigma brushes are with copper ferrule, and all copper ferrules are with nickel color or metallic silver. During custom makeup brushes, some customers would like their brushes to have the same quality as MAC or Sigma brushes, but to show the uniqueness of their makeup brushes and to make some difference from MAC and Sigma brushes, they would like to have some change on the colors of hair, ferrule and handle.

It is no problem for hair and handle, but for ferrule, it does have some difficulty. Few makeup brush manufacturer can do colorful copper ferrules, we usually suggest customers change the ferrule material to aluminum or keep the original copper color; if customers insist on colorful copper ferrules, we have to order from professional ferrule factories, and there are only several ferrule factories in China who obtain such technology.

Per our experience, the painted copper ferrules are easily faded or scratched during transportation and usage. Once the copper ferrules is fade or scratched, it is very difficult to repair or rework, then the whole brush will be useless.

Therefore, during designing or personalizing makeup brushes, please realize that the copper ferrule has its limits. If you would like to have colorful ferrules, please choose aluminum ferrule; if you prefer good quality with copper ferrule, please keep the ferrule color to be silver which is the original color of copper.