Installing buttons on clothes at home

Content:

1. Types of fittings
2. Independent installation of the button on clothes
3. Replacing the buttons on the jacket with your own hands
4. Installing jeans buttons
5. How to collect the antenna button?

Accessories - an important addition to clothing that can serve as an accessory or jewelry. Many are faced with a problem when buying clothes, it turns out that she has poor-quality accessories, for example, hooks and zippers, clips and buttons. In such a situation there are several directions: go to the studio and turn to professionals or master sewing details in order to cope with the furniture itself at home. In fact, installing buttons on clothes is not so difficult if you arm yourself with tools. A set of tools and materials needed to put the buttons on things yourself? This is what we will now find out.

Types of fittings

Clothing accessories are:

• Hooks.
• Buttons.
• Blocks.
• Lightning
• Hinges
• Buckles.
• Rivets - utilitarian and decorative.
• Grommets - plastic or metal.
• Holniteny - metal rivets on denim clothing.
• Textile sticky fasteners.

Important! The life of the hardware and its quality determines the material from which it is made. The main task of accessories is decorative, because thanks to it the clothes should be more elegant and elegant.

At the moment, most fasteners and fasteners are made from such materials:

• Plastic.
• Metal.
• Ceramics.
• The combination of several materials - in this way you can combine beautiful appearance and practicality.

Important! If the accessories are not chosen correctly, for example, the type of fabric was not taken into account, then it will not cope with its functional task, it will quickly fail and will need to be replaced.

Independent installation of the button on clothes

Of course, the guaranteed result will be given only by a master with special equipment, a professional set of tools, a number of devices and vast experience. But it happens that there is no time or money at the atelier, so you have to install the button on the clothes yourself at home. It is not so difficult to do this if you prepare such tools:

• Forceps.
• Hammer.
• Awl.
• Punch - creates smooth holes, you need to buy it.

Important! Punch usually buy one, but with the right approach it is better to purchase a kit with interchangeable nozzles.

• Anvil (can be adapted as a second hammer).

Recommendations

• Do not cut holes with scissors. The hole for the button should be small so that the button leg is tight and secure in it.
• When piercing the skin or fabric, it is better to use not a metal, but a wooden anvil from dense wood (ideally, if it is a section with a knot).
• Plots on knitted and loose materials need to glue the glue fabric, otherwise the edges of the hole will crumble. As an alternative - you can use silicone glue.

Important! To gain experience, it is better to start with inexpensive clothes, because in case of a negative result, it will not be as pitiful as brand clothes.

Rivet installation

Working with tools, you need to act carefully, slowly without any sudden movements and extremely carefully. If you hurry, the fabric or accessories can be ruined. The most popular type of installation - installing blochki on clothes. Masters use tongs that you need to buy in the studio. High-quality tools must have a stiff handle.

If there were no special forceps on hand, then this is not a problem if you follow this instruction:

• Make a hole in the clothes with a punch.
• Push the leg-block over, put the ring on it.
• Put the clothes on the anvil.
• Punch to split the leg into petals.
• Tapping the block with a hammer to firmly fasten it on the clothes.

Important! Ring put a convex side of himself. Working with a hammer can not exert excessive effort, otherwise the block will break or the fabric of clothing will be torn.

Fastening buttons on clothes

The most difficult and responsible process is the installation of rivets on outerwear. Not less difficult is the installation of rivets on jeans, but using a set of tools and carefully following the technological steps that are described in the article, you can make this task simple and real to perform.

Important! It is easiest to install buttons on outerwear, which are assembled from four parts connected by a ring.

Having prepared a set of tools, you can proceed to installing buttons on outerwear, you need to do it this way:

• Extend the leg of the button below and above.
• We produce klepochny process.

Replacing the buttons on the jacket with your own hands

To correctly and quickly put a new rivet or remove the old need skill and skill. In order to improve the quality of work and make it as thorough as possible, you need to purchase a set of special tools. Any technological manipulation requires a maximum of care and attention, otherwise everything will go down the drain.If the old accessories are no longer useful in the future, then you can simply "cut down" the head of the rivet with a hammer or knife, putting the accessories in the manner described earlier.

Installing jeans buttons

To put a button on jeans simple design you must:

• With an awl, make a small hole in the waistband of the pants.
• Insert the button leg there.
• Set the button on the metal anvil and hammer the leg with a hammer. You need to hammer the leg, not the button, because you can spoil its appearance.

Important! For jeans it is better to choose accessories, the leg of which is cut. Thanks to this cutting, the leg will keep well inside the buttons and will last a very long time. If you install a button of a complex configuration, then you need to use a sawed dowel, with the help of which the button leg will be flaring.

Self-installation of the button on the clothes is as follows:

• Thread button leg to belt.
• Set the button on the rod.
• Check how the leg comes out of the button, if necessary, you can "bite off" its edge with pliers.
• Put a button on the anvil.
• Place the dowel on the center of the foot and gently (not very much) tapping with a hammer to flare the foot until the button shrinks tightly.

How to collect the antenna button?

The button of the antenna type is set in almost the same way as the jeans button. The only difference is that the technological processes are carried out only for the upper part of the button.

The bottom of the part is going to be much simpler:

• First you need to buy a special tool with a notch inside. An alternative solution is to use a metal plate with a hole. It is in this hole that you will need to insert the bottom of the button, slamming the leg with a hammer on the back of the clothes.

Important! Installing the antennal button without tools is difficult, so it is advisable to purchase the entire necessary kit

Recommendations

• Installation of the lower part of the button is preferably carried out using a metal or wooden object. To make a hole in a wooden bar, you need to drill it with a drill (the depth and diameter must match the details "father"). Having collected the lower part of the button, it needs to be closed with a bar and knock with a hammer.
• You need to install the button on a smooth surface, it must be done carefully, otherwise the appearance of the button will be damaged, and even the hardware itself is broken.
• If the button is installed incorrectly, then it is considered damaged and will not be able to serve properly. It is better to remove it immediately, replacing it with a new one.
• If there are no special tools and tools, then it does not matter, because they can be replaced with a bolt, nail, dowel and cross-head screwdriver (if there was a desire).

Clothes buttons are small, but irreplaceable and important details for any things, be it a jacket or underwear. Having gained experience in working with sewing accessories, you can not only repair things, but also decorate them, making them more attractive and original.