Applying snaps
 

Can anyone recommend a good, I call them snap applier. I'm using a hammer now to put snaps in, but I hate having to use a hammer. Suggestions, please. Thanks!

Hmm. I prefer to sew snaps in, I don't like fasteners that attach directly to the fabric, I've had too many experiences with the fabric being cut or wearing a hole at that spot. Especially those dang hook-and-slides for slacks. Whose brilliant idea was it to have those slide thingies poke into a single layer of fabric, instead of being reinforced with interfacing?

However, I seem to remember there is a special tool you can use to attach snaps, I've seen it at Hancock's Fabrics and Joann's. Maybe check into that?

I've got a tool kit for applying snaps that, sad to say, I haven't opened since I got it about 20 years ago (yikes!). Mine is a Prym, but Dritz has a lot of them. The tool looks like a pair of pliers. I have a kit with some adapters that can be stuck on the pliers to accommodate multiple sizes of snaps. If you check Amazon for "snap fastener" or "snap fastener tool", you will find several options.

You can also find them at Tandy Leather and possibly at Hobby Lobby with the leather kits.

It depends what kind of snap you apply.

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I now own this tool !!! OMG I wish I had found it 40 years ago. a perfect set every time.
I ordered the tool and the bench mount for easy pressure to apply the snaps. I use a fast clamp to secure it to a table top.
I can’t tell you hoe many snaps I have taken off with a screwdriver/wire cutter/drill! Now, never again.
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I usually apply snaps to mens shirts with a set up from "snap source" they have pearl snaps as well as just snap rings. also several sizes. Good luck

Snap Source is the best! Find them online.

back when I used to put them in my shirts, I used a wooden spool to hammer them in

could you use the magnetic closers instead no hammer required for them you can find at joanns