Applying snaps
#2
Super Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,559
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?
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?
#3
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
Posts: 12,930
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.
#5
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Albuquerque NM
Posts: 674
It depends what kind of snap you apply.
http://www.sailrite.com/easearch#!&ea_q=snap%20tools
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.
This site has wonderful how to videos on many things.
Plus: this is their new invention
http://www.sailrite.com/easearch#!&ea_q=snaprite%20tool
http://www.sailrite.com/easearch#!&ea_q=snap%20tools
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.
This site has wonderful how to videos on many things.
Plus: this is their new invention
http://www.sailrite.com/easearch#!&ea_q=snaprite%20tool
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