Given a bunch of buttons with different colors and styles, how to distinguish and judge what the buttons are made of? The editor of my country's button trading network is here to share and solve this problem for you.
Button materials are roughly divided into plastic (resin, plastic), metal buttons (copper, iron, alloy), natural (shell, wood, coconut shell, bamboo. Various materials need to be made into buttons, and the process is different. The same. Some buttons look the same, and even professionals may not be able to distinguish them clearly with their eyes, so they can only be distinguished by scratching the coat.
Buttons are divided into plastic buttons and resin buttons, Plastic Snap Button and resin buttons, plastic (including various plastics) buttons are generally die-casted, so there will be a line on the edge of the button, this parting line, some factories may be in This line is removed in subsequent processing, but its weight will be lighter than resin (of course, some special plastics will be heavier). Resin buttons are mechanically engraved and then polished, so there is no full mold line on the surface, which is very smooth. However, it is fragile, with simple scratches on the outside, and it will soften when placed in boiling water.
How to distinguish between Gold Brass Button and iron buttons? Copper and iron material buttons, you can know this with a magnet, and scrape the surface plating with a hard object, and the brass color (gold) in the copper button surface. The iron buckle is black, which is the original material color.
How to tell if it is an Metal Snap On Button? The alloy buckle is relatively heavy and is made of die-casting. All mold lines are generally ground and polished, which may not be seen, but they are heavy and solid.
Post time: Sep-15-2022