Rivets for clothing are an inconspicuous but irreplaceable element of every item, from sheepskin coats, fur coats and jackets to underwear. Even expensive branded clothing is often equipped with low-quality fittings: clips, hooks, zippers. Very often, decorative rivets come off, and an expensive item becomes unwearable. In order not to seek help from a clothing repair shop, you need to learn how to work with a variety of sewing accessories yourself.
1 Types of rivets and materials
There are two types of rivets: utilitarian (those used for clipping, fastening and fastening) and decorative. Sometimes sewing accessories in a product combine both roles. It is important that it contributes to the comfortable wearing of things. Sticky zippers, torn hooks and slippery buttons force you to throw expensive items into the far corners of your wardrobe. The first step that needs to be taken towards the competent selection of fittings is to learn to distinguish one type from another.
Types of accessories:
- loops;
- hooks;
- buttons;
- textile Velcro fasteners;
- blocks;
- lightning;
- holniten (metal rivets, which are most often used in denim clothing to secure stitching);
- eyelets (strong metal or plastic fastenings, which are most often used in leather goods);
- buckles.
The materials from which the indicated types of fittings are produced are very diverse. How convenient and comfortable the item will be to wear depends on their quality. In addition, the fittings are intended not to disfigure, but to decorate the thing, even if we're talking about about such an ordinary detail as rivets on clothes.
The most popular materials for the manufacture of buttons, fasteners, fasteners - these are metal, ceramics and plastic. Most often, sewing accessories are made from a combination of materials in order to combine both practical and decorative characteristics. If the part is incorrectly selected, the features of fabric and leather are not taken into account, or the fastening is carried out incorrectly, then the fittings simply will not cope with the functions assigned to it. After all, it is necessary not only to fasten the edges of the clothing efficiently, but also to decorate the item harmoniously.
2 Tools for installing rivets
Many of what are called rivet tools can be found around the house. But there are also devices that may not be in the house, so you will have to purchase them or use a tool designed for another job. It is not recommended to start the practice of attaching rivets with your own hands on an expensive new thing; first you should practice on something cheaper.
A tailoring and clothing repair studio uses a press, different attachments for different fabrics and rivets, a punch, and tongs to install sewing accessories. A home installation will require, at a minimum, a punch, an awl, a hammer, tongs, and an anvil, which can be another hammer.
A punch is a tool that allows you to make a perfect hole in a fabric material. When using it, the edges of the fabric do not deform or fray.
A variety of attachments, which the design of the punch suggests, allows you to make holes of different diameters.
If you plan to purchase one punch without attachments, then you should take the thinnest and smallest one. Using scissors to make a hole in the fabric is undesirable, since the installed sewing accessories will most likely fall out of such a hole.
The hole made by the punch should be small, smaller than a block or any other rivet on clothing. To prevent the fabric from fraying along the edges of the hole, you need to treat the edges of the hole with glue (you can use silicone).
3 Rivet installation process
How to rivet the material with your own hands? To do this, you need to work carefully, do not rush, do not commit sudden movements. Otherwise, the tool, fabric material and sewing accessories may be damaged.
The most common type of installation of accessories at home is the installation of a block. In studios and workshops there are tongs for this purpose. A sign of good pliers is strong, rigid handles, which allow you to work quickly and without problems.
Don’t despair if you don’t have special forceps at hand; you can do without them at home. How to make a mount yourself?
IN textile material or leather material, use a punch to make a hole of the required diameter. The block is threaded through, then the ring is inserted. The place with the block is located on the anvil, then its leg is split with a punch. If all the steps are completed correctly, the rivet tabs will bend properly on their own. For final fastening, you need to go over the block with a hammer, without applying much force.
There is another way to install this type of rivet. The leg is cut using a knife and weak hammer blows on it. This does not need to be done over the entire diameter; cutting is done only in some areas of the petals, then inserted into the prepared hole. A ring is put on the resulting structure, the bent petals are bent. In ateliers and workshops for sewing and repairing clothes, this method is not used; its use often entails damaged rivets and deformed areas of the fabric.
4 Installing rivets on clothes
The most difficult process of installing rivets involves the heavy, rough material that is often involved in the execution. outerwear. Difficulties accompany installing rivets on jeans. But if you work carefully, use good tool, follow the technological steps and do not rush, you will certainly be able to attach a rivet. How to place accessories on heavy fabrics correctly? Let's look at the process in more detail.
The best rivet for jackets, coats and windbreakers is a four-piece snap. To install it you will need the same tool as to install the blocks. The leg of the four-part button is unbent from the bottom and top, then the standard riveting process described above is performed. The installation process for denim hardware is somewhat different from all others because it requires a special denim button, most often we are talking about installing a button for jeans.
Using an awl in in the right place a hole is made and a push-button leg is located in it. The denim button is placed on a metal anvil, then the stem is driven into the button. This is the simplest and reliable way installing rivets on denim.
Now about how to remove the rivet. Removing a rivet sometimes requires as much care and attention as its installation requires; attention, accuracy, and patience will come in handy here, especially if you plan to use this rivet in the future. Without special equipment, it will not be possible to remove the rivet at home without damaging it and the material adjacent to it. If you do not plan to use it, it is enough to cut off its head using an anvil, hammer and knife.
Correctly installing and removing a rivet is a matter of certain dexterity and skill, but anyone can learn this by acquiring a simple set of sewing tools and good fittings.
Nothing lasts forever, including denim buttons. The button itself is intact and undamaged, but the fastening point has come loose or the fastening nail has broken off and the button has fallen out. It's good that I didn't get lost. Let's help your favorite denim button return to its place.
Option A: Denim button with a stable foot made of cast metal.
The base of the denim stud broke off.
We clamp the button with pliers and carefully drill out the remains of the denim stud with an electric drill. 
Drill Ø 2mm. 
Result - the remaining cloves were removed
The denim button is ready to be reinstalled.
We do the same with a plastic button in a metal shell with a broken fastening. 
The shaft of the denim stud remained inside the button shank. We drill it out with an electric drill. 
Result. 
If the inner hole turns out to be a little larger than a denim stud, don’t worry.
Use a toothpick or match to fill the hole. 
or use a part from a holnitene Ø 9mm.
Then carefully install the button. 
- If a denim button simply fell out due to the destruction of the fabric, and the denim stud remained inside the button, proceed as follows: 
A. Drill out an old denim nail. First, we use a center punch to make a notch for the drill. 
We clamp it with pliers and carefully drill it out with an electric drill.
Continue as described above.
B. We take out the denim nail using two side cutters: 
One side cutter works as a support, the second as a lever 
Result 
Next: install as described above.
Attention: Should not be used this method removing a denim button stud with a broken leg, you will get this result: 
Buttons with a broken stem can only be repaired using an electric drill.
Next, install using the method described above.
We also drill denim buttons made of cast metal with a through hole, 
and depending on the diameter of the internal hole, we install it either on a holnitene part or on a tubular denim-holnitene stud
The fact is that when crimped, these parts increase in volume and firmly fix the denim button.
If these details are missing, you will have to use a simple denim nail or a nail, which is not advisable, since it does not guarantee a strong fixation of the denim button.
Denim buttons with a through hole made of thin metal are difficult to repair. You need to drill the hole very carefully so as not to touch the walls of the button.
Do not press the button too hard to avoid damaging it. Etc. Therefore, in most cases, it is easier to install a new button than to repair an old one. But if the need arises to restore an old denim button, then you will successfully cope with this task.
Please note: For ease of work, purchase side cutters with as flat cheeks as possible, such as in the photo. 
Unfortunately, most of the side cutters on sale are these side cutters, with a deep notch. 
You will have to remove excess metal on a grinding wheel and make the surface of the side cutter flat.
Often there is a need to rearrange denim buttons.
For example: in order to reduce the volume of a jacket cuff or increase (decrease) the volume of jeans in the belt. Carefully remove the button, being careful not to damage the fabric. If the denim stud does not want to come out, we bite it, then drill out the remaining stud. Punch a hole in the marking area and install the button. We cover the place where the denim button was previously installed with a suitable color and size holniten.
How to install a denim button manually on jeans? How to remove a button on jeans?
Dimensions (diameter) denim buttons: 14mm, 17mm, 19mm, 20mm, 22mm, 25mm, 26mm, 30mm, 40mm. (Important when selecting a button for a buttonhole on a product)
Depending on the type of denim button, it is installed on a special denim stud:
a) with a circular notch, 
b) smooth all-metal, 
c) metal smooth tubular 
For manual installation, denim nails made of aluminum are more suitable; try to use only them. They are easy to process and are not much inferior in strength to steel ones.
- Types of denim buttons and how to install them.
1. Denim buttons on a stable leg 
As a rule, this is a metal shell filled with impact-resistant plastic. The button is installed on a denim pin with a circular notch. 
At the installation site, the fabric (skin) is pierced with a hand punch, an awl or a nail. Insert a denim nail. 
And 
we hammer it in like an ordinary nail, but not with all our strength.
Denim buttons with a stable stem are the most durable and easy to install.
Denim buttons on a plastic base are also produced. Without metal shell. Require special attention during installation. When driving a denim tack, precise alignment must be maintained, otherwise the button will split. It is better not to mess with such products.
2. Denim buttons on a stable leg with a hole 
Button manufacturers recommend installing them on smooth denim studs. All metal 
or tubular. Since it is difficult to install buttons on these nails, it is necessary to maintain precise alignment; you can use a denim nail with a circular notch. 
We install in exactly the same way as in the case described above. But we additionally flatten the tip of the denim nail after installation. 
in order to finally fix the denim stud.
If you install it on a smooth denim stud, it often turns out to be longer than necessary. 
Use pliers to shorten it to the required length. 
And install using a bolt with a diameter of 5mm. 
We install it from the front side of the button on a metal surface.
3. Denim buttons with a broken leg
Installation should be carried out on smooth wooden surface.
Installed on a denim nail with a smooth shaft. Or on a metal tubular one.
When installing a button (hammering), it is difficult to maintain alignment
You will need a tube with an internal diameter of 9-10mm, a length of 30-40mm and a rod - a bolt with a smooth head with a diameter of 9mm, a length of 60mm.
If you have a 9mm socket wrench, use it. 
They hammered in a denim nail, checked it, and tugged at the installed button. 
When installing a denim button on a metal tubular nail, use a tube with a diameter of 10 mm or a socket wrench with a diameter of 10 mm. And in the same way we successfully install the button in the right place. 
It is also necessary to take into account the length of a standard denim pin, depending on the thickness of the fabric where the button is installed.
The thinner the fabric, the shorter the length of the nail should be. The length of a standard all-metal denim stud is 10-12mm, the length of a metal tubular stud is usually 8mm. 
If necessary, shorten the nails to the required length using pliers. 
4. Denim buttons on a broken leg with a hole: 
Installed on an all-metal smooth aluminum denim stud 
or on a metal tubular one. 
Install on a flat wooden or metal surface.
We pierce the fabric (leather) at the installation site and insert a denim nail. 
If it is long, bite off the excess. 
And to make the top unravel more beautifully, you can grind it off with a file.
Next is the process of installing the button. 
We use a cylindrical rod with a diameter of 4-5mm, or an ordinary bolt.
The process of installing a denim button can be simplified if you use a denim nail with a circular notch. 
Hammer a nail like a button on a stable stem (see above). 
True, it will turn from concave to flat, if this does not bother you. To finally complete the installation of the button, we rivet the tip of the protruding denim nail. 
Since these steel nails are more difficult to rivet, the main thing is that they do not get scratched later. They riveted a little and that was enough.
It is difficult to install these denim buttons on the metal tubular denim studs. They are made of steel and require considerable force to rivet them. If the alignment is not observed, the button and the stud itself can be deformed. 
Conclusion: easiest to install this type denim buttons onto a smooth aluminum stud.
5. Double Stud Buttons:
Distinctive feature- solid bottom of the button shank. Which is then pierced with a double denim stud. The carnation tendrils are then bent towards each other.
The main disadvantage of this type of button is that one of the fastening studs often breaks off.
Installation by hand is easy: Using an awl, we punch two holes with reverse side buttons. 
We pierce the fabric with a nail, put a button on it and bend the ends of the nails with a narrow screwdriver into the inside of the button.
Removing the remnants of a denim button:
A typical case. A button on a pair of jeans broke on a broken leg.
The property of this type of button is to jump off the shaft under increased load. 
Removing button remnants. Remove with a side cutter or pliers in one movement. 
Attention: high-quality installation of fittings can only be done in an atelier or workshop using appropriate professional equipment.
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Most often, buttons on jeans are presented in the form of metal rivets, which do not come off as quickly as classic ones. However, if the rivet has already come off, then the process of repairing the fastener becomes a real problem. Today we will tell you how to put a button on jeans, because, you see, you won’t be able to simply sew it on with a needle and thread. What can be done in this situation so as not to buy new pants because only the fastener is worn out?
Types of Jeans Fasteners
If the torn button is not lost, then take it to the store and buy the same one. Denim fasteners can have the following diameter sizes:
- 14 mm.
- 17 mm.
- 19 mm.
- 20 mm.
- 22 mm.
- 25 mm.
- 26 mm.
- 30 mm.
- 40 mm.
Important! If the button is lost, measure the length and height of the loop to approximately determine the diameter and height of the fastener.
Depending on the type, denim fasteners can be installed on a special nail (hairpin). Jeans carnations can be of the following varieties:
- Smooth all metal. The length of the standard part is 10-12 mm.
- Smooth tubular metal. The length of the tubular product is 8 mm.
- With a circular notch.
Important! To put a button on jeans with your own hands, nails made of aluminum are most suitable. They are easy to process and are as strong as steel ones.
Depending on the type of fastener for denim, there are:
- On a stable leg without a central hole. As a rule, the metal shell of the button is filled with impact-resistant plastic. This fastener is installed on a nail with a circular notch. Rivets on a stable rod are the most durable and easiest to install.
- On a stable leg with a recess. Fastener manufacturers recommend installing them on smooth studs (all-metal or tubular). However, installing a button on jeans using solid metal studs is quite difficult, as it requires precise alignment. Therefore, it is better to use parts with a circular notch.
- On a broken leg without a hole. The button is installed on a denim pin with a smooth shaft or on a metal tubular nail.
- On a broken rod with a hole. This type of rivet is installed on a smooth all-metal or tubular denim nail.
- On a double heel. A distinctive feature of the part is the solid bottom of the leg, which is pierced with a double nail. The hairpin antennae are subsequently bent towards each other. The disadvantage of such fasteners is that one of the fastening tendrils often breaks off.
How to install a button on jeans?
Each type of fastener requires its own approach to installation. However, there are many similarities in repair methods.
- It is very difficult to make a button on jeans if it has a convex or concave top shape. With the inevitable hammer blows on such a part, its shape may change, and not in the same way. better side. We recommend not to buy such rivets at all or to install them in a special workshop.
- Immediately choose a set consisting of a button and a stud for denim.
- If the pin is longer than necessary, it can be cut or bitten off using a side cutter or pliers. Or you can put a gasket under it on the wrong side.
- Before attaching the button to the material, you need to decide and mark its future location.
- Make punctures for nails with a punch, an awl, or a thick needle so that the sharp ends of the hairpin do not cause puffs.
- All types of pins are inserted into the recess from the wrong side of the fabric, and the button itself is adjusted from the front.
- It is best to fasten a rivet by hand without a central notch and on a nail with a circular notch.
How to insert a button into jeans - installation methods
Having understood a little basic rules performing this work and possible variations of fasteners, we will consider how to repair a button on jeans, depending on its type.
Rivet on a stable rod without hole
The easiest way at home is to put a flat button without a notch and on a hairpin with a circular notch.
Proceed as follows:
- Decide and mark the location of the fastener.
- At the installation site, pierce the fabric with a hand punch, awl or nail.
- Insert a nail into the hole on the wrong side of the fabric.
- Place the button head on the pin from the front side. The button will be installed evenly and correctly if the nail enters the hole in a strictly vertical line.
- Press the button head against a horizontal hard surface.
- Hit the head of the stud with a hammer, driving it into the clasp. The blow must be clearly directed, but not with all force, so as not to damage the part.
Important! Buttons on a plastic base without a metal shell require special attention during installation. When hammering in a stud, precise alignment must be observed, otherwise the rivet may simply break. It’s better not to purchase such parts so as not to take risks.
Denim rivet (with hole) on a stable leg
Such buttons are installed in the same way as the previous type, but with some additions:
- If the special nail has a circular notch, then hammer it in and the fastener will be attached to the fabric - just like a button without a central notch.
- If the studs are solid metal or hollow tubular, then they will easily fit into the hole on the support, just insert them there. If the nail “fits” into the hole with difficulty, then push it with a hammer.
After installation, the tip of the pin must be flattened:
- Use pliers to shorten the smooth nail to the required length.
- Place a flat metal object, such as a hammer, under the button on the wrong side.
- Insert a bolt of suitable diameter (for example, 5 mm) into the recess on the front side of the part.
- Give the nail a few blows with a hammer to flatten the top.
- The pin will spread out and secure.
Denim buttons (without hole) with a broken leg
Place the button on your jeans on a smooth wooden surface. Since it is difficult to maintain alignment when driving a special nail with a hammer, you may additionally need:
- A tube with an internal diameter of 9-10 mm and a length of 0.3-0.4 cm. If you have a socket wrench (9 mm in diameter), then use it.
- A bolt with a smooth head with a diameter of 9 mm and a length of 0.6 cm.
Install the rivet as follows:
- If you are attaching the button to a metal tubular nail, then use a 10 mm diameter tube or a socket wrench.
- Drive the stud in with a hammer.
- Install the button cap.
- Tug and check the installed product.
Important! Consider the length of a standard nail depending on the thickness of the fabric where the fastener is installed. The thinner the fabric, the shorter its length should be. If necessary, shorten the nail using pliers.
Denim buttons (with hole) on a broken support
Buttons are usually installed on a solid aluminum or metal tubular nail. Work on a flat metal or wooden surface:
- Punch the fabric at the installation site with a punch, awl or thick needle.
- Insert the special pin.
- If it is long, then bite off the excess with pliers.
- File the top of the nail.
- Insert the rivet head.
- Insert a bolt of suitable diameter into the hole on the front side of the part.
- Hit the nail a few times with a hammer to flatten the top, thereby securing it in the recess.
Important! To make it easier for you to make a button on your jeans, consider these tips:
- If the nail is smooth with a tube-shaped top, then it top part you must first “unfold” it with a dowel with a tapered end (or something similar). After the tube top has its petals spread out to the sides, hit the bolt inserted into the hole of the button to secure the pin.
- The installation process can be simplified if you use a denim nail with a circular notch. In this case, it is necessary to hammer in the pin in the same way as in the case of a button on a stable leg.
Double heel buttons
Installing this type of rivet manually is quite simple:
- Using an awl, punch two holes on the back of the button.
- Pierce the fabric with a nail.
- Place a rivet cap on a denim nail.
- Bend the ends of the pins into the buttons with a narrow screwdriver.
How to fix a button on jeans?
Very often the rivets on the broken rod break on jeans. Under increased load, such products simply jump off the rod. This is their disadvantage. To replace the rivet, it is necessary to remove its remains.
This can be done with a side cutter or pliers in one movement. And you already know how to put a button rivet on jeans. Here are just a few tips:
- If there is no damage to the fabric, then buy a new fastener, then insert the leg of the button into the recess and attach the metal cap to it. Turn the jeans over and press the hat onto a horizontal hard surface. Hit the rod with a hammer to secure it.
- If the fabric at the location of the rivet is damaged, then first apply a denim patch and completely cover the damaged area. Sew the patch by hand or by machine several times. After this, install the rivet on the leg.
Breakage or loss of a denim button is not a reason to part with your favorite item, because now you know how to install a button on jeans at home. And if you have any problems, remember that this work can be done efficiently and professionally by specialists in the workshop using special equipment, so if necessary, contact them for help!
It would seem that nothing could be simpler: find a workshop and replace a riveted button on your jeans. This service costs about 20 rubles. and is done in a few minutes in comprehensive sewing and clothing repair centers, in places where bags and belts are repaired. But such a service cannot always be found nearby. Then you'll have to fix your favorite jeans yourself.
Device and types of buttons
A common feature of denim buttons is metal pins (rods) with a cap, which are driven into the leg of the button and are:
With one or more notches;
smooth, without notches, all-metal;
without notches, hollow inside.
Metal - aluminum or steel. Aluminum pins are much easier to work with, and they are as strong as steel pins.
A set of buttons and pins costs from five rubles. The legs and heads of the buttons themselves vary in configuration. The method and complexity of their installation depends on this.
If there is no previous practice, for self-replacement You should buy buttons with stable, fixed legs.
The easiest way to install buttons is with a straight, stable stem and a hollow metal body filled with special plastic. The notched pin is easily driven into the filling and holds securely, the button does not dangle.
Hollow aluminum buttons without filler have much thicker stem walls. A rod with several notches is driven into them tighter, fits less tightly, and the button can dangle.
The body of the button is completely plastic, and only the front part is trimmed with metal. When hammering a pin, there is a risk that the leg may split. Such fittings are installed with great care.
Buttons with a through hole in the head and leg, according to the rules, are placed on smooth solid or hollow pins, which are riveted inside the hole. It is difficult to do this without a special tool, so it is better to use a short pin with several notches from another kit.
In buttons with a broken (slightly inclined) stem, with a through hole or not, a smooth steel pin is driven in and riveted with noticeable effort. It is difficult to handle such fittings without the proper tools, maintaining perfect alignment of the rod. Using a notched pin positioned absolutely exactly at the moment of impact, the button can be successfully changed independently. True, at the end of the work the angle of the cap may disappear.
The front side of the buttons can be voluminous, semicircular, or have rhinestones on it. Then, in order not to damage and to ensure that the surface is exactly the same, the button at the moment of driving in the pin is placed not on a plane, but on a suitable ring. This could be a round depression in the middle of the pliers, a large washer from a nut, a notch made with a nail on wooden board, where the rhinestone will fit.
Installing a button
If there is a broken pin left on the waistband of your jeans, you must carefully remove it by biting off the remains with side cutters or the biting part of the pliers. The rod cap can then be easily removed.
On wooden block, tablet or kitchen board The button is placed face down. A pin is inserted into the previous hole on the waistband of the jeans so that its head is on the wrong side. The sharp part of the rod is inserted into the leg of the button and driven in with a hammer. It is necessary to hammer in the pin by hitting its head more than once. swipe, but for several small ones, not sweeping ones. It is very important that the position of the rod is vertical, without distortion.
Patch
When the entire button falls out and there is a hole in its place, you need to make a patch. A circle of smaller diameter than the width of the belt is cut out of a thick piece of leather. In the middle of the leather patch, a hole is pierced with an awl or a thin nail, a pin is threaded through it, onto which a button is then placed. The payment remains with inside belts You can grab it with threads so that it doesn’t curl up later. But this is not necessary.