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   woodruff | Mar 08, 2010 09:55pm | #1

   Setting snaps can be enormously frustrating, even if you've been doing it a long time.  I've had the best success with Prym (hard to find in this country) and especially the Snap Source:

   http://www.snapsource.com/

   Practice (i.e. wasting a couple of snap sets) is invaluable, and even now, I always try out one set on swatches in the proper thickness of my newest fabric before gettting to the real thing.  Sigh.

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   CarolW | Mar 09, 2010 11:33am | #2

   Thanks for your reply and the URL for the snapsource.  May try some different snaps!

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   mas064 | Dec 01, 2010 02:46am | #3

   Dritz 981 heavy duty snap fasteners

   You're not doing anything wrong - Prym/Dritz is.  I use a lot of  these snaps for light-medium fabric outdoor items because they do not require punching a hole in the fabric which can weaken or damage it (like Dot snaps do altho' they are much tighter and heavier duty).

   Early this year Prym/Dritz released a batch of the 981 snaps with slightly oversized pronged buttons that jam in many of the existing 981T anvils & are almost impossible to remove.  However, you can pry them out with an Xacto knife & #11 blade but will snap the tip off the blade & the prongs or blade will probably puncture your finger in the process (I have the scars to prove it)!

   To fix the problem, Prim/Dritz then switched to larger diameter 981T anvils - but they are thinner & look like something out of the chinese stone age & are so rough they can damage the finish on the buttons. (You know, the chinese are perfectly capable & willing to provide any level of quality control desired, you just have to specify & insist on it, constantly monitor it, and be willing to pay a fair price for it - Prym/Dritz please take notice!)