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   crwritt | Mar 23, 2002 04:40am | #1

   You will probably have to drill them out, with an electric drill. I would drill from the back. Drill the center of the rivet, once some of the metal is gone, you can use pliers to work them out the rest of the way. Of course, the rivets cant be reused, and there will be holes left in the fabric.

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   JudyWilliment | Mar 23, 2002 01:31pm | #2

   I used a fairly small screw driver to pry up the edges of the rivet from the right side, then got a FIRM hold with strong pliers, and pulled off the bent up front portion.  The back protion then just falls out.  It takes a bit of force, but gets the rivet off without damaging the fabric any further.

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   NansiM | Mar 25, 2002 03:22pm | #4

   Thanks Judy!  Thr prying finally worked--it just took awhile!  This is an alteration I'm doing for a customer--do you think I can include "prying time"  into the bill???  (Just kidding, of course!)  Thanks, again.

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   sarahkayla | Mar 26, 2002 01:27am | #5

   Actually - if your client asked you to remove those rivets - absolutely charge for the time it took you. If you had to remove the rivets due to your error -you have to eat that time.

   Sarah

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   JudyWilliment | Mar 26, 2002 01:05pm | #6

   I agree on the charging - if it's your client's request, by all means charge.  What I've sometimes done in these cases is charge for the time it took once I figured out how to do whatever it was - not how long it took me to figure it out!

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   NansiM | Mar 26, 2002 06:20pm | #8

   Thanks again.  See resonse to SARAHKAYLA.

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   NansiM | Mar 26, 2002 06:19pm | #7

   Thanks for the advice.  Actually, we had not discussed the rivets as I didn't realize they went thru the elastic until I'd already taken much of the stitching (one of those with three rows of stitching thru the elatic!).  My options at that point were to remove them or try to cut around them (they were only affecting the bottom row) and I really didn't want to cut.  I was hoping there might be a tool or an easier way than the prying (which killed my hands), sort of like the gadget dept stores use to rmove those wonderful security tags.  Maybe I should invent one - LOL-as if I'd have time!

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   NansiM | Mar 25, 2002 03:20pm | #3

   Thanks for the suggestion.  The prying finally worked so I didn't have to get out the heavy equipment --this time!