Have you ever opened a bag of buttons expecting to find wonderful old
plastic buttons and found instead crackles and crumbs? I know what
causes that and I know how to stop the damage from advancing to crumbs.
The cause is old plastic and new plastic ...
The new pictures are of the sewing implements the top is definitely bone
and the bottom is plastic, The second photo the bone is on the right and
the plastic is on the left.
Carol, I agree if you are going to say "I know nothing about buttons"
then you should definitely not claim to know anything about the one
you're listing, especially not in the next breath. The ones that really
irk me are the ones who say "this is suc...
Of course I believe you when you tell me something, I also mentioned
that I didn't like putting them in water either that is why I tried the
dry soda method and I am going to stick to my opinion that it is working
since My buttons are not so far show...
Hi, I went through the buttons I had in dry baking soda. When I opened
the tin the camphor smell was gone. I did have a few buttons in there
that weren't celluloid as a test. I think you should do some
experimenting with it. If we can stop the damage...
What I have been doing and it is working it putting the celluloid
buttons in a paste of water and baking soda usually for a couple of days
since I do it and then get busy but I think overnight would be long
enough. Do some experimenting yourself. I a...
