Hi my name is Nancy and I am fairly new to the collecting side of
buttons but I have hoarded them for years and years because I do a lot
sewing. I started picking up buttons at estate auctions in jars in flats
of sewing stuff that was useful to me. I...
I would agree with autonaut22. I have tried the 409 test with q-tips on
a button I knew to be Bakelite and it worked just like she said. So now
I use it to test all my suspected Bakelites and once you do that you
start to recognize whether a button i...
Hi, I was reading through this thread because I too am a button
collector and love to sew. I like to go to estate auctions and get the
flats of sewing stuff that nobody wants for like $1.00. I have come
across some great buttons. My favorites are the...
