Decided to have a break from ongoing mv maintenance and try to get 3 x pairs of unworn repro HBT coveralls into shape for the season.
One is a really nice pair I picked up several years ago but is way over size, the other two are the better of the generic coveralls available and a little on the large side.
I took the plunge and tried the nice pair and a pair of the generics on a 40 degree wash. Nice pair shrunk well but not quite enough :-|. Generic pair came out spot on :-).
So tried a very risky thing and put the nice pair on a 60 degree wash. To my relief it came out spot on for size :-), but then I realised that two of the metal buttons had come apart despite the garment being buttoned up and turned inside out :cry:. They'd almost pulled through the material before separating into component parts of button and rivet.
Out with the bodger's kit - one button seems to have pushed back together with a washer behind, the other is now held on by a cut-down self-tapping screw and again a washer.
So - what is the secret to getting these buttons to go back and stay together ok?
Do you have to prise the head cover off and use a new rivet of some sort? Are replacement buttons available?
I just hit the NEW THREAD button and realised that was quite appropriate - new thread(s)? :cool2: