Button me

It has buttons and buttons. Cast metal with high or low relief, resined... But my favorites are the most classic model, the super practical "American" style button.

To do it is easy and uncomplicated, something that in a few minutes any interested party learns and starts producing. All you need is a simple hand press. It already comes with the safety clasp (aka pin) attached and has a shiny polyethylene film (aka plastic) that serves as protection. Basically it is decorated on a printer.

The shape is circular, the size depends on the matrix, it varies between 2.5 and 5.5 centimeters.
Whenever I see someone selling, I buy one. The amount charged is usually small.

But, "not to say that I didn't mention the pain", I now highlight some subtle details that are sometimes not taken into account by the people who manufacture buttons. The print (not fingerprint)... And I'm not referring to that mark we leave with our thumb at the police station when the guard catches us sleeping in the square!

First

In a futile attempt to save paint, one or another bottonzer (a term to be invented now for those who produce buttons) does not make the art in such a way that the predominant surface occupies the entire aforementioned ornament, also including the sides, giving continuity to the design. They leave white edges on the background, which end up leaving it looking incomplete.

Second

Also want, save, or unfaithful lapel quality certificate... It does us disfavor to print the art on a bond and a printer of inferior quality. So, when a bottoned (a term he now invents to define who wears buttons) takes a little rain and already loses with the design, it will be destroyed by the action of water in the poorly made compatible print.

Therefore, I strongly affirm that the best and long-lasting buttons are from the manufacturer who care to print them on quality paper (couché) and on a quality printer (laser or quality jet).

As an A4 is compatible with durability, it cannot be considered decent and durable. Any bureau/copier can outsource the service at a relatively low cost. And if the demand is very high, then the lack of investment in first-line equipment is not justified.

There are buttons that, because they are made with attention to quality, persist in the jacket for several years. Unless they are lost in the midst of a rampant pogo.