Content:
- Preparation for repair
- Choice fasteners for coats
- We repair the hook on the coat without replacement
- How to sew a hook to a fur coat?
- Change hooks for buttons
Many owners of chic and elegant fur products are sure that only professionals who know their business should repair their fur coats. However, many are faced with a fairly simple problem - the hooks on the fur coat unfasten. You can fix it at home, with a little effort and a couple of simple manipulations. Which ones? Now we will tell about it.
Preparation for repair
If the hook on the coat is broken, then you need to repair or replace it with a new one. This procedure does not require special skills or knowledge, and the only requirement is to be able to sew so that the work is done accurately and accurately.
First of all, you need to prepare the tools that will be used:
- Flap stretch fabric.
- Small hooks - small ones can unfasten, and large ones look ugly.
- Needle with thread.It is best to buy a triangular needle, which is used to work with leather goods.
- Stationery or furrier knife. If not, then you can use nail scissors.
General recommendations:
- The needle must be thin and long.
- You need to buy a thick string, if this was not found, then you can use a regular one, folding it in half or four.
- Threads and hooks should be matched in color so that they are almost invisible in appearance.
- If you buy new hooks, then you need to check the mechanism of their fastening. It should not be tight or difficult, because in winter the fingers freeze and the heavy mechanism will not be appropriate.
- Upon completion of repair work, take care of the pile, restoring its position with a brush.
Important! Before restoring the tangled fur, it should be moistened with a solution of warm water and glycerin.
Choice fasteners for coats
As a fastener for coats are used:
- Hooks with ringlets. Their system is of three types: with a movable and fixed or fastening element.
Important! The product can be made of plastic or metal. Naturally, the metal has a higher strength, so it is better to give preference to it. Plastic accessories are relevant only if the fasteners are sewn to a fur vest or short fur coat.
- Decorative fasteners in the form of hooks and clips. Decorative items - this is an additional decoration, most often they are used for fur products with a short pile.
- Buttons.
Recommendations:
- If public transport is used to move around the city, then it is better to buy fastened hooks that do not unfasten under the onslaught of other passengers.
- The most popular option is a metal hook with a movable tongue, as it has an attractive appearance and good reliability. Usually they are used for short and long coats, the length of the pile can be any.
- When using a decorative hook it is important not to overdo it, because it should be only one. It is better to place such a hook at the top and use it as a brooch or reinforcement for the hood.
On a note! It is possible to improve the appearance of a monophonic fur product using a shiny accessory with stones. The size of the jewelry can be any, the main thing - compliance with the style of a fur coat or fur vest.
We repair the hook on the coat without replacement
The reasons why hooks may not keep a fur product in a heap:
- Wrong hook size. If the hardware is small, then it will be bad to keep the fur product and needs to be completely replaced.
- Partially torn threads. In this case, it is enough to alter the hook by making additional stitches or re-stitching the hook.
- The hooks loosened over time. If the mechanism itself is broken, then you need to compress it with pliers. This should be done carefully, otherwise the part will break and need to be replaced.
How to sew a hook to a fur coat?
Before you begin, you need to determine the place where the hooks will be. After a series of measurements, find the best places for the hooks.
Important! Before you sew the hooks you need to remember that all the fasteners are put on the lining, not touching the main skin.
If the clasp is broken, then it must be replaced. Before you do this, you must do the following:
- Undercut the seam on the lining, reaching the fastener.
- The lining is not attached? Then just turn the fur inside out and find the right part.
Now you can proceed to the installation of hooks. In order to do this correctly, you must clearly follow the instructions, performing all the steps of the work step by step:
- If there was no hardware at the chosen place, then you need to make a small cut and bring the necessary part of the hook through it. If the hook is being replaced, then the place of the old fastener needs to be sewn up (except for the new slot), having strengthened it with a piece of leather or adhesive fabric.
- Sew a hook on the inside of the lining. The base of the hook has more than one hole, so you need to flash them all, spreading the load evenly.
- Sew sewn up, make new seams carefully. All threads must be on the inside.The last lining is sewn to the fur board with a secret seam.
Important! During sewing, you can not pull the thread, otherwise the core will tear.
- If you want to sew a ring, then, first of all, measurements are taken, because the hook and ring should be located on the same level.
General recommendations:
- Strengthening the place of the fastener with a glue cloth or leather can avoid strain or stretch the core.
- If the fur product has a thin nap, then the ring should be fixed with the help of leather.
- A fur coat is an expensive thing, so you do not need to save money when choosing hooks.
Change hooks for buttons
The owners of expensive and elegant fur products are sure that the hooks are not reliable, because they break quickly, and it is difficult and long to change them, so they prefer buttons. In fact, replacing hooks with buttons is extremely difficult, because you need to properly draw a loop, which means you need to have a special technique that allows you to properly handle the edges. Otherwise, in places of cuts, the pile will simply crumble.
If replacing hooks with buttons is necessary and an appropriate decision is made, then we recommend to listen to useful tips:
- To replace the hooks on the buttons, you must carefully remove the old accessories, sew up all the holes with light stitches. Inside, you need to lay adhesive tape to the place where there was a hook before, then you can sew a button.
- It is better to make the hinges internal, as it is much easier. Loops should be made of thick threads.
In general, there is nothing difficult to install hooks and rings and you can cope with this task by listening to our advice. The main thing to do the job very carefully, because the fur product is expensive. If there is not enough experience or there is a fear to spoil everything, then it is better to use the services of a master who is able to solve all the problems.
