Here is a quick and easy tutorial on how to install spring snaps using our Spring Snap Setter Tool Kit!
First, gather your supplies:
- Spring Snap (4 pieces: Cap, Stud, Socket, Post)
- Spring Snap Tool Kit (4 pieces. Includes: Anvil, Narrow Snap Setter, Fabric Hole Puncher, and Wide Snap Setter)
- Hammer
- (Not Shown) Cutting mat to protect your work surface
1. Mark placement of snap on fabric.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you've interfaced this area for stability otherwise your fabric may not be strong enough to withstand the repeated opening and closing of the snap!
2. Place your fabric hole puncher directly on top of the mark you've just made and punch a hole using your hammer.
Punched hole example.
3. Take the top of the snap (called the Cap), and place it thorough the punched hole.
4. Flip the fabric over to reveal the post on the backside of the cap.
5. Place the snap stud over the post.
6. Place your anvil down with the flat side facing up.
7. Place your snap "sandwich" onto the anvil, cap side down.
Top down, the order should be:
Snap stud
Fabric
Snap cap
Anvil
8. Center your Narrow Snap Setter directly on top of the post in the middle of the snap stud and hammer down a few times.
9. You've installed the top of your snap! Let's move onto the bottom of your snap.
10. Again, you'll make the placement of the corresponding half of your snap.
11. And once again, place the same fabric hole puncher you previously used directly on top of the mark and punch a hole with your hammer.
Punched hole example.
12. There are two remaining pieces in a snap: the stud and the post.
Although they look similar when laid flat, viewing them from the side angle will reveal their differences.
The stud has a longer stem than the post.
13. Now, take your stud (the one with the longer stem)...
14. And place it up and through the punched hole.
15. Now take your post (the one with the shorter stem)...
16. And place it (the post) directly on top of the stud.
17. Flip your anvil over so that the side with the raised center is facing up and the flat side is facing down.
18. Place your snap "sandwich" on top of the anvil. You'll find that the underside of the stud should fit nicely into the raised center of the anvil.
Top down, the order should be:
Post
Fabric
Stud
Anvil
19. Now find your wide snap setter and place the indented end on top of your post.
20. Once you've placed your wide snap setter directly on top of your post, hammer down a few times to set it in place.
21. You've successfully installed the bottom half of your snap!
This is what the backside of your snap bottom should look like.
22. Now, snap the parts together...
23. And congrats! You've successfully installed a snap!