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February 28, 2023

Understanding the difference between wooden buttons and metal buttons

In the clothing accessories market, the buttons are made of a variety of materials, which is more representative of the Wooden Buttons and Metal Buttons. The wooden buttons we see are mostly made from natural plants, and in the international market, there are many varieties of these buttons. In the past few years, people's environmental awareness is getting stronger, and the application of wooden buttons is just in line with our pursuit of green life this trend.

Wooden buttons


Wooden buttons have been favored in recent years over plastic synthetic buttons. The main component of wood buttons is lignin, which is extremely resistant to organic solvents and can be protected from dry cleaners as well as dry cleaned with garments. But wooden buttons also have a weakness, is that it is extremely absorbent. In wet weather or put into water, it will soon absorb water and swell, and when dried again it may crack, deform or become rough and unpleasant, greatly affecting the beauty of the clothes. To overcome this type of difference, we should try to choose the wood precision, long growth period, old wood when selecting materials.

Metal buttons are a bit different from wooden buttons, which belong to the category of industrial products. The design of metal buttons is different from pure art such as engraving, sculpture and painting, it contains more factors such as shape, pattern, color, material, practicality and mass production. Among our common metal fasteners, the external shape makes the biggest difference. In our production, the common button shapes are: round, hexagonal, unequal, equilateral, etc. For the decorative patterns on the buttons mostly use Arabic numerals, English letters, flat composition patterns, animals, portraits, flowers, registered trademarks and floral patterns. A good metal button is not only in the use and beauty of the performance
itself, more or with the integration of clothing.

In general, wooden buttons and metal buttons each have their own characteristics and benefits, different clothes with different buttons.

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