Buttons

[UnicycleBloke]

I want to make some buttons for a cardigan I've just knitted. Beech most likely. What's a good surface finish for them to be washable? Don't need to be high gloss or anything, just reasonably durable.

Cheers.

 

[Russell]

Try Rustins plastic coating that's is supposed to be tough as long as not washed hot it should be durable enough that its not affected by detergent or water.

 

[Bodrighy]

Whatever finish you use will get removed after a couple of rounds in a washing machine. Choose a decent hard wood and sand to as high a finish as you can and then leave bare. I sell them like that and have no complaints (yet LOL)

Pete