Matte finish buttons

[kilted2000]

To go with my earlier question about painting buttons, where can I buy black or at least less shiny square kilt buttons? All the places I have found are UK based and the shipping costs are killer.

[figheadair]

To go with my earlier question about painting buttons, where can I buy black or at least less shiny square kilt buttons? All the places I have found are UK based and the shipping costs are killer.

Find a friend in the UK to receive them and th3n post them. Shouldn't be outrageous.

[Touchstone]

To go with my earlier question about painting buttons, where can I buy black or at least less shiny square kilt buttons? All the places I have found are UK based and the shipping costs are killer.

I recently got a set from Claymore Imports in Arizona. They have a variety of non-chrome buttons. The price was reasonable. I should mention that the item was out of stock, then they lost track of my order. I had to remind them and they were so embarrassed they instantly shipped the item AND refunded my money. So a couple weeks ago I was a disgruntled customer, but now I'm a happy one.

[OC Richard]

The standard square Evening Dress jacket buttons have been made plated with silver, Rhodium, nickel, and chrome, in both shiny and "antique" finish.

Or you can DIY a shiny finish into a "brushed nickel" finish, quickly done with steel wool.

Or you can "antique" the shiny buttons.

Here's an example with bagpipe mounts. These hand-engraved mounts are uber-shiny aluminium, not everyone's cup of tea.

The guy who did the engraving told me that aluminium can't be "antiqued" in the traditional ways done with silver and nickel.

He said, while perhaps not perfect, the best method he knew was to use a felt marker pen, specifically this one

Staedtler Lumocolor Permanent Special

The reason being that most "black" markers are actually a very dark purple, while this marker is a true black.

Here's the before and after: