It seems at some point the piece of metal that stops the zipper and the zipper head have come off my jacket and I am looking for new pieces but they are 2mm and I can't find them anywhere. Suggestions?
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2mm zipper?
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http://www.wawak.com/Zippers/Zippers-1 when you say 2 mm, is that #2? normally, #3 is as small as anyone goes
I just sew over the end a few times with some heavy button thread. Works every time. Cheers
Thanks but I m missing the slider also.
if you're replacing entire zipper, use #3 thru-hiker has some I think. or owfinc or questoutfitters yeah, what Roger says, loops of heavy thread. Owfinc said that too.
I hear it is hard to sew a zipper
not necesarily especially if you're replacing the zipper – the fabric is already folded into the right position and everything I hate it when there's a large gap between the zipper teeth and the fabric – room for air and water to leak. Make the fabric butt up to zipper teeth. If it overlaps the teeth, at some point you'll have a problem, but it has to overlap by a bit.
The Zipper Lady has a lot of choices and pretty fast service too. http://www.thezipperlady.com Plus she has some instructional videos for zipper newbies.
Sewing zippers is easy, but you do need a zipper foot. It's making the ends look really neat that sometimes take a bit of ingenuity. A little scrap of fabric over the end works wonders. Sliders you can buy from lots of places already mentioned. Cheers
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