Waterproofzipper, how to finish the ends?

[edvin mellergård]

Hi,
I'm making a bivvy for alpineclimbing and I want a zipper in it, I'm gonna buy 6mm YKK Aquaguard by the meter but the place that sells it says it can't be used for separating zippers since no clamps are delivered with it. I call bullsh*t on that one and think it would be pretty simple to simply sew a piece of edgebinding or something around the end. The slider is selflocking anyway so I don't need a real finish.

Any reason why this wouldn't work? Or is there a better solution out there?

[Ginger Allman]

The little end on a separating zipper does more than just finish off the end. It is necessary because it fits in with the slider in just the right way so that the teeth line up properly so that they'll zip up.

If you don't need a separating zipper, then you're correct. You can finish off the ends any way you want.

[edvin mellergård]

Great to hear!

[Jerry Adams]

To finish an end (to keep the zipper pull from coming off) you can just do about 20 turns of regular thread with a needle, by hand. Or heavier thread. Do enough stitches until the zipper pull won't go by it.

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