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I have a pair of MLD Rain Chaps cuben. I’d like to sew a short waterproof zipper into the bottom of each leg to make it possible to add/remove them with my 12.5 shoes on. I’ve never sewed cuben. Is there any special technique I should use? Or, treat the cuben like any other fabric and just sew? TIA
Just sew it. IMO, at least try to use a smaller needle and thread, such as MARA 100 and a 70/10.
From what I’ve read on here… sew zipper onto a 1″ wide piece of cuban the length of your zipper then glue that to your chaps.
Les
The above is correct and is what I did with a cuben tent I made. However, I don’t feel that’s necessary with the heavier variants, only with .51 osy cuben. I have sewn a lot of zippers on .74 and up cuben with zero issues. I’ve sold a handful of cuben zip sacks on here that were sewn in a standard fashion and noone has reached out to me with any issues.
I’d rather see than sew AND tape. Is the risk that the seams pull through the cuben?
I’d rather see than sew AND tape. Is the risk that the seams pull through the cuben?
I agree and yes, with .51 cuben that could happen. I recently made a rain jacket with pit zips out of the .71 cuben and just sewed them right on. No issues yet and I don’t foresee there ever will be.
Good stuff! Thanks for the wisdom. I started the zipper project and learned one thing–when you make a mistake in cuben and remove the seam, you get to live with every hole the needle makes ;-/
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