Friday, 14 September 2012

An easy, fast way to fix a zipper! Repair without cost.

Read in Swedish: Laga dragkedjan lätt som en plätt, snabbt och gratis!

The zipper of my handbag wasn't working. It was splitting up, like this:

If the rows of "teeth" looks o.k on a zipper I knew that you can just change the slider/sliders. There is also a quite new Swedish product called "Zlide On" which is easy to put.







Anyway, the other day I just got this bright idea!
If the slider looks o.k, maybe it just needs a small adjustment?!


With a pliers I pressed a little on the one side...

and then on the other side of the slider...

And presto! All of a sudden the zipper was working perfectly! Yippie!

Good Luck!

(This of course will work on any zipper! On your jeans, shoes, jacket, tent, sleeping bag or whatever... )
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10 comments:

  1. Anna Karin14 September 2012 at 08:20

    Du är antagligen ett geni! :) Kram o önskar dig en härlig fredag!

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  2. Eva in Athens, Greece16 September 2012 at 00:35

    @Anna Karin
    :) Konstigt att man inte hört talas om detta förut egentligen.

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  3. Humberto Dib26 September 2012 at 16:25

    Gostei mesmo do seu blog, estou ficando.
    Abraços.
    HD

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  4. Eva in Athens, Greece27 September 2012 at 01:35

    Obrigado, Humberto!

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  5. DIMI30 April 2014 at 14:22

    Πολύ έξυπνη ιδέα Εύα μου!!!Πρώτη φορά τό βλέπω!!Πολύ χρήσιμο!!Καλή Πρωτομαγιά!!Φιλάκια!

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  6. Unknown1 May 2014 at 12:57

    @Dimi
    :)Thank you, dear Dimi! Καλή Πρωτομαγιά και σε σένα!
    Φιλάκια πολλά!!!

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  7. Anonymous8 May 2014 at 01:41

    Great job !
    I had the opposite problem where the zipper would not catch.
    Inspired by your article, I used a small screwdriver to open the gap, and it all works perfectly now !
    Cheers
    Liam
    Loonyl

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  8. Unknown8 May 2014 at 01:42

    I'm really glad to hear that, Liam, and thank you so much for taking your time to write a comment! I really appreciate it!
    Best wishes! ☼

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  9. June J. Marsala21 October 2015 at 12:53

    Inspired by your article, I used a small screwdriver to open the gap, and it all works perfectly now ! - See more at: http://www.aswedeingreece.com/2012/09/an-easy-fast-way-to-fix-zipper-repair.html#sthash.Wf6k1o47.dpuf

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  10. Unknown11 February 2016 at 21:58

    @June J. Marsala
    That is great to hear, June! Thanks for your tip and thank you so very much for your comment!

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Hej! Jag uppskattar verkligen era kommentarer och jag svarar på alla (här i min blogg), även om det ibland kan ta ett par dagar...

Hi! I appreciate so much your comments and I answer all of them (here in my blog) , even if it sometimes can take a couple of days...and sorry about that - I'm working on it! :)