In this case, what I try to do is to very careful move the zip over the teeth one notch at a time. Stretch the zip out straight, pin it or thumbtack it to a push-board both above and below the area that’s stuck. Rub some dry soap (soap bar) on the teeth and very gently push and pull the stuck zip in either direction. Sometimes I use a pin to force/realign the zip teeth under the zip pull. Good luck and if it doesn’t work, replace it with a metal tooth zipper. Buy a good one at Greenberg and Hammer…
Swissmiss is an online garden Tina Roth Eisenberg started in 2005 and has lovingly tended to ever since.
Besides swissmiss, Tina founded and runs TeuxDeux, CreativeMornings and her Brooklyn based co-working community Friends Work Here. (She also started Tattly which was recently adopted by BIC)
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This is just horrible when this happens! I have no clue what advice to give :)
Sep 16th, 2008 / 3:31 pm
love this!
Sep 16th, 2008 / 4:15 pm
Just throw it away and buy a new one ;-)
Sep 17th, 2008 / 6:20 am
In this case, what I try to do is to very careful move the zip over the teeth one notch at a time. Stretch the zip out straight, pin it or thumbtack it to a push-board both above and below the area that’s stuck. Rub some dry soap (soap bar) on the teeth and very gently push and pull the stuck zip in either direction. Sometimes I use a pin to force/realign the zip teeth under the zip pull. Good luck and if it doesn’t work, replace it with a metal tooth zipper. Buy a good one at Greenberg and Hammer…
Sep 17th, 2008 / 11:51 am
Brute force.
Sep 19th, 2008 / 7:19 am