How Do You Fix A Broken Zipper Easily?
Dresses, skirts, and pants with broken zippers are unwearable, but not un-fixable. Instead of throwing away your garment, there are ways to repair a broken zipper or replace it with a new one. Read on to find out how to fix a broken zipper. 1) You will need the following: • Tools: needle, sewing scissors, straight pins, seam ripper, needle-nosed pliers, a sewing machine • Materials: thread, zipper of similar size or replacement zipper, safety pin • Time: it will take five to ten minutes to repair a zipper, and half an hour to an hour to replace it 2) Before you replace the zipper, look at it carefully and see if it can still be repaired. If a tooth is broken or missing in the upper part of the zipper, the zipper needs replacing. If the tooth is missing near the bottom of the zipper, zip the zipper up so the slider is positioned above the damage. Thread the needle and stitch around both rows of teeth right above the missing tooth. This is the new stop for the slider. To make sure that i
