A Tailor showed me this Method! How to Fix Broken Zipper 

Tailor showed me these Methods of how we can repair zips.
In today’s video I show How to fix a zipper on jacket, bag, school bag and coats or hoodies.
If the zipper of the clothes is broken, don't dump it. They can be repaired with simple tools you can find at home no need for a zipper repair kit.

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[beercanbrian]

Suffered all these zipper maladies. This video is gold. Saved!!

[MaryAnnNytowl]

I would suggest holding these things with tweezers whenever cyanoacrylate (super glue) is being used. Also, the baking soda thing can be improved by using graphite, if you don't need the end product to be white. Additionally, the bicarbonate (baking soda) can be colored to match with things like a little mica powder, too – but do a test spot first, on a piece of scrap, to be sure of the color. The glue alters the colors a bit.

Edited to add: @ about 3:25 or so, spreading open the zipper mechanism shouldn't be necessary UNLESS the end piece (like is on the bottom of a jacket) is completely unreachable. Often, on a tote bag or the like, the piece is there, but buried a bit at the end, and can be reached by snipping a few threads from the inside.

Always check, because doing what is shown weakens the metal. Also, it isn't nearly as simple with a plastic zipper, so you have to hope the end piece is accessible.

[headcreeps]

Thank you for showing how to fix the most common zipper problems!!!

[theonlymegumegu]

I have to admit, I love the use of pencil graphite as a lubricant in this way! I've bought powdered graphite before specifically to lube up a lock, so I've been aware of the lubricating property, but this specific application is sweet.

[Susie_Floozie]

WHOA! My mind is more than boggled--it's absolutely buggered! Thank you. I've found that you can also make an eycatching zipper pull from a favorite keychain fob or necklace pendant. And I've loosened up many a balky metal zipper with wax--rubbing an old wax candle stub up and down the teeth will make the zipper pull glide along the track.

[cbird]

The inspiring music, complete with a building crescendo, for something as simple as using pliers to squeeze a zipper. Sigh. When Gandalf rode over the hill on the fifth day, that was less gratifying than when the zipper worked correctly. Thank you. I will now smoke a cigarette, roll over into a deep sleep, and awaken to fix my favorite hoodie. Your money is on the nightstand.

[quantumac]

Wow. This is a truly useful video in this time of economic challenges. At least we won't have to buy new clothes because of a faulty zipper!

[appleoneill]

This was brilliant. Wish I had been taught this at school in the 80's! Thank you so much for sharing x

[meawreg]

well they didn't teach me this in home ech back in the 90's

[susangrande]

This is wonderful!! Thank you so much for posting this! I have a zipper on a jacket where the teeth don’t zip together. I’ll have to try this, as I haven’t gotten around to replacing the zipper by taking the old one out and sewing in the new one. This is much easier! 😍

[GregBreden]

Anyone doing the last one bear in mind that zipper metal is a little brittle so you will probably only get a couple of chaces to open one side and close it again. Do it too many times and it will braek open where you're prising it or more likely snap when you're trying to close it back up. By the way, discovering the uses for instant plastic made with baking soda (and/or crushed pencil graphite) and superglue has been very useful in a variety of situations for me.

[bettyswallocks]

Zips come in different colours. To make baking soda / bicarbonate of soda + cyanoacrylate / superglue match the colour, mica powder dye can be added. Additionally, mixing powdered pencil lead (pure graphite works better) with the baking powder gives an even stronger end result.

[johnvrabec]

The baking soda superglue trick is also used to repair guitar nuts.

[nirupachadha]

I loved all your ideas, especially the baking powder and the paper clipped. Thank you so much for sharing.

[murkydepths]

Fixing zips is nothing short of magic to me 💕👌

[WhiteWolfBlackStar]

Great job! I do my own sculpted acrylic nails, so many repairs I just use that. But this was very good! I's never seen the baking soda trick before 😎

[Transforming_Skyscraper]

None of these worked for me but it inspired me to try something different. The zipper on my carhartt jacket wouldn’t lock in and allow it to function. If I managed to get it locked in, it was difficult to remove.
Took a metal file to the part that inserts into the zipper pulls and was able to free up the movement. Kept filing until I got smooth results. Had to file in different areas to determine where exactly it was catching. A little trial and error and it’s good to go!

[souravbhattacharyya]

You showed all categories and are a real genius 👍

[rslager]

I had the problem with my zipper shown at 2:12 for the longest time. That fixed it the first time, amazing.

[sunnydusty]

Thank you! you fixed my zipper within seconds!!