![]() ![]() ![]() I start by grabbing my seam ripper and beginning just below the zipper, start taking out the stitches: I don’t usually have a wrinkle problem with jacket zippers.īut occasionally, a dress or pant zipper is wrinkled. If your zipper tape is wrinkled, you could iron it, but be careful that you don’t hit the teeth on the nylon zippers with the hot iron. You’d hate to sew it in and find out it was defective! The one on the right is made of durable nylon.įor this jacket, the metal zipper was chosen.īefore you buy the zipper, zip it up and down several times to make sure it doesn’t stick and that it actually works. The zipper on the left is a heavy duty silver metal zipper. Here are two different types of jacket zippers: You can always shorten the top of the zipper, if you need to and I’ll talk about how to do that later in this post. If that is not possible, get one that is longer. Try to buy a zipper that is the same length as the current zipper. So, let’s replace the zipper.īefore you begin, be sure and choose a zipper that is long enough for the jacket opening. Your jacket or coat zipper may have other problems. On this jacket, the zipper teeth didn’t hold together when the jacket was zipped. Here’s the jacket with the broken zipper: If you read my last post on How Much To Charge To Replace a Zipper, I promised I’d be back to show you how to put in a new zipper. ![]()
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