The zipper on the jacket: how to proceed

A zipper has several common types of damage:

· The lock diverges – the reason is the slider is too loose, it does not bring the teeth together;

The slider moves too tightly – on the contrary, the planes of the slider are very strongly compressed, friction prevents it from sliding;

· The dog flew off the fastener – the fasteners were loosened so much that the working part of the mechanism slipped past the limiters;

· The lock unfastens spontaneously: again, the slider is loosened, and strong pressure on the joints also plays a role.

It is simple to figure out how to fix a zipper on a jacket or jeans: if unbuttoning is difficult, you need to lubricate the teeth, for other problems, tighten the slider or replace it. However, the replacement solves the issue with poor unbuttoning.

You can compress the plane of the dog with pliers, but this must be done carefully, since too much compression will lead to a problem of the second kind – with unbuttoning. In addition, the relatively fragile metal of cheap accessories can simply break. It is best to use a soft lead pencil to lubricate the teeth. It is enough to run them over the teeth on the outer and inner sides of the tape several times and to open and close the zipper.

When spontaneously unbuttoning – this usually happens with tight jeans – let’s say the option with a stopper. It is enough to thread a ring (from a key ring made of ordinary wire or an unbent paper clip) into the hole on the tongue and put it on when buttoning jeans with a loop.