Broken zip on sleeping bag

[jimbell21]

Hi all,

Looking for some advice please. The zip on my sleeping bag appears to be broken, and the stopper at the top of the zip is missing, which from what I can gather stops me putting the zip back on the bag. The zip was splitting when I zipped it up, so think I'll need new metal zipper parts...

Is a full new zip an easy repair or would you take it to a shop of some description? I'm in the Dunfermline area.

Cheers,
James

[AyrshireAlps]

You can buy a new zipper, and wee stopper clip too. There will be a number on the zip, prob a 5 or 7, get a ykk of that number online.

[matt_outandabout]

https://www.scottishmountaingear.com

[jimbell21]

You can buy a new zipper, and wee stopper clip too. There will be a number on the zip, prob a 5 or 7, get a ykk of that number online.

Grand, will have a look and see if it looks idiot proof!

[jacob]

Before doing anything like that, first try the "plier-pinch-goodtogo" solution.
Take two pliers and gently pinch both "wings" of the "runner" of the zip. Easiest fix possible, but good enough for 90 out of 100 "broken" zippers.
Pinch or sew just anything over the end of the "rails" and you're good to go.

[jimbell21]

Before doing anything like that, first try the "plier-pinch-goodtogo" solution.
Take two pliers and gently pinch both "wings" of the "runner" of the zip. Easiest fix possible, but good enough for 90 out of 100 "broken" zippers.
Pinch or sew just anything over the end of the "rails" and you're good to go.

Thanks for that, will see what I can manage with my pliers. At least it's broken as it is already, can't make it much worse...

[Sgurr]

You could just take it to a local repair shop. Can recomend "In Stitches" in St. Andrews, but that is a bit far. Why not try this, Linda's Alterations from Dunfermline. Can't be much different doing a sleeping bag from a garment. She seems to specialise. Otherwise. many dry cleaners do things like that.


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[jimbell21]

You could just take it to a local repair shop. Can recomend "In Stitches" in St. Andrews, but that is a bit far. Why not try this, Linda's Alterations from Dunfermline. Can't be much different doing a sleeping bag from a garment. She seems to specialise. Otherwise. many dry cleaners do things like that.

Thanks, will check out the Dunfermline shop. Johnsons cleaners quoted me 58 quid which I kindly thanked them for their offer and ran. Currently with a friend of a friend who does some alterations to see if she can help. No doubt I'll end up just paying to get it sorted, just seems such a trivial wee issue to pay much for.

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