can anyone help me with a messed up zipper? my jacket's zipper is in the wrong spot...like the right side is higher than the left side so now i cant take off my jacket! please please help!
2006-12-21 14:05:16 · 8 answers · asked by one&only<3 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Ok, Don't freak out, it will be ok. I think we've all been there.
IF the soap doesn't work. Then try this.
Look carefully, you will find between the pull tab and the zipper itself an opening in the side of the mechanism.Right there where the pull tab is held on. Take a small pin and stick it in there and pull out and away from the zipper then down until you've reached the bottom of the zipper run. Then you should be able to separate the two sides.
This is also great if the pull tab comes off and you can't get the zipp down.
If this does'nt work then try to pry open the zipp mechanism and remove it entirely. You can replace it by squeezing it back on with a pair of pliers. If it breaks, no worries, you can get a new one with instructions on how to install it at a local fabric and crafts store. That way you could even spice it up with a different color.
2006-12-21 14:14:51 · answer #1 · answered by y_qadash 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you can run a dry bar of soap over the zippers teeth and it will make it slide more easily so you can re align it. Good luck!
2006-12-21 14:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Charlene I 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try rubbing a bar of soap over the teeth or a candle and pull the left side up slowly then work back and forth till it kicks into the right spot
2006-12-21 14:10:02 · answer #3 · answered by dorton girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have to just pull it off over your head and then take it to a dry cleaner that has a seamstress and have a new zipper put in.
2006-12-21 14:15:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes after rubbing it with wax or something unzipping it (one tooth at a time somewhat forecefully but not hard enough to rip it.,to the bottom) will line it back up and then you can zip it right.
2006-12-21 14:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by Mystee_Rain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha that's happened to me...just be patient and don't worry...you'll work it out but don't rip it...i ripped off my zipper and had to get it professionally fixed lol good luck
2006-12-21 14:07:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try rubbing a candle up and down on both sides. hope it helps.
2006-12-21 14:07:17 · answer #7 · answered by MeHurdu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try and crawl out or something
if all else fails, cut it off
2006-12-21 14:07:42 · answer #8 · answered by Amber Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋