Sooner or later you're going to have to deal with a stuck zipper, whether it's on your favorite jacket, backpack, or pair of pants. Simply tugging hard on the zipper tab hardly ever works, but a few things lying around your house might do the trick.
To help unstick your zipper, you can add lubrication to the zipper teeth using chapstick, crayon wax, the end of a graphite pencil, petroleum jelly, and other waxy products or lubricants.
For all of these uses, make sure to do a spot test to ensure that the material you're using won't permanently stain the fabric. After unsticking your zipper, it's advisable to wash the garment or item afterwards.
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5 Comments
The candle wax method of fixing zippers worked for me very well one time! The other ones I haven't tried.
Good to know, I've never personally tried it. Thanks!
Great tip! I used glass cleaner spray on a plastic zip on a rucksack that I was on the point of throwing out if I could not get the zip free.
This worked!!
just used about half of these on my carry on bag, I was so discouraged that I ordered a new one.
before throwing it out I went for the windex omg it worked!!!
AMAZING! I don't know how it happens, but the Windex worked on my MK handbag!
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