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Zipper question duability of zippers
shanntarra Expert/Couture TX USA Member since 3/19/09 Posts: 723	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/28/09 5:38 PM I put in an invisible zipper into my husband's CF seam of his costume trousers. Now he doesn't use the toilet alot when he wears the costume, but the invisible zipper has been used a bit over the past 2 months. He is now worried that it is begining to stick. Should I just get a new invisible zipper OR Try to insert a regular zipper w/o fly into the seam. He doesn't want to draw attention to his ... area. He just need a way to use the toilet with out having to take off the sash, the belt, the puppet harnass, ect. every time his has to use the bathroom. So suggestions? ------ "Costume Tech's are overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated except to those designers, actors, directors, playwrights, and other theater artists who depend on them." - The Costume Technicians Handbook
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 6985	Login to reply to this post In reply to shanntarra Like this post Date: 5/28/09 7:12 PM Hi Shannntarra. Try rubbing a piece of candle wax on the teeth of the zipper with the zipper closed; both sides--front and back. Sometimes zippers stick when they get too much sizing (from fabric or other things) on them. Soap would work, too, but it would come off it you have to wash the pants. ------ "We don't impose our rhythm on Nature. The key is to respect and live within Her." Jean-Charles Boisset, Winemaker "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit, and I'd like a refund" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln My Etsy shop: auntmaymesattic My blog: auntmaymesattic.wordpress.com Avatar: First place award for jacket at county fair
LouisaP Intermediate MN USA Member since 2/27/07 Posts: 401	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/29/09 10:24 AM Invisible zippers, particularly when they are in a tight-fitting area and pulled a bit, are notorious for giving out. I can't tell you how many times I've had to sew a figure skater into her costume at the last minute because her zipper popped under the stress. Is there any way you could make a discrete "placket" to cover the area in question, and use a regular zipper or some heavy snaps?
ryan's mom PA USA Member since 11/30/04 Posts: 4370	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/30/09 7:21 AM I never use invisible zips on garments that will take stress. I like my clothes to be close fitting and tend not to use invisible zips. IMO, they just can't take the wearing stress. I know some people have discussed installing an invisible zip in a wedding dress in the past. For me, that would never be a consideration. The dresses are usually heavy and fitted, not what *I* consider appropriate for an invisible zip. But hey! That's just my opinion. So...I would just put a regular zip into the seam. -- Edited on 5/30/09 7:27 AM -- ------ Big 4 Pattern size 12, RTW bottom: 6, RTW jacket 8, RTW top (no size fits me well!) Measurements: 34 HB/36 FB (34C bra)/27.5/36 (and working hard to keep it that way.) Machines: Sewing (Janome Memory Craft 3000 and Kenmore 158 Series machine), Serger (Babylock Imagine), Embroidery (Janome 300E) If you think your sewing is better than everyone else's around here, get out of my way b****. I hate sewing snobs. My blog: www.phatchickdesigns.blogspot.com
costumecarol Advanced ME USA Member since 7/6/03 Posts: 20	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/30/09 5:18 PM I know some people have discussed installing an invisible zip in a wedding dress ... In the store where I work, wedding dresses never have invisible zippers. Many prom and other special occasion dresses do, but the weding dresses get sturdy #3 coil.
nancy2001   Advanced AL USA Member since 12/3/05 Posts: 6107	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 6/2/09 10:23 AM What brand of invisible zipper are you using? I understand Coats and Clark are less substantial than the YKK. ------ The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. Richard Dawkins

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