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Wind Pants Zipper Tab Repair

Unbelievably, the ankle zipper tab broke off in my hand:

Wind Pants Zipper Tab - broken
Wind Pants Zipper Tab – broken

It’s one of those zippers where the tab releases a lock preventing the zipper from coming unzipped. Mary noped out of removing and replacing the entire zipper.

Trimming a snippet of aluminum miniblind from the Small Box o’ Flat Stuff and two dots of JB Kwikweld epoxy seemed appropriate:

Wind Pants Zipper Tab - clamping
Wind Pants Zipper Tab – clamping

Ugly, but serviceable:

Wind Pants Zipper Tab - repaired
Wind Pants Zipper Tab – repaired

The stray epoxy scraped off under fingernail pressure over the next two days and the pants are ready for the next snowfall.

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2 responses to “Wind Pants Zipper Tab Repair”

  1. captnmike Avatar

    A little gray paint and just like new! :)

    1. Ed Avatar

      Verily: Bash to fit, file to hide, paint to cover.

      But I so rarely get to Step 3!

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