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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.