How To Fix Stuck Wetsuit Or Boardbag Zipper? Try This Tip! - Kook Shed
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Getting a seized up wetsuit or board bag zipper working again with this handy little trick.
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I've actually used this trick on a second old board bag which was jammed much tighter and I thought was now beyond use. I properly soaked the sliders and teeth with cheep white vinegar, and with the toothbrush, made sure that the bristles got right inside the slider. As the bag had a fin slit I could also get at the whole thing from the inside too. I gave it about 3 minutes and then with a strong pull got the sliders moving. Once they'd moved I could see the crystallised salt on the teeth that had jammed the system so I dissolved this in the vinegar too. Whole thing worked perfectly. Then just rinsed down with the hose to get rid of the vinegar, dry it all out and done. Great tip, wish I'd known about this years ago. For the cost of 50ml of cheep vinegar you've saved me buying 2 new board bags (about £400). Thanks very much
that is so good to hear mate! and exactly what this channel is all about. i'm really stoked to hear this, and it makes the whole process of making a video in my spare time (which i don't have much of these days!) worthwhile. many thanks for the positive feedback and enjoy using the bags again -KS
Thank You! I had tried several things including, zipper lube and WD-40. None of the worked. However, this vinegar method worked fast! The zippers on my life vest were frozen hard and wouldn’t move! This method works!!’
Worked a treat. The zipper on my relatively new luggage was jammed with salt from snowy streets, and this fixed it. I didn't even have to wait over night - just twenty minutes or so. Thanks!
that's awesome to hear Julie! i'm really stoked this tip is helping others out, and actually didn't expect it to go beyond the beach so that's such great news. Many thanks for the positive feedback, enjoy! cheers -KS
Totally worked. I had a O'Brien Ski that had been in its' bag several decades. Ski made in the early '70s and able to get zipper unstuck easily .Vinegar and toothbrush used only and took less than 10 minutes.
Glad to hear it worked for you mate, enjoy! Cheers -KS
Thanks for the tip - it worked in 1 minute flat! Jammed old board bag now working fine.
that's awesome to hear mate! glad it helped you, enjoy -KS
Worked like a freaking charm! Every one of my zippers on my burton snowboard bag were totally corroded stuck. Was literally pulling my knife out to cut her open for my board and figured eh let’s see what CZcams has for this. Unreal, this magic trick is legit!
That's awesome to hear mate! Glad it helped you out when needed. Thanks for the positive feedback, enjoy! Cheers - KS
I just tried this and it worked! I’d just tried out a brand new Rip Curl shirt and pants, and after going with the zipper down for a little while, I went to zip it back up, and the pull wouldn’t move. I left it sitting for about a month and thought about buying a new set if I couldn’t fix this one. I will need it for tomorrow, though. No time to buy a new shirt. I just remembered your video and tried it out. Thanks so much for posting this! You saved me from having to spend more money on a new wetsuit shirt.
that's great news mate! glad it helped you out and saved having to get another wetsuit top, not to mention wasting a good item and adding to more landfill. Thanks for sharing the positive feedback, enjoy -KS
Worked! Oh I’m so happy!!
that's great news mate! thanks for the feedback, enjoy -KS
Also use a very fine pil to poke in top and bottom of the zipper head. Add that to your how to it takes minutes can use same day.
did you mean use a very fine Pin, yes? that could be a good idea if the toothbrush doesn't fully work in the zip head! thanks for your positive input! cheers -KS
Awesome tip will work eveytume my wet suit is years stuck and i was about to throw out and expensive omeil. So isaid try youtube.. surely somehas a solutuon vinigar makes sense it an acid. And thats whats need. I new it would work. Perfect. Thanks again yeah winter swimimg again. Yeah.
that's great to hear mate! glad it worked for you, thanks for the positive feedback and enjoy using your suit again, cheers -KS
Cheers buddy - good on you👍
no worries mate! hope it helped -KS
Vinegar worked great on my corroded dive bag zippers!!!!!!
awesome, great to hear it worked mate! enjoy -KS
Thankfully I've not had a problem with the wetsuit zips but board bags, board bags - loads of trouble. I'm only a holiday surfer so once or twice a year I have a tussle with the zips. No matter how I rinse them and lubricate them with any of the following WD40, GT85 or silicone lubricant grease they still fur up. A couple of weeks ago I resorted to the heat gun with a concentrator nozzle to free them up. Obviously you have to be careful and I'm not sure that I would want to do it on a wetsuit. I've been back a week and am going to thoroughly wash the zips blow out the excess water with an air blaster and I may try wax or a dry lube protector like Dry Moly or perhaps drip some candle wax into the slider. Come September I'll start the wrestling match again and if need be try the vinegar from my fish and chips. Thanks for the tip.
wow, sounds like you're very familiar with this issue! one possible option for your situation (if it continues after the vinegar etc) is to maybe get boardbags with large chunky plastic zips in future. they seem to have less zip issues and obviously rust/corrode less. good luck mate! -KS
@@kookshed On holday now and it worked a treat. The zips are the big chunky plastic ones so that did help so same procedure next week when I get home.
@@johnwatson8192 sweet mate, hopefully it helps on all the zips you have. enjoy the holiday, cheers -KS
So I thought I would save the vinegar option for last and tried Pink Solution first. Pink Solution is a degreasing soap.
Voila! I managed to get the zippers on my pontoon boat unstuck. I tried before with WD-40, no good. The teeth on the zipper are nylon and the Zipper Pull is metal. Everything was seized because I use it in saltwater.
I used a spritzer of to spray the Pink Solution.
Hoping this works!!! Been jammed for a few years lol
hopefully it works for you! if it doesn't work the first time, try reapplying. Also check out my other video on how to prevent it happening again. Good luck! -KS
@@kookshed it hasn’t worked yet, I even tried rust calcium remover and scrubbed with a toothbrush but the zipper won’t budge. I don’t want to force it and have it come off the track, but I need this to open. Ahhh!
@@releasetoreceive fair enough mate, sounds like it's fused on pretty solid! another viewer suggested using a pin to get the stuff into all the nooks and crannies of the zipper head and zip track teeth that you can as well, to help it get to work everywhere. if none of that works, maybe try a little WD40 in there or even coconut or sewing machine oil. but they are last resorts that don't necessarily work in this situation, it sounds pretty bad, i'd just keep reapplying and hope for the best. good luck -KS
Try DENATURED ALCOHOL, like the kind the sell for camping fuel or as cleaning solvent. I had to destroy. my new soft fishing tackle bag and my Costco beach chair back compartment. Put a little denatured alcohol on the stuck zipper area and it will dissolve the salt within seconds! Try it and let me know if it works for you and pass it on!
No worries mate, sounds like another good solution! Will have to give it a try for sure. Thanks for the positive input! Cheers -KS
i just lost a very good surf today, my ziper stuck, so mad, every time with those shitty rip curl wetsuit...they are the worst
yep frustrating hey!! terrible design for saltwater wetsuits. spend your $ elsewhere, or at least until they fix this issue. cheers for the input -KS
vinegar worked on some for me. cheap metal used for zippers made for salt air and water. no wonder they go bankrupt.
good to hear it worked mate. i had to re-apply a few times for the ones that were really seized up. yeah i'll never buy a wetsuit with a metal zip again! cheers for the input -KS
. Scuba shops sell zipper wax.
cool, so the wax on zipper trick must have some truth in it. Very good to know, thanks for sharing! -KS
likely calcium deposits. My board bag is completely locked up from them
you could be right mate, not sure on the exact makeup of the substance right now but yeah it messes them up for sure! hopefully this vid helped in some way though. cheers -KS
@@kookshed - definitely, the vinegar makes perfect sense. gonna put it on just before I go out for a surf next time - I just have a partial lockup on my front zip quicksilver
@jeffg4686 no worries mate. I've also got another video on how to keep zappers from locking up again that you might wanna check out as well. Cheers and good luck -KS