Surely many of you have broken the lock - lightning. Lightning is a popular fastener, especially detachable lightning, convenient, but alas, sometimes it breaks. And it is precisely the part that breaks that is located below and which is inserted into the counterpart, where it is fixed. What to do if you don’t want to change the lock, yes, sometimes it’s not so easy (it can be very inconveniently sewn), but you want to wear a jacket with a zipper. This happens especially often with children's jackets and sweaters. Children pull the lightning, hurry up - that's why they tear the mechanism. In order not to throw away practically new children's clothes, parents simply sew up the lower part of the castle and have to put on the jacket first over the head, like a sweater, and only then fasten it with a zipper. But this is not only inconvenient, but also not very beautiful ... You won’t let a child go to school in such a jacket, especially when he is already a teenager.

So, you don't want to sew the lock at the base and don't want (or can't) replace it. Well ... Then we fix it.

To begin with, we need a piece of iron from which we will make the part we need. We will also need superglue and a paperclip. Super glue is one that hardens very quickly and becomes “like glass”, very hard (based on cyacrolate, sold in small tubes of 1-2 grams).

So, we remove all unnecessary, after soaking the fabric with superglue. It will quickly grab and give rigidity. Carefully cut with pliers. (photo 1).

Now it's up to the main part. We cut it to size from a piece of stainless steel or tinned tin (you can take it from a can of condensed milk) and fold it as shown in photo 2.

It should go well into the part of the lock that moves and be well fixed in the part that is below (photo 3). Next, we manage to fasten the lock (photo 4). This can also be done by manually connecting each clove in series. Surely, everyone did this when they tried to understand how this thing works, or when the lightning “spread” in the middle.

After that, we apply our piece of iron from the inside of the castle and put it on superglue (photos 5 and 6). Let's try to loosen it. If you did everything well, then the lock should unfasten, although, at first - until the piece of iron gets used, this can be done with some effort. Take your time, because the glue may not have time to finally grab. So, you unfastened the lock. Everything works, but this is not enough.

Now we need to strengthen our structure. We drill 2 small holes and insert a staple made from an ordinary paper clip (photo 7, 8,).

That's all now (photo 9, 10).

We finally check the operation of our lightning. For a better look, you can tint the gluing areas with a permanent marker. For good work, I recommend rubbing the lock with paraffin or stearin (an ordinary candle) or just soap.

Some useful tips related to zippers

If the lock on the zipper is tight, rub it with a stearin candle. This advice is especially effective for metal zippers. A soft pencil lead will also help. It is enough to hold them on the lightning several times.

If the zipper often spontaneously diverges in the middle - lightly tap on the lock (its edges, and not on the bracket for which the tongue is attached) with a small hammer.

Tapping the zipper itself will also help, if it is metal.

The lock will begin to walk tighter, but the lightning will stop spreading.

If the tab on the zipper has come off, it can be replaced with a regular paper clip.

If the zipper on your trousers has a tendency to self-unfasten, thread a small “key ring” through its tongue and throw it over the button of the trousers belt. Such a ring can also be made from a paper clip.

Zippers on shoes suffer greatly from dampness, wet and salty snow, and slush. This drastically shortens their lifespan. Run a piece of unsalted lard over them or use a special hydrophobic lubricant more often. And the lightning will be protected from moisture. Such a lubricant at the same time will improve its performance.

Obviously, the zipper is known to everyone and very popular in all its applications and manifestations.

These are clothes and shoes, bags and covers, a lot of other equally useful things. Do you know what underlies its principle of action?

Few people know that an ordinary bird gave the world the idea for its implementation. More precisely - a feather of a bird. Even more precisely - the principle of connecting the elements of the pen into a single plane. This is an alternating engagement of the feather villi, which ultimately forms a single whole.
The same thing happens in the usual "lightning". When it is fastened, the elements of one edge engage with the elements of the other edge with the help of a lock or, in other words, a “runner”.

The elements can be plastic or metal staples or teeth fixed at one end to a strip of fabric. The plastic version can be cast (which is called "tractor") or twisted ("spiral").

The weakest link in this whole fastening device is usually the lock, or “slider”. Its malfunction can manifest itself in the breakdown of the "tongue" - a device that we clamp with our fingers. The mechanism that holds the slider closed may break, and then it will unfasten. In addition, a malfunction can manifest itself in the divergence of the halves of the zipper when you try to fasten it. In the latter case, many advise to tighten the halves of the castle to each other.

Zipper repair by pressing the slider

First you can try to tighten the lock without removing the slider.

Find pliers, you can use wire cutters, or even a hammer

Find a place near the fastener where the inner space is empty, and not where the partition is. This is the part closer to the bottom of the jacket, as a rule.

Try to squeeze this edge with pliers to such an extent that the upper and lower walls touch each other with an edge.

After releasing the pliers, you will see that the edges will again move away for some distance, but already less.

Try to check the fastening of the zipper, if it starts to fasten, then everything is fine ...


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If the zipper is still not very well fastened, then you will have to remove the slider ...

To remove a faulty lock, it is necessary to remove the limiter on one or both halves of the fasteners. On one - if the lightning has a detachable connection at the bottom. The limiter is most often a metal bracket that prevents the “dog” from jumping out of the band with teeth.

This bracket will need to be carefully unbent with an awl or a thin screwdriver and completely removed from the strip of fabric-base of the "zipper".

After the limiter is removed, the slider is taken out through the zippers upwards. We see that it is really distorted and therefore the lightning does not work...

We clamp the slider with pliers, correct its curvature

Pressing on one side and the other

We put the corrected slider on a zipper

Putting the limiter in place

And we clamp it with pliers.

Checking if the zipper is closed...


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It happens that there is no limiter on the zipper, and the fold of the fastener fabric with subsequent firmware serves as the limiter. In this case, the edge must be cut.. If this is difficult to do, then you can proceed as follows:

We will need small pliers (or nail clippers, or a flathead screwdriver) and large pliers

We introduce the flat end of the tool (screwdriver, for example) under the clamp of the slider and squeeze it slightly,

So that it can be easily removed from the zipper.

Insert the pliers into the slider as shown here to widen it a bit.

Just don't overdo it or you'll break it.

Then we insert the zipper slider again ...

And then, with small pliers or nail clippers, gently press the sides

After such manipulations, the lock simply has to work: o)

Replacing the slider with a zipper

Pressing the lock, of course, is a useful thing ...
But such resuscitation can be carried out only once, the castle will no longer withstand and will fall apart completely. Therefore, if you managed to save your lightning once, then try to prepare a spare slider - just in case of a fire.

It is possible to qualitatively repair such a fastener on clothes or shoes without completely replacing it, only by replacing the entire lock. Even on a high-quality fastener, it fails first of all, since a constant physical effort is applied to it, and its area is relatively small compared to the area of ​​​​all the teeth.

To determine which lock you need to purchase, you need to know several parameters. Sliders have different sizes - most often they are applied to the back of the clip.

• For metal, sizes range from 3 to 10 or more. On the reverse side, the slider is shaped like a triangle.
• The slider of tractor lightning from the inside has the shape of a trefoil or oval, and are designated No. 3 and beyond.
• For twisted zippers, the slider shape is only oval, numbers from 3 onwards.

The letter designations that are embossed next to the numbers indicate the following:

• X - one-piece zipper, cast, 2 locks;
• L - the clasp does not unfasten, lock 1;
• H - one-piece lightning, lock 2;
• D - fully open clasp, 2 locks with 2 slots;
• A - lock without connector;
• B - connector with 1 lock;
• C - connector, 2 locks.

How to distinguish runners:

Also determine the type of lock: it happens

• automatic - the mechanism inside the dog does not allow the teeth to diverge at any position of its tongue;
• semi-automatic - unfastening is possible only with the “tongue” raised - after the zipper is fastened, you need to fix a special stopper, when the puller is raised, the lock will disperse;
• haberdashery - when the teeth of the lightning are not blocked, and there is no stopper in the mechanism.

It must be remembered that sliders change on metal and plastic zippers of outerwear. On trousers and skirts, the replacement of the dog is impossible due to the specifics.
The zipper unzips and the slider remains on one half of the zipper. The upper limiter is carefully removed with a screwdriver and pliers. If the edge of the zipper next to the stopper is very close to the fabric, then it will need to be slightly undercut (this is rare).
The zipper itself needs to be fastened. After that, without much effort, completely remove the lock from the side of the removed limiters. Install the new lock in place of the old one, tucking the edges of the guide tape into the “dog” grooves. After the lock is installed, use pliers to clamp, putting in place, metal stops or sew on the ripped fabric.

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The best way to get the correct slider is when buying a new one is to have a sample of the old one. Side cutters are required for its installation. As well as “limiters” for the slider, so that it does not fly off at the top of the lightning. They are also sold in sewing stores. If you are unlucky enough to get "limiters", then you can remove them from an old metal zipper, for example, from jeans.

With side cutters, “bite” the plastic limiter at the top of the zipper (remove the metal one with a screwdriver)

And take it off. On the other hand, do the same.

This shows that the sliders have one shape. Colored runners are not sold in our sewing stores, so we will limit ourselves to what we have.

Now gently put the slider on slightly swinging up and down.

Replace the plastic stopper with a metal one.

And carefully clamp with side cutters. On the other hand, do the same.

Replacing the slider without effort and at home is made.


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If the zipper on the jacket diverges, it is better to take precautions in advance to prevent annoying breakage. But even if the lightning is already broken, it can still be fixed. It is enough to arm yourself with a few useful life hacks to fix the lightning yourself.

How to fix a zipper on a jacket

Lightning on clothes, it is also a zipper, or a snake, is found on almost any product. From time to time, the lightning can diverge or fray at the very base below, which is why it becomes unusable. It is not always possible to take a thing for repair, so it is important to know how to fix a zipper at home.

If the zipper diverges or you need to start with a slider that has stopped fastening the edges: to do this, you need to pinch it so that it closes.

You can clamp the zipper slider in the following ways:

• with pliers or a hammer. This method is carried out using strong compression. To do this, you need to put a jacket or other thing with a broken zipper on a flat surface with a “dog” down, try to fasten it at least halfway and press it well with pliers or a hammer blow;
• gentle movements so as not to spoil the slider;
• for an old zipper, it is better to use new parts that can be purchased at a sewing store;
• a naughty slider can be secured with fishing line or strong thread, fixing the ends so as not to interfere with the closing movement.

How to fix a lightning if it diverges

• If the zipper diverges due to broken or missing teeth, then you need to do the following: try to rearrange the teeth yourself with another zipper or purchase new ones. The work is quite jewelry, but with the help of manicure scissors and tweezers you can update the teeth yourself
• If the zipper teeth are deformed, but remain in place, try to return them to their original position with a hammer: lay the jacket on a flat surface with the zipper up and gently tap on the place that needs restoration.
• If the slider with a zipper moves up and down with difficulty, then try the following repair methods: grease the slider and the zipper itself with oil - this method is suitable for hard leather or plastic products, since greasy stains may remain on the fabric; Instead of oil, you can use wax or candle wax, which have the same sliding properties.
• The core of a soft pencil will help to repair the zipper if you walk the lead along the fastener.
• If the pin comes off, a plastic straw for a cocktail will come to the rescue. This is one of the fastest and most affordable methods that will help you put the slider back in place and connect the loose ends. Crumple the end of the tube so that it becomes flat and thread it through the hole where the pin clasp was attached, in this way you can raise the slider and close the edges of the zipper.
• And in order to fix the plastic base of the zipper, you can use liquid glue. Using a cotton swab, apply a small amount of glue to the base of the zipper and press the latch. High-quality household glue should “grab” the detached base of the zipper, thereby improving the health of the fastener.
• If the zipper has come off at the bottom of the fabric itself, stitch it with thread along the edges or pin it with safety pins to fix its position.

How to fix a zipper: basic care rules

• To prevent a zipper from breaking or extending the life of already repaired parts, it is important to follow the simplest clothing care measures.
• Protect the zipper from sand, dust and other foreign particles. They clog the slider and deform the teeth, so it is necessary to monitor the cleanliness of the zipper. Clean the parts with an old toothbrush lightly lubricated with vegetable oil or paraffin to ensure the slider glides smoothly.
• It is not recommended to iron a nylon or plastic zipper and dry it on too hot batteries: high temperatures harm products made from these materials. Iron things from the wrong side or use a thin fabric.
• When machine washing, use the delicate cycle or turn the garment inside out before putting it in the drum.

Do not fasten the thing with force, make sure that the zipper does not pinch the fabric and foreign objects.