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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby Rufusz » Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:11 pm

apply silicone oil or grease (even better) on zips, helps a lot. Also works as plastic/rubber maintenance and makes them water repellent for a short period.

I vote against wd40 near plastic/rubber as it can weaken the materials (especially kite canopy)

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby foilholio » Sun Apr 24, 2016 11:18 pm

Vinegar works but eventually the zipper falls apart because of corrosion.

Search ebay for "instant zipper".

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby Onda » Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:07 am

The simple solution is: Buy Ozone kite bags. The zippers are 100% plastic (metal free), so no corrosion can happen.
Even though they´re plastic, my impression so far is that they´re built very solid.

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby topmick » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:56 am

Onda wrote:The simple solution is: Buy Ozone kite bags. The zippers are 100% plastic (metal free), so no corrosion can happen.
Even though they´re plastic, my impression so far is that they´re built very solid.
Or BRM & also Switch Kite bags, no zip - just pull string.

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby Peter_Frank » Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:46 pm

But kite bags is just one of the things with issues, but actually not that bad...

As most often they DONT get stuck, as they are used now and then, and many will offer some that dont get stuck that easy :thumb:

But bags and clothing - kamera bags, board bags, tool bags, overall both legs and chest, jackets etc etc - they will all suffer from this eventually it seems :cry:

8) Peter

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby Bille » Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:01 pm

Rufusz wrote:apply silicone oil or grease (even better) on zips, helps a lot. Also works as plastic/rubber maintenance and makes them water repellent for a short period.

...
Be very careful to NOT breath that stuff when Ya apply it ; it's Really BAD for your lungs !!

I like silicone because it doesn't attract dirt when dry !! :thumb:

topmick wrote:
Onda wrote:The simple solution is: Buy Ozone kite bags. The zippers are 100% plastic (metal free), so no corrosion can happen.
Even though they´re plastic, my impression so far is that they´re built very solid.
Or BRM & also Switch Kite bags, no zip - just pull string.
OR
go to a sewing supply shop ; and buy those plastic zipper ends , and replace them yourself, on the
bags that need them.

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby abel » Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:29 pm

Did anybody try TEF-GEL?
I red in the hydrofoil forum that it does wonders for the foil bolts, maybe it can be used for the zippers too, :roll: ?

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby Robsw6 » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:21 pm

I had a very salted up board bag zipper - just as bad, if not worse than anything in the previous pics - I used boiling water & lots of it over 30 minutes (used it from the kitchen boiling water tap). In the past I've tried WD40, oil, long nosed pliers, meths - but boiling water & patience worked perfectly. But if you want to avoid the problem, cut the zips out and sew in velcro

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby flyingweasel » Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:32 pm

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Re: Oil your zippers

Postby Bille » Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:22 pm

flyingweasel wrote:It must be rocket science.


...
It makes sense to you , but i'll need you to explain it to me though ; what's that
got to do with a stuck zipper ?

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