Zip stuck!

[Alison0207]

Away last weekend very windy when dropping awning- a panel zip seems to have slipped a few teeth up and will not undo.

Any ideas how to resolve or prevent in the future?

thanks

 

[davedee]

Bite the bullet,Alison and get the zip relaced. If you do manage to free this one and get it working,it'll not be as strong and will go again.

The good news is, they're not too expensive to have replaced.

Our rear door zip did the same as yours a couple of weeks ago.Fortunately we have a professional awning/tent repairer within a couple of miles.

Forty quid all in plus a tenner to reinforce the stitching on the awning piping and roof.

Dave

 

[wombat1]

Had a similar thing happen to me on my firts ever trip.

WE resolved it by the use of silicone spray.

If you've got an awning then maybe you have already invested in a tin of silicone spray to lubricate the awning channel before threading through the awning bead?

If you don't have silicone spray then spray furniture polish e.g. mr sheen etc, will be adequare - its the silicone containing stuff you need.

Spray the affending area of the zip teeth with the silicone (polish)a nd maybe rub it evenly over the a cloth. Now attempt to pull the zip back over the area that has come apart - this may need some effort. The silicone makes the teeth 'slippy' enabling them to be forced back together.

If it don't work you haven't lost out on anything, if it does you saved yourself having the zip replaced.

We did this for the entire zip length of our 980cm (9.8 metre - sorry but you never now) long awning which the other half pulled apart thinking it would solve the samll problem only then to create one big one.

Silicone spray - don't go anywhere without it.

Good luck.