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Originally Posted by Wormius
Thanks. I should have looked up the correct terminology first. It’s the slider and pull and bottom stop. Yeah, it was originally a metal zipper. I still have the slider part, but not the bottom stop. How to do secure the stop though? Just crimped on or glued?
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Slider/pull tab if metal is crimped. This one is kinda hard to repair without a kit or supplies. So it's either ordering something or going to a store that does clothing alterations. I don't know what stores exist that might have these sewing parts. Walmart? Fabricland? Either way, worth it to repair vs replacing the article of clothing.
Overall, relatively cheap repair. Assuming you don't have any old clothing with a part you can attempt to cannibalize for the repair, it makes sense to go to a store if just a one time thing or you don't trust your own skills. But I deal with this more frequently than I'd like (kids), so I DIY many clothing repairs. On average it costs less than $10-20 set up costs and often times supplies for each repair like $0.10 to $3.50. Kinda silly to have to dispose of a piece of clothing because of a repair that is literally a few cents/bucks in parts/supplies (Less than 1% of replacement value).
Bottom stop repair, there's a replacement plastic or metal part you can get to just crimp to block the zipper from going too far. You can also make your own for cheap if you don't want to spend a few bucks for a kit/at a clothing alteration store and you have the materials on hand. Sew a thick ish 1mm x 2mm ish square where the stop should be (use proper colored thread so it doesn't stick out as much). Then fill in that thread with a few drops of crazy glue. As long as what is added is thick enough to stop the slider/pull tab before it comes right off, it'll work. Some zipper pulls have a wide hole a the bottom bigger than the teeth vs some have just the thin gap where the teeth go through. I've seen people do other things for the bottom stop repair, but it wasn't secure enough or looked stupid.