The Upholstery Forum

ATV cover and ordered wrong marine zipper length #10 size zipper. I need to make a zipper stop. What are your ways of making zipper stops. I do not have a zipper crimp tool on hand.

Most of the things that needs zippers, I just sew back and forth a few times. I hide the ends under the flap that hides the zipper far enough back that it can't be zipped that far accidently zipped to far.

I remembered a video John did and did that for this time. Smaller zippers I do the same as you.

For plastic zippers I use some of the off cut teeth meshed into each side and then use my hot knife to melt and blend it together.

For metal zippers I just buy the stops and crimp them on if the ends can't be hidden and sewn.

Check out Sailrites videos. I'm pretty sure they have covered this more then once.

@WILD BILL, HOT DAMN!!!! I like that and would have never thought of the melting into the other teeth.

Practice on some scrap first. It can get away from ya quick and leave you with bad looking finished product.

Melting the teeth is an easy way, you can add a piece of fabric to cover a few teeth to make a stopper as well, and as mentioned before, depending on zipper size, you can fold over

Tried the melting method and it works just fine but snipping a piece of 3/4 binding folded over the teeth and just sewn in with the zipper is more efficient time wise. #10 zipper stops aren't difficult to put on, i use a pair of curved needle nose pliers and they do a fine job.

I am going to get those zipper stops if you can use needle nose pliers.