Finishing off coil zips.

[Grebo]

Hi,
I usually use #10 moulded zips on my covers & welding the ends with an extra tooth in  ;D , but am just doing one with #10 coil zipping. How are you all finishing the open ends off ?

[regalman190]

Do you mean coil for smiley windows? If you do, I melt the last few teeth and then sew my trim fabric over it.

[Grebo]

Nah, at the bottom edge of a panel/side curtain. Like a doorway.

[regalman190]

I use the stainless stops. Manart now carries a snap on stop in black or white. Expensive though!

Can I ask why you use coil zippers for a panel or curtain? I use separating (jacket) style for these.

[Grebo]

To be honest  :-[ I ran out of moulded & this has to be finnished by tomorrow.  ???
So I am using what is to hand. But it does have a curved door way which the coil takes better than the moulded.  ::)
The enclosure slides on the 'keder' all in one piece, it needs to because there is no overhang to tuck it up under & the keder makes the water seal.
So I guess I will have to bind the ends with some vinyl or something.

[Pikachu]

Flame the raw edge so the zipper tape doesn't fray, then wrap a piece of 3/4" double fold binding over the end and sew it down.

'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''|^--| ^{<----- fold across teeth so it acts as zipper stop.}
Zipper tape ^                                                                           Binding ^

[fragged8]

hiya

cut a small piece of material about twice the width of the zipper half and about 1 cm tall and as you get to the
end of sewing the zip fold the piece in half and sew it over the teeth.

most covers here are done like that even the delrin zips ??

[JuneC]

Flame the raw edge so the zipper tape doesn't fray, then wrap a piece of 3/4" double fold binding over the end and sew it down.

'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''|^--| ^{<----- fold across teeth so it acts as zipper stop.}
Zipper tape ^                                                                           Binding ^

Yup. 

June

[Grebo]

OK, thanks, nothing special then  ;D

[baileyuph]

You will do fine on any of these methods, do it in a compatible color.  The situation is something like mind over matter; "you don't mind it won't matter." :)

Doyle

[fragged8]

hiya

there is another way i use sometimes.

When you get to the bottom of the zipper leave it an inch or so long and turn it 90 deg
so that it sews along the bottom edge of the cover, the slides don't like to past a 90 deg turn.


Rich

[hdflame]

hiya

there is another way i use sometimes.

When you get to the bottom of the zipper leave it an inch or so long and turn it 90 deg
so that it sews along the bottom edge of the cover, the slides don't like to past a 90 deg turn.


Rich

We have some traffic safety vests that are finished that way.  I've got two to fix now, not because the way the zipper was finished, but mostly because the velcro they're sewed to comes unraveled on the edge.  Got one that the teeth are just falling off the zipper, it's not a coil zipper.

[Mike8560]

for all my zipper stops I fint it too slow to do the melted tooth thing and it burns my nose.  the stainless stops are cool but also time consuming and I hacnt seen any yet for a coil zip. I cut a strip of matching 3/4" binding and wrap the end I learned this from some OEM cover i installed for a dealor years ago i stuck with it.

When im doing a u zipper / smiley I end my coild zipper right into a seam so its complely unseen.

[hdflame]

Mike, Do you have a pic of the first method you described?

[Mike8560]

the melted tooth thing? what you do is snip off one or two teeth from some scrap zipper tape. then push them into the teeth at the end of the good zipper then take your hotknife and melt the sides welding the teeth inplace. I can take a pic tomorow   if you like?