Hand-sewing and zips. Bane of my existence!

[HondoMan]

Right then,

Hand-sewing in zips.  This really does get under my skin.  I do them, but it brings me no pleasure.  The problem surrounds the gluing in.  I have tried contact glue as well as PVA.  Neither of these adhere to the zip material.  Ok, a wee bit.  But I found the zip moves, which creates an non-straight zip.  I have been using a double sided tape for the past couple of years.  This does work well keeping the zip in place; however, the adhesive is all over my awl and needles.  Urgh!  Now I have to wipe the residue from the tape off my awl and needles about every five holes.  The residue and tape also do not allow the awl or needles to move smoothly through the leather.

There has to be a better method.  Some type of adhesive that will keep the bleedin zip still and won't smear adhesive all over the tools.

Ideas?

Cheers!

[toxo]

30 minutes ago, HondoMan said:

Right then,

Hand-sewing in zips.  This really does get under my skin.  I do them, but it brings me no pleasure.  The problem surrounds the gluing in.  I have tried contact glue as well as PVA.  Neither of these adhere to the zip material.  Ok, a wee bit.  But I found the zip moves, which creates an non-straight zip.  I have been using a double sided tape for the past couple of years.  This does work well keeping the zip in place; however, the adhesive is all over my awl and needles.  Urgh!  Now I have to wipe the residue from the tape off my awl and needles about every five holes.  The residue and tape also do not allow the awl or needles to move smoothly through the leather.

There has to be a better method.  Some type of adhesive that will keep the bleedin zip still and won't smear adhesive all over the tools.

Ideas?

Cheers!

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