Have a broken zipper on your cosmetic bag? Or did the slider completely come off? Here’s a video to show how to fix the zipper on a small cosmetic bag. There’s no need to throw away a perfectly good cosmetic bag just because of the broken zipper. Get to it and fix it! A special […]
What Does The Number On The Back Of My Zipper Mean?
What does the number on the back of my zipper mean? The number on the back of the zipper slider is most often tied to the gauge size of the zipper. The gauge size refers to the size of the teeth, as the number gets larger, the teeth get bigger. There are #2, #5, #8 […]
YKK Zippers Vs. UCAN Zippers USA
Over the many years that we’ve been doing business, there’s always one question that we are asked with newcomers to UCAN Zippers. “What is the difference between YKK zippers and UCAN Zippers?” To answer this question in the most simplest form, it basically comes down to what your needs and preferences are. A similar question […]
How Zippers Are Made – Part 2 Adding Teeth To The Zipper Tape
Here is Part 2 of How Zippers Are Made. In Part 2 – Adding Teeth to the Zipper Tape, we show you how the teeth are actually put on the tape. After dyeing the zipper tape, it goes over to production for the teeth to be added. In the metal process, we start with brass […]
How Zippers Are Made – Part 1 Dyeing Zippers
As we help new customers with their zipper needs, we inevitably end up showing them the whole factory so that they can understand the process of making zippers. The most common comment we hear is, “I will never look at a zipper the same again.” It’s true, as we produce zippers, there are multiple steps […]
How To Fix A Sticky Zipper
In the time that we’ve been doing business, we’ve not only produced millions of yards of zippers, but we’ve seen almost all the different types of zippers from other companies. One problem that we have seen from customers is how to fix a sticky zipper. We have two ways to do this. One is fast […]
