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[phesina]

I have a pair of boots that zip up the front, that I have been getting a lot of use out of this winter. The zippers are getting so they do not move up or down easily.

Is there some kind of wax or oil or ..something I can put on or along the zippers so they will work more easily?

Thanks very much!

Pat

[Lady's Human]

I have a pair of boots that zip up the front, that I have been getting a lot of use out of this winter. The zippers are getting so they do not move up or down easily.

Is there some kind of wax or oil or ..something I can put on or along the zippers so they will work more easily?

Thanks very much!

Pat

Beeswax works well.

[Karen]

Beeswax works well.

Hmm, how does one apply it? I had to use a pair of players to zip one of my boots today! I was not wearing extra socks, so I was able to untie and get my foot out without unzipping it!

[Lady's Human]

Take a chunk and just rub it down the teeth. In a pinch a bar of soap will work, but obviously won't last as long.

[Karen]

Take a chunk and just rub it down the teeth. In a pinch a bar of soap will work, but obviously won't last as long.

Thanks! Seeing as I hear we have another storm headed here for Thursday, good to know!

[cassiesmom]

Take a chunk and just rub it down the teeth. In a pinch a bar of soap will work, but obviously won't last as long.

I am cracking up, that's for darn sure. I read this as "Take a chunk and just rub it down your teeth." Whoops! Karen, could you hit the zipper teeth carefully with some WD-40? or would that stain your boots? Maybe you've heard what we say in Chicago: "If it moves, but it shouldn't: duct tape. If it doesn't move, but it should: WD-40." I have a friend who grew up in west central Indiana (home of lake effect snow) and she would rub a cake of Ivory soap on stubborn winter coat and boot zippers.

[Lady's Human]

I am cracking up, that's for darn sure. I read this as "Take a chunk and just rub it down your teeth." Whoops! Karen, could you hit the zipper teeth carefully with some WD-40? or would that stain your boots? Maybe you've heard what we say in Chicago: "If it moves, but it shouldn't: duct tape. If it doesn't move, but it should: WD-40." I have a friend who grew up in west central Indiana (home of lake effect snow) and she would rub a cake of Ivory soap on stubborn winter coat and boot zippers.

The problem with WD is that it bleeds and isn't a persistent coating. Wax stays in place, and will last a long time.

[RICHARD]

The problem with WD is that it bleeds and isn't a persistent coating. Wax stays in place, and will last a long time.

I heard a wonderful story about a soldier that broke a zipper and wanted to have it replaced.

He couldn't find one in the catalog, so he asked around and found out that it's not a 'zipper'...

It's an "interlocking slide fastener"?

[RICHARD]

Take a chunk and just rub it down the teeth. In a pinch a bar of soap will work, but obviously won't last as long.

When we were kids, soap on the teeth helped keep foul language outta my brother's mouth and that didn't last long either?

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I wear t-shirts all the time and ABHOR the new 'tagless' shirts.

The new labels - which are nothing more than iron on lettering that fades after repeated washings - make it difficult to find the front of the shirt because they are long gone.

What I do is take a needle and thread - of a contrasting color - and throw a few stitches at the back of the neck line, near the stitching on the collar where the label USED to be.

It even helps when I take my laundry out of the dryer - I know exactly what is the front and if the shirt IS inside out.

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I have tag-less underwear, too.

I have no problem finding out the front from the back.

The holes help?