A Product Guide to Continuous Zips

Does the thought of attaching zip pulls to zip tape sound daunting?

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We have a huge variety of zips to make your projects get the appearance you’ve always dreamed of!

With a variety of zipper tape options from block colours to rainbows… plain to flowery zipper pulls there’s bound to be something that will suit the next time you need to make a project.

Find out more about continuous zipping and the reasons you may prefer one over of a standard zip

How do you define a continuous zipper?

Continuous zips are different from other zips by the fact that the zip tape is sold per metre, with no zip pulls. This means you can cut your zip in any size you’d like. Also, you are able to put on two zipper pulls because… you are aware… you’ve got to love the style.

What are the advantages of continuous zips?

Reduce waste: Since you only use the amount of zipper tape you’ll need, there’s an environmental benefit of continuous zipper tape. With some planning, waste can be reduced to a minimum, and an extended length, with enough pulls, could turn into several zips.

Whatever length you want: cutting the zip tape to length allows you to have long zips!

Multiple zipper pulls: This also means that you can put two zipper pulls onto your tape, which gives you a unique zip like this one.

More personalisation – you are able to mix and mix the zip tape and zip pulls to suit your desires

How to Connect Zipper pulls Zipper Tape

You’ll need:

Continuous zipper tape
A zip pull (or 2)

We made use of:

Rainbow-colored zippers with aqua color
Rainbow ring zip pull

Important notes

Certain zip tapes come with an incline or slider. read the product description for more details.
When you purchase zip pulls, ensure that they are in line with the size/brand of tape that you are purchasing.

Method

1. Make the cut in the needed length. Cut with scissors from the home to cut the tape through the teeth.

2. The zipper teeth are pulled to the bottom. the zipper teeth to separate them.

3. With the reverse of the pull zipper and the its tape’s back with the tape facing upwards, thread one side of the strip into the zipper at the bottom. To facilitate this, to do this, angle the teeth toward to pull the zipper from the opposite side.

4. Repetition step four. On the opposite side. Each set of teeth will want to rest on uppermost point of the clasp.

5. Maintaining the 2 sides of the teeth parallel to each other, place the zip pull with one handor thumb, then pull both side of tape by pulling it with one hand. The zip pull should begin to lift upwards on the tape.

You may also find it easier to position the zipper pull between the prongs forks.

6. The pull should be pulled towards at the very top (without getting off the other side) then pull it down to verify that the zip is working.

7. If two zip pulls are needed Follow the steps 1. to 5. at the opposite side of the tape.

And you’re done!

Handy Hint

If you’re having difficulty by this method, you can Try using a fork to keep the zipper pull and then tuck the zip’s bar between the teeth of the central one (not the clasp, where the teeth must be).

…And should your fork not remain still, hold it in place with a small amount of blue-tack.