Comments on: How to glue a zipper into a latex garment

By: herbert

herbert — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:21:47 +0000

vielen Dank, ich denke ich komme jetzt klar.

Gruß Herbert

By: Gia Gloveliczyk

Gia Gloveliczyk — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:42:47 +0000

Just did my first gluing of zippers into garments. Had a lot of trouble finding plastic tooth zippers on cotton so in the end I bought nylon zips with plastic teeth. Used the normal rubber cement, applying a good amount on the zipper and then added the latex reinforcements as suggested in the tutorial. So far so good. The zippers have been exposed to stretching forces, sweat et al and have held up nicely.

By: Rubbella

Rubbella — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:37:57 +0000

Hello,

Rubberron,
“Now I just order rubberized zippers by a Dutch company which makes moulded latex clothes”
Can you tell me the name of the company?
Thanks!
Kitty, i love your website!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:00:49 +0000

Thank you so much for all your tutorials on this site! This has given me the courage to try my own latex clothing. When before I was too afraid of ruining the materials

By: Rubberron

Rubberron — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:42:54 +0000

Hi to All
The first times I glued zippers into a suit I applied glue to zipper and let it dry before really glueing it into the suit.
Now I just order rubberized zippers by a Dutch company which makes moulded latex clothes.

So my tip is contact your local/national latexcompany which makes moulded latexitems and ask if they sell zippers wich the have rubberized, or if they can rubberise some zippers for you.

Rubberized Greetings
Rubberron

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:44:35 +0000

This is a great blog — thank you so much for this excellent information, Kitty!

Just in time too… I have an outfit ready for its zipper, and was just about to start installing it!

By: Latex Kitty

Latex Kitty — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:36:41 +0000

Hi Josha, that is a very interesting method you are using, but it takes quite some time. It is the first time that I hear from somebody doing that. To me it does not seem to be necessary, since I never experienced any problems with the zippers regarding wet garments or being under a lot of pressure. But it is a great idea to be be considered for projects with really heavy latex. Besides, under “you need” it says which glue is to be used.

By: Latex Kitty

Latex Kitty — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:02:00 +0000

You are welcome! And yes thats the one to use, the ammonia water based adhesive!

By: curious

curious — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:30:10 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this Kitty! ;D

and yes, should we use ammonia-water based adhesive to coat the zipper material before installing to the latex?

By: curious

curious — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:28:10 +0000

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO much for posting this Kitty! ;D

and yes, should we use ammonia-water based adhesive to coat the zipper cloth before installing on the latex material?