DipoleI need advice for picking a replacement #zipper for a #fursuit
I need to install a longer one. The zipper runs along the edge of the abdomen pattern. But if I make the zipper longer while still following that edge, it will have to follow a curve.
The Wawak website mentions that nylon coil zippers can handle curved seams, but it's not clear to me how. I only found one video about putting zippers on curved seams. I also worry the tooth geometry will catch on fur more easily.
The original zipper is molded plastic, and I already get irritated from how often it jams from caught fur. Moving the zipper to somewhere it can be straight is definitely viable, but would be a lot more work, and I think having it on a pattern boundary was meant to help it blend in more.
It also looks like I'll need to use rolls of zipper and add my own stops, but wawak only sells metal stops. I'm worried they would stand out.