PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-577
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 577
DECEMBER 2000
f the zipper doesn’t stay zipped on
your extreme cold-weather sleeping
bag, you’ll be exposed to those ele-
ments you’re trying to keep away.
Try this quick fix:
Unzip the zipper all the way to the
bottom of the bag. Then, slowly and
carefully, pull it back up. Most of the
time, the zipper will repair itself and
that’s the end of your zipper problems.
Extreme Cold Weather Sleeping Bag . . .
Never
run your sleeping bag
through the pressure wringer of a
wringer-type washing machine. This
will get rid of excess water, but it will
flatten the zipper and then it’s replace-
ment time.
If the zipper teeth still separate, use
a pair of needlenose pliers to carefully
squeeze down the flat portion of the
slider body. Hard pulls and continued
use cause the slider body to open just a
bit. This keeps the teeth from meshing
properly and they continue to come
apart.
New zippers and sticking zippers
need zipper lube, NSN 9150-00-999-
7548. With the zipper closed, rub a
little lube over the zipper teeth. Work
the zipper up and down a few times
until it works easily. Don’t have zipper
lube? Try a little bar soap or solid
candle wax. Rub the candle wax or
soap up and down the teeth, then work
the zipper up and down a few times to
spread the soap or wax around.
Turn in the sleeping bag.
To avoid a broken zipper on your
new bag, follow these PM tips.
Brush off any dirt and dust on the
sleeping bag. That keeps grit from
catching in the zipper teeth when you
zip up the bag.
If it doesn’t work the first time, try
the same procedure a couple more
times. Still can’t get it to zip properly?
Work zipper all the way down.
..
Zipper lube or soap makes zipping easier
...then back up
PS 577
57
DEC 00
PS 577
DEC 00
how c-can
you guys sleep in
this
c-cold
?! i'm
f-freezing
!
you should
have taken
better
care
of your
sleeping bag!
Slow and easy should always be
the way to zip up your bag. Pull on the
zipper lever, not the attached thong.
Squeeze slider body to keep teeth meshing
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