Matthew Klahn

Nathan, sorry. I didn't immediately see that you've used Mtn Soles
before, and want someone OTHER THAN Mtn Soles.

Seems like the ol' yellow pages might be the place to look. A quick
google for "portland oregon zipper repair" turned up this place:

http://www.katdesignsandalterations.com/pages/alterations.html

and many others that will do zipper replacement. You may need to call
around and see if they've ever worked w/ technical fabrics before, but
I can't imagine that sewing technical fabric is really all that
different from other synthetics used in women's clothing.

Matthew

On Aug 5, 2008, at 12:12 PM, David Saltzberg wrote:

> Mountain Soles
>
> http://www.mtnsoles.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On
> Behalf Of Nathan Frechen
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:03 PM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Spandex repair
>
> I feel like this has been covered before, but I couldn't find it in
> the
> archives. I've got a pair of bibs with a small rip in a seam and a
> skinsuit
> with a small hole in the shoulder. The skinsuit's zipper is also not
> working. The zipper is really the biggest concern. If anyone knows of
> someone local who can fix these kinds of things, please let me know.
> I've
> had work done by Mountain Soles before, but it looks like they're
> swamped
> right now (4 week turnaround). I'm leaving for a week tomorrow, so I
> was
> hoping to have them in someone's hands by then. If someone with a
> sewing
> machine wants to try, I'm willing to compensate you, I'm not super-
> picky
> about it. I just want the zipper to work.
>
> -Nathan
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Mountain Soles

http://www.mtnsoles.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Nathan Frechen
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:03 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Spandex repair

I feel like this has been covered before, but I couldn't find it in the
archives. I've got a pair of bibs with a small rip in a seam and a skinsuit
with a small hole in the shoulder. The skinsuit's zipper is also not
working. The zipper is really the biggest concern. If anyone knows of
someone local who can fix these kinds of things, please let me know. I've
had work done by Mountain Soles before, but it looks like they're swamped
right now (4 week turnaround). I'm leaving for a week tomorrow, so I was
hoping to have them in someone's hands by then. If someone with a sewing
machine wants to try, I'm willing to compensate you, I'm not super-picky
about it. I just want the zipper to work.

-Nathan
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Matthew Klahn

I think you want Mountain Soles:

http://www.mtnsoles.com/

1623 SE 12th Ave. near Ladd's Addition. They repair different types of
athletic equiptment & clothing. They've done some quality work on
repairing a jacket that got torn/abraded when my wife crashed this
winter, and I highly recommend them.

Hopefully they can help you out.

Matthew Klahn

On Aug 5, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Nathan Frechen wrote:

> I feel like this has been covered before, but I couldn't find it in
> the archives. I've got a pair of bibs with a small rip in a seam and
> a skinsuit with a small hole in the shoulder. The skinsuit's zipper
> is also not working. The zipper is really the biggest concern. If
> anyone knows of someone local who can fix these kinds of things,
> please let me know. I've had work done by Mountain Soles before, but
> it looks like they're swamped right now (4 week turnaround). I'm
> leaving for a week tomorrow, so I was hoping to have them in
> someone's hands by then. If someone with a sewing machine wants to
> try, I'm willing to compensate you, I'm not super-picky about it. I
> just want the zipper to work.
>
> -Nathan
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Long, Steve

Not only that but they are expensive as all get out. You're local dry
cleaner should be able to fix this stuff.

I had, what I thought was, a bad zipper on my winter jacket. I took it
to mtn soles and they wanted 65 bucks for a new zipper. The jacket was
only $90 new but I love the jacket. It kicks booty for winter. I took
the jacket to my local dry cleaners and he took a pair of needle nose
and slightly pinched the part of the zipper that does the gripping to
connect the two sides and the thing was fixed, no charge.

Then, I needed a new zipper in my wind vest and he put one in for $27
that was much nicer and heavier than the original with a nicer color
scheme.

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Nathan Frechen
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 12:03 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Spandex repair

I feel like this has been covered before, but I couldn't find it in the
archives. I've got a pair of bibs with a small rip in a seam and a
skinsuit with a small hole in the shoulder. The skinsuit's zipper is
also not working. The zipper is really the biggest concern. If anyone
knows of someone local who can fix these kinds of things, please let me
know. I've had work done by Mountain Soles before, but it looks like
they're swamped right now (4 week turnaround). I'm leaving for a week
tomorrow, so I was hoping to have them in someone's hands by then. If
someone with a sewing machine wants to try, I'm willing to compensate
you, I'm not super-picky about it. I just want the zipper to work.

-Nathan
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Nathan Frechen

I feel like this has been covered before, but I couldn't find it in the archives. I've got a pair of bibs with a small rip in a seam and a skinsuit with a small hole in the shoulder. The skinsuit's zipper is also not working. The zipper is really the biggest concern. If anyone knows of someone local who can fix these kinds of things, please let me know. I've had work done by Mountain Soles before, but it looks like they're swamped right now (4 week turnaround). I'm leaving for a week tomorrow, so I was hoping to have them in someone's hands by then. If someone with a sewing machine wants to try, I'm willing to compensate you, I'm not super-picky about it. I just want the zipper to work.

-Nathan