Metal zipper repairin manhattan or brooklyn

March 25, 2019 9:32 AM

Do you have a repair person for metal zippers in manhattan or brooklyn? Do you love their work and recommend them with your whole heart? Tell me. I beg you.

In keeping with Vimes’ theory of boots, a few years ago I got a screaming good deal on a pair of knee high Frye boots. I’ve gotten them resoled diligently and now the zipper up the back of one has failed. My regular shoe guy didn’t even look at the zipper and says he only works on plastic zippers and he’ll swap mine out because plastic is better quality. I’m hoping someone can take a look at my boots and tell me the zipper isn’t even broken, just needs....some love. Even if that repair only gets me a few months or years, I’d rather keep the waste out of the landfill, ya know?

posted by bilabial to Grab Bag (2 answers total)

For a shoe-centric place that should be able to help, try Cesar's Shoe Repair on Seventh Avenue between 20th and 21st. For overall repairs on leather goods, including fixing/replacing zippers, I've had good luck with Fordham Repair Center at 30 West 32nd Street, Room 604. Also recommended is Superior Leather Restorers on Lex at 29th.
posted by slkinsey at 10:30 AM on March 25, 2019 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: I ended up going to a place suggested by a friend. It’s near union square and I don’t want to look like a shill but it was $5 and about 2 minutes to fix the zipper pull. So I bought a pair of boot trees because it turns out pool noodles aren’t the best way to keep your boots standing up straight, and bunching up the zipper is bad for it.
posted by bilabial at 12:39 PM on March 25, 2019 [2 favorites]