SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Wanderers Travel Co bag repairs by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently repaired a customer’s Wanderers Travel Co backpack.
The bag
The zipper on this Wanderers Travel Co backpack had become unusable, with the runner detached and the zipper teeth missing and damaged. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we offered to repair the zipper by installing a ‘runner stop’.
Zipper repair
We can usually repair a zipper by adjusting or replacing the ‘runner’ — the metal piece that runs along the teeth of the zipper — provided that the zipper’s teeth and surrounding material are in tact. In this case, however, the zipper was missing at least one of its teeth and the zipper itself could not be replaced with a new zipper similar to the original in appearance (the colour of the surrounding material would have been off). And for this reason, adjusting or replacing the runner alone would not have helped.
The solution here was to install a ‘runner stop’ — pieces of metal we use to cover the zipper teeth at a point where we’d like to stop the runner from moving over. We installed this runner stop just ahead of that point at which the zipper teeth were missing, because allowing the runner to move over the missing teeth would cause it to come off its tracks. The runner stop took away a bit less than an inch of the zipper, but allows us to ensure the zipper was functional without sacrificing its appearance.
Have a Wanderers Travel Co bag needing repair or restoration?
Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including Versace and Canali) with the repair and restoration of luxury designer handbags since 1955. If you have a beloved Wanderers Travel Co bag in need of repair or restoration, ask us for a free diagnosis/quote by completing our online order form — where you can upload photos of the bag and let us know exactly what you would like done to it, or let us advise you on what the bag needs based on the photos.
SoleHeeled serves all of Australia through its free 2-way shipping service:
Order online: Answer a few questions to get an instant quote and complete your order.
Send your bag: Drop your bag off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.
We repair: A team of experienced craftsmen will carefully repair your bag.
We return: We'll deliver your repaired bag to you, wherever you are in Australia.
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