The reproducing zombie finds an attractive human to reproduce. Then it proceeds to eat the brains of said human, but after a while, the leftovers become rather difficult to get out of the shell. You with me so far?
The zombie then applies the repair kit (Duct tape) to the leftovers, which is then transformed into a functional brain with little to no gastronomic value. Along with passing on the property of zombieism to the previously mush-brained human, it also passes on a certain resilience to trauma, since everyone knows it is really difficult to destroy an object which is repaired properly (If it at first is not repaired properly, apply more duct tape).
If this does not work, they have a new zombie line at IKEA, it is called MANLIG KUND, and is almost free.