RE: Re-upholstering? ? ?

[John <jswask@xxxxxxx>]

Steve, Is if possible for someone who is very good with there hands to buy seat skins and foam from Legendary and redo yor seats yourself that way? I heard with b bodies our years you might have to trim some of the new foam for the material to fit.
I think that is what John was asking, not making skins from scratch, or maybe he was.  

 

  John Wask..

64 Sport fury        

 

 

 

 
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: sderby@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Re-upholstering? ? ?
> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:47:23 -0700
> 
> 
> John,
> I am an upholsterer. In my humble opinion, unless you want something 
> radically different, or go to Tijuana for a mexi job, very few, if any, 
> upholsterers will be able to do it cheaper than say legendary or some other 
> aftermarket seat company. It is very time consuming to make patterns, buy 
> material and build them. If you want to do yourself, make sure you use your 
> old set as a pattern, cut every piece on the seams with a razor blade, I 
> then use an old iron to iron out the old seats, lay them on the new vinyl, 
> cut out and sew together exactly the same. You will need a welting foot to 
> make welts etc. and an industrial machine to sew.Also my 2 cents is always 
> get new foam if possible, you will have a tighter fitting cover that will 
> fill out the corners and believe me you won't believe the different between 
> that and old dead 40 year old foam.
> For the best bang for your buck, buy the kit and re and re. You can do that 
> yourself quite easily and save the labour and have a factory looking job 
> very easily.
> cheers
> Steve
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Pettitt" <john.pettitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re-upholstering? ? ?
> 
> 
> >
> > Quick question. Give me all your various thoughts on the matter.
> >
> > I am wanting to re-upholster the seats in my '65 Coronet.
> >
> > 1) Is this something that I could learn to do?
> >
> > 2) If I did it myself, is it something I would be able to do , where I 
> > would be pleased with the end product?
> >
> > 3) Are there any good instruction books, or web-sites on the topic?
> >
> > 4) Would I be better off paying someone to do it?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for all your responses.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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