Re: Re-upholstering? ? ?

[steve <sderby@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could try that, carving foam is tricky to do. Also you want to get the 
same density. Also some of the seat foams have reinforcements in the foam 
that are used to keep the springs together. IMHO if I was planning on 
spending any seat time at all in the car, I would not skimp on a good 
quality foam. You will not regret it and probably will never have to replace 
it in your lifetime. Legendary sells american made foam products which I 
find are the best foam. Some cheap off shore foam is around but it does not 
have the same resiliance. Craft store foam is not closed cell seating foam, 
it will bottom your but out on the steel of the seat frame.
cheers
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill" <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: Re-upholstering? ? ?


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I've thought about this too. The seat buns that Legendary sells seem
EXTREMELY expensive IMHO. Couldn't you use the thick heavy foam from a
craft store, and shape it w/ an electric carving knife?

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Bill M
65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html
73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 01 Dakota SLT
21 Model T Depot Hack, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:37 PM, John <jswask@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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