Re: IML: Need cure for "yellow dandruff'

["Roger Casagrande" <rdc2382@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dick;

 

Thanks for the guiding light based on your experiences. I've already completed the "Dikes" step and the old seat covers are at Ron Fryer's. The foam appeared to about 1" thick and was behind the seat cover and in fact was sewn-in onto cardboard backing at the fabric-to-leather stitch areas on both the bottom cushions and the seat backs. The other padding was also about an inch thick with bulk batting around the corners of the front seat back cushion. I've taken pictures as I was disassembling the seats.

 

Now I ask for a source for good latex foam. On the internet there are several manufacturers, but they seem to concentrate on selling foam mattresses and thin pads. Do you remember the sources available to you when you did that to your autos?

 

Roger

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From: Dick Benjamin

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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:40 PM

Subject: RE: IML: Need cure for "yellow dandruff'

No, there is no easy way.   However, the repair job is not difficult ? I?ve done this repair to many of my cars.  The seat covering is held on with hog rings, so you?ll need a pair of good diagonal cutters (known to the trade as ?Dikes?) to cut off the old rings,  and a pair of hog ring pliers (available at an upholstery supply house) to put the new ones on.   You?ll also need some replacement foam.  There are various qualities, get the best they have, and you can shape it with an electric carving knife.   Probably the right thickness will be 3 inches, which you will cover with some white fuzz for a little more comfortable feel.  The white fuzz is basically the modern equivalent of horsehair ? it is resilient and very durable.  It comes in 24 inch wide sheets which they will roll off a larger roll for you, it is very cheap.   You?ll be amazed at how much better the seat feels.  If the burlap is shredded (it protects the bottom of the foam from the metal springs), you?ll need to replace that too.  Just copy the way the seat was originally made, then hog ring the covering back in place and you?re done!

 

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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:53 AM
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Subject: IML: Need cure for "yellow dandruff'

 

I am continually cleaning up residue on my burgundy carpet that looks like "yellow dandruff."  In reality it is urethane foam particles from my seats.  The foam is getting hard and brittle from age and I was curious if anyone has found a way to slow or stop this aging process short of a complete seat redu.

Don Dickinson
Prospect, KY

1955 Imperial Newport, Canyon Tan and Desert Sand
1967 Imperial Custom Convertible, Ivory and Burgundy