Sir Sam Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Started recovering seats, since this is a first for me I started on about the easiest piece to recover, the small part of the box seat. I screwed up once and had to start over with new fabric, but overall I am pleased with how it went, and I'm pretty pleased with the results. I'm really impressed with the ability of the sunbrella to shed water, It think its going to make great interior fabric in terms of cleanup and waterproofness for spills. Should last a long time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula69 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Looks good. Only a few more to go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 For a home do me job, you can't get much better. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Thanks guys, I started on about the easiest seat part to do, I figured it was good for learning. The material I am using is called sunbrella, its an acrylic woven material that is used on outdoor funuture, awnings, boat tops, etc. It's pretty sun resistant and water resistance stuff, and its reasonibly priced online 20-30 a yard. I figured it would make pretty nice material for a camper thats going to have kids/dogs/booze/food/bodily fluids getting all over, and sure last way better than the OEM material. The corduroy material in my van was one year only, 86, and just goes to shreds in the sun. the 85 and 87 materials hold up great, but not the 86. On a side note my van turns 27 this month......older than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Bodily fluids eh... Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Started recovering seats..... ^^^I hate when I get this excited 1/2 way through a project. :P Nice job. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I don't understand, what was wrong with the old seat covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 I don't understand, what was wrong with the old seat covers? Oh nothing. I just didn't like the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Ah, well, the two-tone looks good! I assume you had the GF do the sewing? You know, because that's what they do... Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Sewing is woman's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huck731 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 nice, work. nice to see another dubber around here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Ah, well, the two-tone looks good! I assume you had the GF do the sewing? You know, because that's what they do... Right? That and other "stuff" Ya she did the sewing, I dissected, measured, drew, measured, marked, cut, recut, pinned, and then had her sew. Never operated a sewing machine before so I'll let the expert do that. I got the upper part measured cut and sewed last night, hopefully tonight I will get the corners cut and sewed, and then get it on the cushion, it would be nice to call one seat done and see how it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Got the upper part finished up tonight, now I just need to toss in back into the seat base! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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