The Grand Pooh-Bah
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Has anyone here re-covered their seat? If so do you have any tips you'd like to share.
My seat had a few cuts and the stitching was coming apart. I pulled the seat and discovered the plywood base was rotted. Now that I have the plywood removed and the cover pulled off I'm at the point of ordering a new cover off e-bay $103, ordering upholstery online (??) and making my own, or taking the seat to an upholstery shop.
I'm leaning towards ordering the upholstery online and having the wife dis-assemble the cover to use the pieces as a pattern. Can this be done on a regular sewing machine with a heavy duty needle? What kind of thread would you use?
There is some mold on the foam. What should I use to kill this...bleach??
My seat had a few cuts and the stitching was coming apart. I pulled the seat and discovered the plywood base was rotted. Now that I have the plywood removed and the cover pulled off I'm at the point of ordering a new cover off e-bay $103, ordering upholstery online (??) and making my own, or taking the seat to an upholstery shop.
I'm leaning towards ordering the upholstery online and having the wife dis-assemble the cover to use the pieces as a pattern. Can this be done on a regular sewing machine with a heavy duty needle? What kind of thread would you use?
There is some mold on the foam. What should I use to kill this...bleach??