Seat rebuild...How to...?
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Seat rebuild...How to...?
My seats have decent vinly but the bottoms of the backs are rotten where they meet the base. I plan to pull off the vinyl and rebuild the frames then hopefully pull the vinyl back over them.
Question: How do I make the curved back piece? Anyone have any suggestions or good ways curve the back around the bottom? Thanks.
Question: How do I make the curved back piece? Anyone have any suggestions or good ways curve the back around the bottom? Thanks.
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Good luck removing the vinyl. You usually damage some of it in removal.
Buy a good tack puller at a fabric or upholstry shop to remove the staples and try not to rip anything. The vinyl may be attached internally in the seat too.
1/4" plywood can flex pretty good. If it wont make a sharp enough curve, you can cut half way through the plywood every inch using a table saw then curve it around an arched piece. Glue and fasten it tyo the arched piece.
Buy a good tack puller at a fabric or upholstry shop to remove the staples and try not to rip anything. The vinyl may be attached internally in the seat too.
1/4" plywood can flex pretty good. If it wont make a sharp enough curve, you can cut half way through the plywood every inch using a table saw then curve it around an arched piece. Glue and fasten it tyo the arched piece.
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done it a few times, carefully take it apart, just rebuild just like they did it..pretty strait forward when you take apart, once wood done, paint it with a couple of coats of good ext paint...they probably left the wood bare...
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A heavy coat of thined epoxy to soak in then a couple regular coats and never worry about the wood again.
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on my bolster seats the outside is round in the back of the seat. once i pulled the vinyl and foam off it was 3 small pieces put together. good luck on removing the foam not the vinyl.
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a different approach
I did the same thing and got tired of the whole wood thing
Went to the local plastics shop bought a couple of sheets of PVC
used the wood as templates and then just screwed and glued the frames together........ just my 2 cents
Went to the local plastics shop bought a couple of sheets of PVC
used the wood as templates and then just screwed and glued the frames together........ just my 2 cents