Hey! List Member Jonce Fancher does upholstery for a living. You might shoot him a pmail Joe. On 9/27/06, mad madeline <mac10wv@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Joe, I've reupholstered other vehicles. ) The problems I ran into are the > machine... needs to be heavy duty... today's mending sewing machines just > won't leave a stitch that holds up. The material is extra thick... and that > is hard to run through a non-professional machine. 2) most upholstery shops > now order ready made seat covers, and fit them to your particular > vehicle. Nip here, tuck there, and replacing foam when necessary or where > you tell them you want it. 3) seams are really hard to do so that they have > that "professional look". If money is an issue, I'd suggest finding a shop > that can order ready made covers that you like. If money isn't a > consideration, then go for the experiment and try it yourself! Madeline > > joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: After twenty-one years of > faithful service, the groovy tan corduroy > upholstery in my wolfsburg westy is starting to separate on the > passenger's > seat, and it looks like the bench seat isn't far behind... > > Because this fabric is NLA, I've been looking for an excuse to > reupholster. > I really wanted to do the brown VW "Mexico Plaid" from the late Bay > Windows, > but that stuff is some kind of expensive through GoWesty and BusDepot. > > With my three year-old and two week-old having chosen the Vanagon over the > Passat Wagon as their preferred mode of transportation, I had an idea that > maybe I'd use indoor/outdoor furniture upholstery if I can find a cool > plaid > pattern (spill resistant, durable). > > Does anybody have experience with reupholstering, and know of the costs > and > possible pitfalls? > > Or, does anybody have some good tan VW corduroy lying around? > > Thanks, > Joe T. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Try the new Live Search today! > > http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&FORM=WLMTAG > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. >
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