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Help please. I'm attempting a retrim of some Vixen seats where the original covering was stapled direct to the fibreglass bucket. I've tried doing that with the light duty kit I have and the staples just crumple, can anyone recommend a staple/stapler combination that will do the job? or other method of recovering the shell.
K
K
not many upholsterers in the audience i reckon.
another way of fixing the material is with a good contact glue. a second method is fixing strips of wood to hte glassfibre shell at critical/heavy load areas to which you can staple the cover material. you can again glue the wood or use ss thin wire and the existing holes in the glassfibre. you can also buy spring clips that go around edges to secure the material to the shell.
another way of fixing the material is with a good contact glue. a second method is fixing strips of wood to hte glassfibre shell at critical/heavy load areas to which you can staple the cover material. you can again glue the wood or use ss thin wire and the existing holes in the glassfibre. you can also buy spring clips that go around edges to secure the material to the shell.
I've been slowly retrimming my 71 Vixen seats. The vinyl was in most places pop-riveted to the seat using washers to spread the load. One part of the seat was stapled onto a wooden strip, which itself was pop-riveted to the FG. I wouldn't trust impact adhesive on its own in a hot car interior (even the high temperature range versions). James
Thanks, thats a little more to think about. I'm also not keen on using glue, you only get once shot at getting it right and I'm not confident about making a decent job of it. Also a bit of stretch in the vinyl will put the joint under shear as it finally cures which can't be good, add to that the concerns about temperature and I think perhaps not.
Stapling will let you adjust things as you fit the cover, I've not been able to find anything that will fire into the fibreglass so perhaps the wood strips are the way to go. Hadn't thought about rivets but they might be an alternative, maybe with some plastic strips sewn into the vinyl to spread the load. Some experimenting to do I think, but first it needs to warm up a little.
K
Stapling will let you adjust things as you fit the cover, I've not been able to find anything that will fire into the fibreglass so perhaps the wood strips are the way to go. Hadn't thought about rivets but they might be an alternative, maybe with some plastic strips sewn into the vinyl to spread the load. Some experimenting to do I think, but first it needs to warm up a little.
K
if you could get hold of a parts manual from the jaguar e-type series 1 fixed head coupe, and look at the exploded views of the bucket seats, you will get an impression of the construction with all kinds of wooden inserts. though these shells are metal, the principle is quite similar. wood attached to the shell, cloth/leather/vinyl attached to the wood.
a question not answered yet: i use a stapler that works on compressed air, it is atlas copco and uses all kind of staples depending on the job. another possibility is the Aerfast ASF8016, also working on compressed air taking several sorts of staples, but in a friendlier price range. i never came across electric staplers for more or less industrial use, only for domestic (light) applications.
a question not answered yet: i use a stapler that works on compressed air, it is atlas copco and uses all kind of staples depending on the job. another possibility is the Aerfast ASF8016, also working on compressed air taking several sorts of staples, but in a friendlier price range. i never came across electric staplers for more or less industrial use, only for domestic (light) applications.
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