Posted by Chris in SK on March 14, 2008 at 07:42:34 from (216.203.47.194):
In Reply to: Seat cushions posted by INCase on March 13, 2008 at 18:40:40:
INCase, I just did my loader tractor seat – Ford 8700 with cab. The original Bostrom seat vinyl, was bad and held together with duck tape. I decided to go to cloth instead of vinyl, which was ok with the cab, and my wife who is pretty good with the sewing machine thought it would be easier to work with. Went to the fabric store (Fabric Land) and found a cloth very close to the original cloth used by Ford. They had a small section with upholstery grade fabric, and marine vinyl, so it should be fairly hard wearing. I couldn’t figure out how to attach the cloth to the metal base and back pans, so used ply, with nut inserts so they bolted back as the originals did. Important thing to remember if you are stapling the cloth to the ply is to use stainless steel or copper staples so they don’t rust out. Luckily my foam was in fairly good shape, so I reused it and just put 1” sheet foam under it for extra padding. The arm rest foam was wrecked, so I brought an off cut strip and cut my own. It now looks great, althought I couldn’t have done it with out my wife on the sewing machine, and cost about $60 inc. cloth, foam, pack of stainless steel staples, upholstery thread, spray glue etc. (NH wanted $175 just for the back rest vinyl cover!!) Most fabric shops sell the foam in different grades. Just sit on it and get some that is firm and comfortable. They will cut it as well, so could take your old foam as a pattern and get it cut to shape. Chris
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