some pics of the work ive done so far , doing it partime at the moment after work , the purple seats are the current projects
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ade
Nice work Ade, Lurve the purple 8)
Indeed! Jazzy quilting! Love the purple!
Very nice. :)
Chris
Ade,
That's some nice looking work!
If you have a heat gun, try using it on the bottom of the black seats to remove the wrinkles. I had some wrinkles on my first bench seat that I covered, and the heat gun did wonders for removing them. Just don't get it too hot or you can melt the vinyl. Try using it on a scrap piece first to see how much heat it will take. Keep moving it back and forth while you rub them out with your hands. Your hands will help you feel if you're getting it too hot.
The purple seats are really coming out good. Be sure to post more pics as you finish. Great job! ;D
hi bobby , thanks for the comments , i have been using the heat gun on the wrinkles when ive smoothed the seats out for the customer to collect. the black wide cushion the guy wanted a old used effect on the seat so it didnt look too new in his van. . i will post more pics when i can figure out how to make them bigger , i use photobox and a hosting forum on rods n sods website. cheers ade
Quote from: stumpy1972uk1 on February 22, 2011, 09:56:53 am
hi bobby , thanks for the comments , i have been using the heat gun on the wrinkles when ive smoothed the seats out for the customer to collect. the black wide cushion the guy wanted a old used effect on the seat so it didnt look too new in his van. . i will post more pics when i can figure out how to make them bigger , i use photobox and a hosting forum on rods n sods website. cheers ade
With the quality of work in the pictures you had posted, I figured you had probably already been using a heat gun. ;D You're doing some excellent work for part time!
Nice, looks like you are a natural!
Loren
When you will need to use heat gun then there is something wrong, final result will not lookin good and I know what I´m talkin about.
Quote from: ymbre on February 25, 2011, 12:47:00 pm
When you will need to use heat gun then there is something wrong, final result will not lookin good and I know what I´m talkin about.
sorry but i dont see how you can say that , when you work with vinyl with sewfoam or scrimfoam as its called over here in the uk and you have to turn the seat cover inside out and stretch it over said seat for fiitting then there WILL be wrinkles which Will need smoothing out. No a heat gun wont remove wrinkles or puckering due to incorrectly stitched items . So if you have to use a heat gun then somethings wrong ? So i take it Ron Mangus , Don Taylor , Gabe ( american hotrod) and a guy i take advice from off hotrodders.com dan twolakes are `doing` something wrong. All the research i have done have shown proffesional time served upholsters using steamers which correct me if im wrong is a form of heat ( im a refrigeration engineer by trade so i know a thing or two about heat sources ). a steamer on leathers great as the moisture hepls the leather stretch , but steam only wiorks on the back of vynil on the cloth backing. . after all we all have to learn somehwere. ade
Quote from: Saddleman on February 25, 2011, 06:39:46 am
Nice, looks like you are a natural!
Loren
thank you , im learning all the time and striving for a better finish each time.
purple ones finished , done some in blue too ,
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I have a local shop that I stop by on occasion. Your work already looks better than much of what I see that comes out of their shop, and they've been doing it for several years!
Like Loren said, you seem to be a natural! Keep it up, and keep sharing your work.
Quote from: hdflame on February 26, 2011, 06:19:08 am
I have a local shop that I stop by on occasion. Your work already looks better than much of what I see that comes out of their shop, and they've been doing it for several years!
Like Loren said, you seem to be a natural! Keep it up, and keep sharing your work.
thanks , i appreciate the comments
these are the latest ive just completed , theres two fronts and two rears , ive taken a pic of one front on the right and the rear on the left.
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and these are the blue seats i did a few weeks back
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ade
Really looks great! I'd be more than happy making any of those!
I hear what your saying with the heat gun. I used to view it as cheating, not sure why. Now I use it any time I'm feeling a little lazy. Same with thin plastic over the foam. A very helpfull tool to get everything tight and looking good. Heat guns won't make miracles happen, but they sure make it easier. I was sold on my steamer till it broke, now I only have a heat gun. I liked the steamer more since it was less likely to melt the vinyl and it had the bonus of 'poofing' up the foam. But hey, even a hot ray of sunlight helps.
Quote from: Peppy on February 26, 2011, 05:24:11 pm
Really looks great! I'd be more than happy making any of those!
I hear what your saying with the heat gun. I used to view it as cheating, not sure why. Now I use it any time I'm feeling a little lazy. Same with thin plastic over the foam. A very helpfull tool to get everything tight and looking good. Heat guns won't make miracles happen, but they sure make it easier. I was sold on my steamer till it broke, now I only have a heat gun. I liked the steamer more since it was less likely to melt the vinyl and it had the bonus of 'poofing' up the foam. But hey, even a hot ray of sunlight helps.
I think any tool we can use to increase the look and quality of the finished product is fine and doesn't show a lack of ability, but rather that you're concerned more about putting out a top end finished product.
A heat gun will definitely NOT make chicken salad out of chicken $h*t, but it can help smooth out an unruly piece of vinyl.
I've seen old timers sew stuff up and never use a pin or staple or seam tape or anything to hold material in place while sewing. I thought if you used any of that stuff it would become a crutch that you relied on.
In another thread, I remember June saying she didn't mind using a staple gun, that it was just another tool to help get the desired results. I thought, that makes sense, and ordered a staple gun. Now, I don't always use the stapler, but when I need it to make the job easier, I don't hesitate to use it. Same with the heat gun.
Looking at some of the work I've seen from other shops...they'd do good to use a stapler once in a while! ::)
Stumpy, your work looks great! I've seen shops that have been in business for a long time that doesn't put out the quality you're already doing. Don't be scared to use whatever it takes to put out quality work, whether it's a steamer or stapler!
I think the more we sew, the easier it gets to achieve good results without using things like a heat gun, but when it's needed, I don't see that as not having done it right the first time. ;D
thanks mate , and theres me thinking im doing an `alright` job that could be improved on. ive done the metal working side of the classics and customs and rods , but this gives me so much more satisfaction when ive completed a seat. the guy picked up his grey seats tonight and fitted them into his van on my driveway he was that excited . lol. or as he said , totally stoked. lol. ade
Well I have to tell you that I find your workmanship depressing................. :'(
Because I have been playing at upholstery for a few years now, spending lots of money on materials and still turning out useless crap!
You seem to have picked it up quickly and are producing fantastic quality in less time. I suppose it should spur me on to practice more.
I am getting on reasonably well with the Scimitar seats I started. Took 3 attempts to get a good looking headrest made. Then whilst admiring it, realised that the napp runs upside down!
I have made a back and side section which so far are looking good. We will see once it is time to stitch them together though!
thanks for comments , im doing some porsche 944 seats at the moment in coffee cream vinyl , i will post up pics as soon as possible . ive found that the one item thats helped me the most is the 8` x 4` cutting table that ive incorporated my sewing machine into , gives me so much more space and support. ade
The post is a little old, but did you ever finish your 944 seats? I'd like to see them.
With the caliber of work inside the pictures you'd posted, I figured you'd probably recently been using some sort of heat marker. Grin You're doing some excellent be employed by part time period!
A couple months back I watched a "how they do it" show on TV focused on how they make high end car seats. I don't remember which manufacturer it was but it was one like Mercedes or Porsche....they showed how they upholstered the seats wwhich included - in one of the final steps - running it through a heat machine - so ain't no cheating going on - even the big guys use heat to smooth the wrinkles.