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Maybe no one could see the picture. It should work now.
I don't need it to look the same but I really need to order some material similar to this to add to the inside of a boat cover to go over the engines. Something soft that won't scratch the paint.

Thanks

http://imgur.com/zYxQ789

Good morning everyone. Do you know what this white soft material is? I need to get some to add to the cover over the engines. If not, something similar.
Thanks

Thought that HH66 might be the best bet. I'll give it a test this week to see how it goes. Thanks!

I haven't done a weblon regatta t-top yet, and might have two to do this month. I've seen lots of them before and both have either a heat seamed or glued seam. What do you guys/gals do when replacing one? Glue? Stitched? or can I heat seam it without a several thousand dollar machine?

ive done both ways cut each strip and sewn it also glue the cinyl to 1/2" sewfoam ill mark lince even spaced on the back on the sewfoam then fold and sew each pleat not cutting  one thing good is if in time the seam fails the vinyl is not cut exposing the foam.   one thing either way cut it a little over size and then cut to the finished size after to be safe it easy boy yo have a straight edge if your not careful.

mike

Once I get the job, I will pull them apart and do it the way it was done before. Actually, I will try a couple test pieces to see which is easier. Thanks

It looks like standard roll and pleating on the wall section and top sewn on the captains chair. The roll and pleating is just folded over at each seam and sewn with a 1/4" seam to the sew foam. Then adding the colored sections separately. The chair not roll and pleat it is either sewn through the top and to sew foam. You can buy this in white allready done with heat sealed seams. It would be all white though.

Owner wants to duplicate the existing cushions so I will do it like it was done before. I have the white pleated (heated seams) vinyl I use for most pleated jobs. I personally like to have the least amount of seams/holes as possible for an exterior boat cushion.

but all of the joints of same colour vinyl are that way----They're only cut at the back when it changes colour.

It speeds things up on the assembly line, but I prefer to cut them unless there is a lot of foam behind them so that I can fold my salvage edges both ways rather than having both lumped up to one side. I think it lays a little flatter and gives a cleaner look.

I was thinking of gluing sew foam to a couple large pieces of vinyl then cutting out a couple hundred small rectangles to sew together. Does that make sense

I'd say that whether you opt to cut them or just sew them up you will want to make up some large pieces of vinyl/foam material first. It will save you a whack of time and foam.

Thanks for the tips. I think it looks good, but seems like overkill for exterior boat cushions. This boat spends most of it's life sitting in a storage yard uncovered too. It needs a new t-top cover too.

I was thinking of gluing sew foam to a couple large pieces of vinyl then cutting out a couple hundred small rectangles to sew together. Does that make sense or am I making too much work?

That's what I thought at first, but all of the joints of same colour vinyl are that way. I'll see if I have a close up picture of the coming cushions, which are done the same way. They're only cut at the back when it changes colour.

Not sure what the deal is with the picture, but if you right click and choose view image, it will get much bigger.

Hi all, I've been busy with lots of jobs lately. Have a customer that wants to replace most of the damaged cushions on the boat. Everything besides the leaning post is left uncovered year round and looks like this. It's the front of the console seat and coming cushions all around a 35ish' Intrepid.
I'm relatively new to this profession and I've never run into this method of making pleated cushions. Customer wants exact replacement to match the leaning post cushions.
I haven't gotten deep into the insides yet (have to give a quote first), but it appears that the pleats have 1/2" sewfoam backing, and a small amount of the face of the vinyl is folded over and sewn together to make the pleat.
Anyone do them this way? Any tips on doing it this way?

Sailrite adjusts the machines and sends test pieces that were stitched with that machine in the box. I think it's most likely inexperience and have to say, I do think I'm getting better.

I'm been using sunbrella and recently weathermax.

I'm not sure it's brand specific, just wanted to ask people who use various michines if it's common.
I did start an email dialog with one of their techs, but not sure he understood what I was trying to say. Plus at the time I was very new to the machine and sewing, so I was thinking it was most likely operator error.

Hi everyone, I have a kind of basic sewing question.

I have a sailrite ultrafeed ls1. Since I have no prior sewing experience, and no other machine to compare it to I'm not sure if it's just how it works or if something is wrong.

When I'm sewing, the material is being pulled through the machine with the walking feet. I find it very difficult to keep the stitch line straight. It kind of wobbles back and forth. I do have a magnetic sewing guide which keeps it very straight, but as you know, it can't be used on every seam.
Is there anything I can do to feed better or is it normal or is it just the machine I have. I've played around a little with the walking foot tensioner, with little change.

I've seen youtube videos with commercial machines that will run an almost perfect (from my perspective) line unassisted. If I tried that, it will probably run a circle or a figure 8.