Leather

[65Buick]

Ugh. What a day. As you say, Kody, the pleat was riding up.

Normally one would stretch the heck out of vinyl and makev that pleat come down. As was done originally.

Ended up going back to straight cut foam, and made the pleats a little taller. Not my favorite, my all that can really be done with this thick, not so stretchy leather. Finished the first seat, minus welt.

Now that I have a better idea of what I'll do hopefully I can zip along. Have to finish before 5/10 at latest. 7 to go.

[kodydog]

The first one is always the hardest. Each one gets easier as you go along. 15 minutes by the time you get to the last one.

[65Buick]

Did one today, took about an hour start to finish I think.
Got all my pleats symmetrical. They are a bit taller since this leather doesn't stretch. It also has a poly coating on top and if you try to stretch it too much it appears as a chalky residue.

I think it actually looks pretty good and if there's enough leather left over I'm going to use 1/4" welt.


http://gdurl.com/5pHc

I see some wrinkles I didn't see before I took the photo.

One thing I learned: didn't charge enough.

[kodydog]

Sometimes you don't realize how hard a job is until you start working with the fabric. Then what do you do? Charge more? Most customers would get upset if you did that. One thing customers don't understand is each job is different.

The seat looks pretty good to me.

[SteveA]

Your first leather recover is 5 stars.  I wonder if the well experienced here would have sewn those corners ?
I don't mean to be critical of your good work - please don't take it that way. 
Just looking to see what Paul, Doyle, Darren, etc .... how they would have approached that job ?
SA

[MinUph]

It would first depend on what the customer wanted. But from the description of the leather, sewing the front corners might work well.

[65Buick]

The customer didn't specify. Will keep it in mind for next time, though.

[Darren Henry]

Great job Ian.I'm with Paul---it's up to the customer which look you go for.

[65Buick]

Finished the set this morning. They turned out a big more square than I would have liked. I did use 1/2" under the 2".
Overall, happy with it. Prior they were falling apart bonded leather, so it's a big improvement.

http://gdurl.com/f4Wj


All constructive criticism is welcome.