Plastic Strapping as webbing?

[baileyuph]

Had a piece delivered for reupholstery (used in a motor home or?) and noticed there are no springs just a stiff plastic strapping for a base.  The base is a formed pipe as the perimeter.

The plastic strapping is somewhere an inch wide and woven in but not as dense as one might think.

What would be a good substitue for the strapping and how to get it installed around the pipe type frame real tight?

I have time and haven't started but am doing some thinking/wondering.  As a note, I need to look at the pipe frame, but at this point it appears to be a closed loop.  So that could offer some contraints on what the replacement webbing is and how installed?

Just thought some of the motor home workers or travel trailers to for that matter might have solved this problem before. 

Easier jobs welcome at this time, maybe this one is easy so that is TBD.

Doyle

[sofadoc]

I've seen those before. Most of the time, the strapping was still holding just fine, so I left it alone.

On the ones that DID require re-work, I used Elasbelt webbing, and joined the 2 ends by stapling them to a small piece of wood.

[baileyuph]

It pays to ask!  That is a very effective solution Dennis. 

I could use the idea on non stretch plastic webbing, if it worked ok, because the base that needs replaced doesn't give. 

Thanks for idea, I could use one of my larger carpenter air nailer that I use on holding wood together while glue drys. 

Do you see any negatives against using the heavy duty carpenter stable nailer?

And too, the piece was delivered yesterday for work and I still need to look it over closely.  Once that happens, I will have better appraisal of my work to be done.  The customer informed me that I was recommended by another shop (I wonder what he had against me -- Wink?).

Day to day, work is not near the same - never boring!

Doyle

[baileyuph]

Well, work on the daybed got started today and after stripping things down, it was learned that the plastic straps were not part of the original engineering.  It was added because of weld breakage in the frame.

Quite a learning of what this project will be to work with. 

First after stripping. got the mig welder out and started welding the broken joints.

Hope to finish the welding requirements tomorrow.  I would love to have Gale around, he would make welding very interesting.  Oh, I have the up to date welding helmet, so he would probably give a thumbs up to that.

The frame will be easier to install the elastabelt and so forth because there is a small curved rod welded on for hog ringing (it was difficult to see due to the condition of everything.

Never a boring day in this business!

Stay tued as they say!

Doyle