pilots seat blues.

[lizzieb]

I am working on a pilot seat for a speed boat and have encountered a problem with wrinkles where the inside back meets the seat this is a curved area and I just can't seem to pull it out.  I have tried heating it but I can't seem to pull it out.  Any suggestions?

[Darren Henry]

Hi Lizzie; welcome aboard. Do you have the resources to post a couple of pics? Most of us use photobucket and there is a tutorial at the top of this page explaining the process.Quite painless really and often invaluable.

Is there a seam between inside back and inside arm? The seat is an independent insert piece, isn't it?

I and several others here have done some of these over the years---but June and Mike see the most of them down in Florida. They are our "go to" god(es)'s on these darlings.

[Mike]

I havnt had this issue but I remember a tip from june, when cut the inside panel a bit short (skinny) so when it is installed it dosent do this wrinkle ,

are you using sewfoam or are these tuck n roll? this will greatly eliminate this happening

[Darren Henry]

I have been know to "cheat" and not stitch the inside arms to the inside back all the way down [okay---I had to rip the stitches out] . That way I could pull that excess material Mike is talking about past the seam line and then backstaple the arms and welts ( if applicable). Obviously, that only works if you have a solid frame to staple to.

You are working from the center out, right? Just checking.