Boat Upholstery

[bosn_locker]

Can you use cotton batting in boat upholstery?

[Mike8560]

Maybe inside I've never though

[bosn_locker]

I havn't either except I'm doing a seat with an inside curve thats eating my lunch.

[MinUph]

On some vintage boats cotton was used. I would still use it if it was in a cabin., Dacron is the preferred fill now-a-days. Don't like it but its what everyone seems to use. Dacron will drain better. Be sure to use a plastic sheet over whatever if its outside on deck.

[stitchm]

kapok fibre is another fill material that was used quite heavily in marine upholstery at one point. And  used as a buoyant fill in life jackets at some point.

"the silky down that invests the seeds of a silk-cotton tree (ka·pok tree), Ceiba pentandra,  of the East Indies, Africa, and tropical America: used for stuffing pillows, life jackets, etc., and for acoustical insulation.
Also called Java cotton."

[JuneC]

I'd consider dacron, maybe cotton for an interior cushion.  Kapok is almost explosive in it's flammability.  I'd never put it on a boat - even though it used to be used for life vests.  Guess that was before closed cell foam.

June

[bosn_locker]

Yea-pretty much what I'd been thinking.  Thanks for the replys.