Upholstery Install Cost $1,000???
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Topic: Upholstery Install Cost $1,000???
Posted By: Foot_Fungus
Subject: Upholstery Install Cost $1,000???
Date Posted: April-27-2013 at 3:40pm
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That just seems ridiculous to me. Is that way out of line or am I just unrealistic. I have all the skins from Christine's for a complete replacement and the local shop said it would be $1,000 just for labor and didn't include if I needed foam or anything. And I have to remove the cushions and bring them in. ------------- '94SN Restoration underway... |
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Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: April-27-2013 at 4:16pm
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Well if I didn't want to do it I'd give you a high quote too. If you were crazy enough to pay it I guess I'd have to suffer  Have you thought about doing it yourself? Years ago I had skins made for mine and I put them all on,including cutting the foam, here is how the backs turned out  Here are the new ones that were professionally done,I think I did alright  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: 81nautique
Date Posted: April-28-2013 at 1:35am
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Very simple, the guy priced you high because you didn't buy the skins from him. An upholstery shop makes a profit on the material, sewing and installation. Y ou can't take away 2/3 of the guys income and expect him to give you a deal. ------------- You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails |
Posted By: OldSchoolBlue84
Date Posted: April-28-2013 at 9:37am
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I was in the same boat with you, the local shops wanted around $800-1000 to install. I originally wanted to replace a few pieces but after comparing costs, I would be ahead doing it all. Now my install was pretty straight forward, except for the motor box, so14 hours later with the help of my father-in-law and brother-in-law we were done. Take a look..... http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28477&PN=2&title=84-ski-nautique-2001-upholstery" rel="nofollow - www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28477&PN=2&title=84-ski-nautique-2001-upholstery ------------- Kostas http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=6700&sort=&pagenum=1" rel="nofollow - 1984 Ski Nautique 2001 |
Posted By: Foot_Fungus
Date Posted: April-28-2013 at 12:26pm
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if it were just flat pieces I'd be inclined to give it a try, but I think I'd be way out of my league with the curves sections. I'm gonna try a few more shops and if nothing else maybe I'll just haul it back down to Christines and let them do it. I thought I remembered them saying they could do it for cheap. ------------- '94SN Restoration underway... |
Posted By: moon
Date Posted: May-05-2013 at 11:06pm
| im in michigan and had the amish make and install complete interior on an 82 nautique 800 bucks for every thing turned out awesome i will try to post some pics. |
Posted By: 74Wind
Date Posted: May-06-2013 at 10:34pm
+1,the mennonites (NY) re-did the interior on our Century years back, a great job. ------------- 1974 Southwind 18 1975 Century Mark II |
moon wrote:Posted By: moon
Date Posted: May-06-2013 at 10:58pm
| not to many places you can get your seats recovered and get home made jams and maple syrup all in one place |
Posted By: gR@HaM
Date Posted: May-07-2013 at 10:09am
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Ive borrowed an industrial upholstery machine off my old folks and am going to have a go at making the skins myself. I'm not expecting them to be great, but more than likely a temporary solution, plus however they turn out they will be better than whats on the boat at the moment. Its a long shot but I take it there are no seat patterns out there in the public domain?? ------------- '82 Ski Tique |
Posted By: Swatkinz
Date Posted: May-07-2013 at 2:38pm
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John, How much do you have in the skins? I think most have quoted a total of about $4K to buy the skins and have them put on locally. ------------- Steve 2011 Sport/Air 200 Excalibur 343 2017 Boatmate Tandem Axle Trailer Former CC owner (77, 80, 95, 88, all SNs) Former Malibu owner (07, 09) |
Posted By: NCH20SKIER
Date Posted: May-08-2013 at 11:08pm
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John, I purchased some skins for my '96 Sport (observer bottom and entire rear bottom's and back and had installed locally roughly 3 years ago. Think I had just over 1k total in the job. Within 2 months the rear seat looked like it had a bad case of chicken pox. I sent pictures to Christine's and while sympathetic on the phone would offer no relief or suggestions on what may be wrong with the skins (yes I followed the recommendations for cleaning and treatment). A couple of weeks ago I had Townsend at White Lake look at the seats and he said the foam contained a fungus - not the first time he had seen this. So where the fungus come from - who knows but the rear seat did still displays the symptoms of the chicken pox. Be careful to inspect your foam and consider replacement at the same time you install the skins. On the bright side for me I do not worry about my Golden stepping / lounging on the rear seat. ------------- '05 206 Limited '88 BFN |
Posted By: Foot_Fungus
Date Posted: May-13-2013 at 3:52pm
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lol thanks for the heads up, I was looking at the foam the other day and was debating the combing pad foam as it look jsut as bad as the wood...rotten. I found a local guy who comes highly recommended(actually just finished up a beautiful blue/white 2001) that had a reasonable ballpark to do the labor. He's supposed to get me an exact quote later today with the combing pad wood getting replaced included. Port side wood is a pile of mush and the starboard side is well on its way to rotville. I also have him working up some pricing on a few "upgrades" to the design of the interior to better suite my barefoot needs. More to come depending on his pricing and timeframe. ------------- '94SN Restoration underway... |
Posted By: merbesfield
Date Posted: May-26-2013 at 11:12pm
Did you wrap your foam with plastic? I have always seen boat cushions from the factory wrapped with thin plastic. I think it helps for several reasons, easier install, keeps the foam from absorbing water and I guess it could prevent fungus from growing or blending through. I'm not an expert, just guessing here. |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: May-26-2013 at 11:55pm
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Your right the plastic is there for the install. It helps the vinyl slip over the foam and keeps the foam from bunching up ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |