New vinyl...
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Printed Date: November-14-2024 at 5:42pm
Topic: New vinyl...
Posted By: wetskier2000
Subject: New vinyl...
Date Posted: March-05-2021 at 5:22pm
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Got my new drivers sides, spotters seat bottom and throttle pad skins from C&S. I thought I'd start with the throttle pad cuz it would be easier... Boy was I wrong! How in the hell do I get the inner corners of cutout area for the boat's data plate and kill switch stretched far enough to staple? I steamed them, pulled and tugged then tugged some more... there has to be a secret to this that escapes me... ------------- Current: 1997 Nautique Previous: 1987 Nautique 1964 American Skier |
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Posted By: fanofccfan
Date Posted: March-06-2021 at 8:56am
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Upholstery in general is a fine art. I have tried on a few occasions and failed. I will be following this thread in hopes of learning the secret that escapes both of us! ------------- 2004 196 LE Ski 1969 Marauder 19 1978 Ski |
Posted By: wetskier2000
Date Posted: March-06-2021 at 9:09am
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I've done other seats with Christine's Marine Nautique Skins with pretty good success..... this piece not so much... ------------- Current: 1997 Nautique Previous: 1987 Nautique 1964 American Skier |
Posted By: nobrainsd
Date Posted: March-07-2021 at 12:35pm
Well, I don't know if this will help you, but I do have a suggestion. Whether you are stapling to the front of the backing board or behind it, it is very difficult to stretch the vinyl into position around tight corners or round cut outs. Obviously you need enough material to properly grab onto and pull the vinyl into position. But the more material there is the more resistant to conforming it will be. So making relief cuts is the key (and doing the heat gun thing as you mentioned). The trick is determining how far you can make a relief cut without the cut showing. Also, relief cuts need to be clean. You don't want to have them tearing farther than your intentional cut. I am attaching a photo of my side combing panel with cut outs for speakers. There is a secondary plastic ring that goes into these openings before the speakers, so the vinyl is stapled down to the panel face. But the same sort of technique works for material that wraps the panel and staples onto the back. Do the skins you bought have any relief cuts? Can they be a little deeper without showing? This may not help you, you might already be doing this, but if not... well this is how my upholstery guy does it and I have used the same technique with skins that weren't installed by the maker. If there just isn't enough material to reach then the skin was cut too tight to the opening. My upholsterer always leaves a generous border that I trim after stapling. |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: March-07-2021 at 4:08pm
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Are you stapling the inner stuff first, then heating and stretching the rest of the material out and around the outer edges? More material to hold on to when stretching that way and easier to stretch that way too
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Posted By: wetskier2000
Date Posted: March-07-2021 at 4:41pm
Yeah..... I thought of this AFTERWARDS!!! ------------- Current: 1997 Nautique Previous: 1987 Nautique 1964 American Skier |
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