seat tear repairs
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:41 pm
drivers seat bolster was torn and pretty tatty when purchased.
found a handy repair kit on line which consists of patch fabric, fillers, paints and sealers.
thought i'd give it a try rather than go down re trim route.
seat with damaged bolster
rough edges neatened up with sharp blade and 'stitch' fabric glued in place behind vinyl
couldn't get gap closed totally so had to build the large gap up with filler in stages, each time trying to add a bit of grain effect
takes a little while to mix the colour to match as close as possible then dabbed on with sponge, couple of coats and colour match is pretty good. see cleaned tunnel trim for match. now seat will be cleaned to same level. (I was too impatient to clean seat first before you ask!) 2 options of sealer are provided, gloss or matt and these can be mixed to get sheen of vinyl to match existing.
at a passing glance you could never tell, I can spot it but then I'm looking for the repair!
overall, very pleased with results.
found a handy repair kit on line which consists of patch fabric, fillers, paints and sealers.
thought i'd give it a try rather than go down re trim route.
seat with damaged bolster
rough edges neatened up with sharp blade and 'stitch' fabric glued in place behind vinyl
couldn't get gap closed totally so had to build the large gap up with filler in stages, each time trying to add a bit of grain effect
takes a little while to mix the colour to match as close as possible then dabbed on with sponge, couple of coats and colour match is pretty good. see cleaned tunnel trim for match. now seat will be cleaned to same level. (I was too impatient to clean seat first before you ask!) 2 options of sealer are provided, gloss or matt and these can be mixed to get sheen of vinyl to match existing.
at a passing glance you could never tell, I can spot it but then I'm looking for the repair!
overall, very pleased with results.