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Re: How to Reupholster a Seat

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:46 pm
by AL Farmall Boy
I will have to check those out!


Rob in NH wrote:use a pair of vice grips made for sheet metal, they have a wide flat jaw.

Re: How to Reupholster a Seat

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:28 am
by Stanton
Sorry to hear you ran into some problems getting the lip open. I don't know if the sheet metal used on the later Cubs (a '75, like yours) and the earlier Cubs (a '47, like mine) were different gauges or not.

All I used was what you were using; or similar. Bascially, anything that I could use as a tool to pry the lip open. Don't know if I'd use heat or not.

Wish you success.

Re: How to Reupholster a Seat

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:49 am
by Rob in NH
forgot to mention the vice grips wont work to open the lip, just to close it up.

Re: How to Reupholster a Seat

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:15 pm
by Steve K. CALIF
Great effort and a beautiful outcome! Steve K.

Re: How to Reupholster a Seat

Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:05 am
by Dusty B
Great job! Congratulations! Also some improved techniques over mine that would give better results. Couldn't talk my wife into helping - that is definitely a big help having an extra set of hands! Dusty B