Good share @John

I’d use dap landau top glue to do it.

@BigRig I’m confused by your comment? I did get it and luckily I had to deal with his secretary when I returned it. He told me to give her the invoice as he wasn’t there and she’d write me a check on the spot. So I did. Made it easy and she doesn’t care how much it costs lol. So he’ll either want m...

I think you’re on the right track. If it were me, I’d remove the arm rest cover. Mark the foam where I want to remove the material and do that. Like you said, keeping it smaller so it’s snug. I would then put the cover back one and cut an X shape in the material where the cup holder goes. Cut the x ...

Is it possible to add a tack strip behind the wood for the side panels? You could take the edge there and then install the side panels to hide your staples. Then possibly glue to the metal around the sunroof and hide with a beauty ring.

Where are you located?

Albright supply sells round lengths of foam. If you bought 3 of those and had a way to split them you’d be able to use those. I’m lucky enough to have a small bandsaw. I can set the fence to a depth that is the middle of the round foam and just run it through cutting it down the middle. If you have ...

Glad you figured it out and got it working. Sometimes it’s such a pain and caused by something so little

Are you creating an underlayment for the headliner to attach to and wondering how to attach that, or more a suspended type of headliner?

Are you talking how the gap varies? Maybe I’m getting old and need glasses but I guess I don’t really see in in the picture. If that it, make sure you have a good gap between the bottom of the foot and the top of the feed dogs. The material may be slipping.

Yeah the carpet seat backs are gross. Even when cutting the old stitching the table top is covered in stuff just falling out. But I never stock it cause most of the time I can reuse it when doing repairs.

Thanks everyone. I’ll keep these things in mind.

That’s what I’m afraid of. He’ll be use to his wife doing it and not be ready for the shell shock of a price that isn’t free lol. I was thinking the same myself. Basically time and materials plus mark up.

So I think I’m getting to the point of being competitive but not undercutting myself anymore just to get business. There are areas I’m still unsure of. One being. Seat repairs. I got a semi seat in today that the customer wants the lower cushion repaired and the cover repaired. My problem is, his wi...

I’ve always just used what is called white oil. Works well in both the juki I once owned and now my consew. Most upholstery supply places will have it.

I had a terrible time with sunguard thread. It kept doing the same thing. I’d switch brands and nothing else and it would work fine, go back to sunguard and problems all over again. It would fray and the color would even come off in powder all over the table. I’ve come to the conclusion sunguard is ...

I don’t know if just tightening the tension disks will help. Something has to be wrong. If they tighten it the back side will be super tight before the front gets anywhere close. And then the thread will never move.

I’ve never seen it used on seats, but what you’re referring to is just called the tack strip. Sometimes a cardboard material, sometimes a cork material and more modern and for convertible tops is a plastic/rubber type. Can you post a picture?

Is the thread in the wrong order of those eyelets by the tension disks? I only ask cause the outside eyelet where the thread comes out of the disks too would put the sideways pressure on them. If you went from the disks to the other first, the thread would be in alignment. Then wrap the thread to th...