

| Subject: | Re: upholstering the rear bench seat, 89 Westy |
| From: | Jonce Fancher |
| Date: | Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:17:10 -0500 |
Hi Troy A steak knife will work. If you can spray it with silicone spray to keep it flowing through the foam. Drag it and make passes. DO not hack at it you will get a crappy finish. Also most foam shops will cut it for you so you dont have to for very littlel coin. Use a GOOD quality foam or you will be in there again sooner then you want to be. Good luck C-ya Jonce >Hi folks. >Just getting around to upholstering my rear bench seat. Just curious how other are handling covering the seat itself. The thinest section appears to be 3 inches, while the raised sections are 4 inches, which match up with the rear cushion. Are most of you going to the trouble of doing the contouring of the seat, or do you just make the whole thing an even 4"? I would think it would be more comfortable to sleep on that way, but would not look as good. Your opinions please on how to proceed. I've been using a bread knife to cut the foam btw, is this the best tool for the job? I actually got the tip from a upholster who use one of those electric steak knife's with the serrated edges for the job. He did a lot of automobile seats. >Troy Jonce Fancher 56 Single Cab 66 Sunroof Bug 66 Variant Squareback 66 Porsche 912 71 Sunroof Bus 84 Vanagon "Gottfried" 85 Vanagon Westi 2003 10 Passenger Sprinter Fancher's Upholstery Inc. - www.fanchers.com Not-A-VW Club- http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransont3/notavwclub/
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