Hi,

I am just re-cycling an old office chair. On stripping the back down to
the wood, I have found that there are four horizontal lines (grooves).
These seem to be made by pressing or (glueing) the 8mm foam cover to
the fabric and pressing the foam flat. There is no sewn seams along these
indentations. Anyone know how I can do this when I re-cover it please?
FWIW the cover is glued to the 8mm foam and there is a fine cloth glued to
the foam, the pad is then stapled over a thick moulded foam pad attached
to the plywood back.
Hope this is understandable!

Thanks

These seem to be made by pressing or (glueing) the 8mm foam cover to
the fabric and pressing the foam flat. There is no sewn seams along these
indentations. Anyone know how I can do this when I re-cover it please?

Wonder if its been melted to create the grooves...

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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:43:04 +0000, Colin Wilson wrote:

These seem to be made by pressing or (glueing) the 8mm foam cover to the
fabric and pressing the foam flat. There is no sewn seams along these
indentations. Anyone know how I can do this when I re-cover it please?

Wonder if its been melted to create the grooves...

Maybe, thats why I am asking!
I wondered if they might have been glued somehow.

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:09:35 +0000, Peter J Hemmings
wrote:

These seem to be made by pressing or (glueing) the 8mm foam cover to
the fabric and pressing the foam flat.

Hot iron usually.

Easiest way to simulate this is by stitching through.

www.jamilton.co.uk have an ugly web site, and their foam ordering
system is broken (it over-charges massively), but they're handy for
sundries like big upholstery needles.

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message


www.jamilton.co.uk have an ugly web site,

Cor.

It IS messy and I couldn't believe the price for beeswax - £2.28 / oz ...
even the craft shop I supply only charges 80p ... with their own name on it!
If that's representative of other prices I don't want to know.

Thanks for the warning.

Mary

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:09:35 +0000, Peter J Hemmings
wrote:

These seem to be made by pressing or (glueing) the 8mm foam cover to
the fabric and pressing the foam flat.

Hot iron usually.

Easiest way to simulate this is by stitching through.
I agree sewing is easiest, but use silicone on the sewing machine, or you
will struggle to feed it through.

www.jamilton.co.uk have an ugly web site, and their foam ordering
system is broken (it over-charges massively), but they're handy for
sundries like big upholstery needles.
Do you not find they are expensive for most things or is that what you
meant, and not just the foam.

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:36:43 -0000, "Yekal"
wrote:

I agree sewing is easiest, but use silicone on the sewing machine, or you
will struggle to feed it through.

I use a Very Very Big sewing machine. 8-)

The other way to sew through foam is to clamp the foam between two
boards and a couple of G clamps, with the necessary part sticking out.
Then run it through a sleeve-arm or post machine.


www.jamilton.co.uk
Do you not find they are expensive for most things or is that what you
meant, and not just the foam.

I don't buy enough upholstery to really know. I find that just
_finding_ upholstery supplies is hard enough, let alone comparison
shopping for the stuff. I find _all_ upholstery shopping projects turn
out more expensive than I expected ! Miltons didn't seem ridiculous
for webbing, rubberised horsehair, tacks etc.

I also have non-upholstery sources for very cheap fabrics (hessian,
linen, calico and coverings), so I'm probably not buying the worst
cases.

Is there anywhere else you'd recomend as a supplier ?

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:36:43 +0000, Yekal wrote:

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These seem to be made by pressing or (glueing) the 8mm foam cover to
the fabric and pressing the foam flat.

Hot iron usually.

Easiest way to simulate this is by stitching through.
I agree sewing is easiest, but use silicone on the sewing machine, or you
will struggle to feed it through.

The back to my chair has a large moulded foam back (20mm thick), and
about a 8mm foam cover, onto which the material is glued.
Could I stitch through this Ok with ordinary machine?
You say to use silicon, is this only on the thread or material or some
other method? What form is the silicon spray, liquid or spray?

Thanks

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:36:43 -0000, "Yekal"
wrote:

I agree sewing is easiest, but use silicone on the sewing machine, or you
will struggle to feed it through.

I use a Very Very Big sewing machine. 8-)

The other way to sew through foam is to clamp the foam between two
boards and a couple of G clamps, with the necessary part sticking out.
Then run it through a sleeve-arm or post machine.


www.jamilton.co.uk
Do you not find they are expensive for most things or is that what you
meant, and not just the foam.

I don't buy enough upholstery to really know. I find that just
_finding_ upholstery supplies is hard enough, let alone comparison
shopping for the stuff. I find _all_ upholstery shopping projects turn
out more expensive than I expected ! Miltons didn't seem ridiculous
for webbing, rubberised horsehair, tacks etc.

I also have non-upholstery sources for very cheap fabrics (hessian,
linen, calico and coverings), so I'm probably not buying the worst
cases.

Is there anywhere else you'd recomend as a supplier ?

There is not many places that sell to the public, I tend to buy in bulk for
most items, but I don`t sell as much as Miltons,or advertise we sell,
because the majority of the things we sell is what we use in the course of
our work. If you do require anything don`t hesitate to mail me and I could
give you a price or source things for you.