marine upholsters - Page 2

Hugh Jardon · 29 November 2005, 23:00

there are some foams, which are quite expensive, that can be used with water areas and the water just runs thru and does not get absorbed and held so to speak, have spoken with a few upholstererereres now and getting the picture i think

Rogue Wave · 29 November 2005, 23:04

A manufacturer on here posted once saying they used hypalon as upholstery material instead of Vynyl......what a bloody good idea I thought.

The stitching wont rib through the hypalon after a year or two!

Hugh Jardon · 29 November 2005, 23:49

vinyl?

Hightower · 30 November 2005, 00:06

You want a pair of Vinyl trousers made, that way it'll stick to your Vinyl seat and you won't fall off when cornering fast.

Hugh Jardon · 30 November 2005, 08:04

i am going to get velcro fitted to both seat and me pants, that should do the trick

also the floor is all velcro and the shoes have the velcro too....makes walking about a bit difficult but at least you can hold your position well

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Originally Posted by Hightower

You want a pair of Vinyl trousers made, that way it'll stick to your Vinyl seat and you won't fall off when cornering fast.

Mollers · 30 November 2005, 09:12

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Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

i am going to get velcro fitted to both seat and me pants, that should do the trick

also the floor is all velcro and the shoes have the velcro too....makes walking about a bit difficult but at least you can hold your position well

So after some high speed antics and you've shit ya'self you'll need to call the Fire Brigade to remove you from the boat!!

Richard B · 30 November 2005, 09:25

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Originally Posted by Mollulnan

So after some high speed antics and you've shit ya'self you'll need to call the Fire Brigade to remove you from the boat!!

Hypalon honda-pants should deal with that nicely!

Jono · 30 November 2005, 11:20

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Originally Posted by slimtim

....the woman looked at me blankly and said that the only type of closed cell foams are those that swimming pool floats are made from (ie hard with no 'give' so not suitable for upholstery)....

..and this is what, in a nutshell, pisses me off about the marine industry as a whole..

Next time you see those good ladies/companies ask them if they've ever heard of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer. That should get them going... EPDM sponge rubber (closed cell <5% water absorption)... some folks know the trade name for the thinner stuff... Neoprene? Anyone seen any water logged divers recently? ..........

slimtim · 30 November 2005, 18:31

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Originally Posted by Jono

..and this is what, in a nutshell, pisses me off about the marine industry as a whole..

Next time you see those good ladies/companies ask them if they've ever heard of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer. That should get them going... EPDM sponge rubber (closed cell <5% water absorption)... some folks know the trade name for the thinner stuff... Neoprene? Anyone seen any water logged divers recently? ..........

aha! now we're talking. Has anyone ever found an upholstery supplier that stokes/uses this type of foam?

Stu, the hypalon idea was brought up by Mr. quinquari (?)

thanks for the info jono

Jono · 30 November 2005, 19:53

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Originally Posted by slimtim

. Has anyone ever found an upholstery supplier that stokes/uses this type of foam?

I buy from a company called CMT for our use (Not upholstery related! ) Why don't you buy it and supply the upholsterer if they can't manage to find it themselves from the many suppliers out there....

I'll PM you CMT's details if you wish..but a quick "Google" might find you a local supplier...