marine upholsters

[Hugh Jardon]

has anyone recently done any upholstery or had it made, i am looking to get mine done quite soon and have a couple of contacts, mastertrim and solent covers, has anyone had work done by either of these folks and can you recommend anyone else so i can get some competitive pricing

[Hightower]

A place right next door to Windsor marine at Wicor park, Porchester. Mark was the guys name and the company is Flew sails. They build for a couple of RIB manufacturers and are very resonable price wise with top notch quality. You can even design and build you own seat bases and seat backs like i did and get em to cover them.

Helm Seat base and back and rear backrests where made by them

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[Hugh Jardon]

thanks for the response..is it comfier to have a flat top to the jockey seat or to have a rounded top like your driver seat?

good suggestion for me to make the bases, that could save a few pennies and just get the company to upholster....good plan sir ...now where is my saw

[AndyB007]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

has anyone recently done any upholstery or had it made, i am looking to get mine done quite soon and have a couple of contacts, mastertrim and solent covers, has anyone had work done by either of these folks and can you recommend anyone else so i can get some competitive pricing

I've had some work done by Mastertrim - very good quality and would recommend them.

Andy

[nugent]

they just done mine mega good, they also have all the patterns for your boat mate..

[Mollers]

Are you still going for the stripey "Cobra" style upholstery Chris?

[Hugh Jardon]

i am doing something between an outhill style and a cobra style!!

[MarkWildey]

HJ

Had some of my seats done recently and was very pleased with the cost and quality of the work done.

The guy is based in Bournemouth, so if your still stuck send me an Email

Cheers

Mark

[Jono]

Not teaching anyone to suck eggs and all that...but... when you order your upholstery make sure that whoever you choose agrees to used closed cell foam and seals the seams. This will cost more money but is definitely worth it. There is nothing worse than upholstery soaking up water! Rib seats do tend to get a little wetter than "sports boat" (feck off FGT..before you give me a smart arse comment )seats for some reason so don't accept stuff on its look alone.. .. and if the upholsterer says "but we've always done it like this".... walk away and find another one.. you ARE the customer.

[Rodan]

There is a guy near Golden Common near Eastleigh who works out of a barn and does a first class job at a more than reasonable price. Trying to find details and will post them if I find them...

[Hugh Jardon]

All good feedback on here, i am going with a slightly different style to the normal vipermax setup and have got a word document with pictures and dimensions and a list of needs etc like closed cell foam, A4 staples if possible etc etc so thanks for all the prompts and I will contact all the folks you provide details for.

[Pete7]

Following on from Jono's advice the other thing to ask for is stainless steel staples to join the fabric to the seat, or you will be back to square one.

Pete

[Richard B]

Yes, galvanised ones will only last eight years!

[Hugh Jardon]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Following on from Jono's advice the other thing to ask for is stainless steel staples to join the fabric to the seat, or you will be back to square one.

Pete

hi pete thanks for the info, i had mentioned a4 staples in my post below as these are the top stainless staples as there are various grades of stainless. I have it all documented in a nice word document with pics etc and the tender has now gone out to the folks i am aware of

cheers

[ashbypower]

Just seen this.

Try http://www.familyrepairservice.co.uk/ in Andover they made Blue C's additional seating super job and delivered on time.

Brian.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by ashbypower

Try http://www.familyrepairservice.co.uk/ in Andover they made Blue C's additional seating super job and delivered on time.

Brian.

I like your seating.... nice alternative to jockey seats.....

[Richard B]

And their rear bench is a "must have" for anyone's RIB!

[ashbypower]

I said they were comfortable but not Waterproof I'll have to send them piccy's of the B|lue C fit out

Brian

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jardon

thanks for the response..is it comfier to have a flat top to the jockey seat or to have a rounded top like your driver seat?

good suggestion for me to make the bases, that could save a few pennies and just get the company to upholster....good plan sir ...now where is my saw

Pop into Flew sails, everything is Marine quality and stainless steel, closed cell, and bagged. They have different profiles, some fully rounded and some with a slight flat on top and can do different hights. They will mock up on the floor or seat for you to sit on. Basicly they'll do whatever you want.

Mine was a special because my console base was a little low. I made a special deep seat base and they fitted a little more padding, top notch.

[slimtim]

Originally Posted by Jono

Not teaching anyone to suck eggs and all that...but... when you order your upholstery make sure that whoever you choose agrees to used closed cell foam and seals the seams.

I've done a bit of research with regards to upholstery for my rib. I thought that closed cell foam was a good idea for obvious reasons, but when I mentioned it to Toomer and Hayter at the boatshow one year, 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). I thought she was talking crap, but I didn't want to say anything

I have spoken to quite a few upholsterers and non of them say they use any type of closed cell...some use chip foam, other use some other fairly dense stuff.

Any ideas?