I've got a pair of Ullmans that are destined to go in my RIB at some point.
Life has got in the way of using them, Family stuff, work, other interests, and a trip down the road off one of my motorcycles putting me out of action for a while. I'm definitely getting too old for bouncing down the road, and damaged bits of my anatomy take longer to heal than they did
But mostly I really need another pair to go with them, so if anyone has another pair that need work please let me know.
They were cheap, and on the face of it don't look too bad with their loose fitting over-covers:
But without them they really are rough:
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When I first got them I asked Ullman to quote for some replacement upholstery to fit myself. The question was avoided a couple of times but eventually the answer was simply - No.
The loose covers are a bit crap, and I'd far rather use them with the original style upholstery.
Recently I removed the material from one, in one piece, which was easy as the Glue holding it on had basically disintegrated, and have trawled it round several places to get quotes to replicate it.
It's basically a well tailored fitted cover in one piece that stretches over and is glued round the bottom.
They are made from double lined Neoprene, like Wetsuits, and the seams are probably Glued and Sewn exactly like a Wetsuit.
The seams certainly look like my wetsuit seams which I'm told are Glued first.
My first port of call was an Upholstery Guy I know well who does lots of Marine work, and has recovered/modified several Motorcycle saddles for me.
He decided that because of the material he couldn't take it on.
Understandably he didn't want to do the initial gluing of the seams, and thought just replicating the stitching would leave a weak seam where the thread would pull through the material.
Another local Marine Upholstery company had the same opinion.
I then tried a couple of local boat cover specialists, both of whom said the same about the seams needing to be glued, and didn't want to have a go.
One also said they couldn't do the double stitching style seam which surprised me.
I tried a local company who modify/repair Wetsuits, and they didn't want to take on an upholstery job.
So I sent some images to a well known Wetsuit repair and modification place in Cornwall, who also don't want to do the work.
So to the point of this long post, does anyone have any ideas who would be able to replicate the covers for me?
Thanks