Friday of last week, I gave my seat to the gentleman who does all the upholstery and seat repairs for our County equipment. (Jim Young)
He's a soft-spoken, very nice older man, who never asks for much money.
I explained to him how I wanted it done, and that I wanted about an inch of the stiffest foam he had added to the seating surfaces.
He brought it back to me today at work, all finished. I couldn't be happier! :yahoo:
He showed me samples of the foam he used. An inch thick, very stiff layer, with a 1/4-inch layer of memory-foam on top of that.
I feel that it turned out very nice.
(http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/firehawk068/FJ1200%20Projects/Corbin%20Seat%20Recovered/705A2146-C689-4B3E-86B5-A91BFACE9DBB_zps3yq9pvry.jpg) (http://s859.photobucket.com/user/firehawk068/media/FJ1200%20Projects/Corbin%20Seat%20Recovered/705A2146-C689-4B3E-86B5-A91BFACE9DBB_zps3yq9pvry.jpg.html)
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(http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/firehawk068/FJ1200%20Projects/Corbin%20Seat%20Recovered/F7898D13-04C6-4CDD-AAE8-39CDB2EBCE72_zpsqtsqfu3t.jpg) (http://s859.photobucket.com/user/firehawk068/media/FJ1200%20Projects/Corbin%20Seat%20Recovered/F7898D13-04C6-4CDD-AAE8-39CDB2EBCE72_zpsqtsqfu3t.jpg.html)
He also took the time to stitch up my favorite pair of leather gloves. (The Velcro closure tab was coming unstitched, and falling off) :good2:
(http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab154/firehawk068/FJ1200%20Projects/Corbin%20Seat%20Recovered/AA6B1497-A45C-40CE-B8CA-E8DDA965AAC4_zpsoj8twgyi.jpg) (http://s859.photobucket.com/user/firehawk068/media/FJ1200%20Projects/Corbin%20Seat%20Recovered/AA6B1497-A45C-40CE-B8CA-E8DDA965AAC4_zpsoj8twgyi.jpg.html)
This guy amazes me! He told me he only wanted money for the materials that he used, which amounted to around $24.
I gave him $100, and told him I would gladly pay him more even. He had a hard time accepting the $100, but I insisted that I wasn't taking any of it back.
I feel I got quite a bargain, as I know how much Corbin gets to re-do one of their seats. :good:
Did your original seat have screws to hold the covering on or was that one of his repair items? (I haven't noticed on corbins before...)
Quote from: FeralJuggernaut on August 26, 2015, 10:09:41 AM
Did your original seat have screws to hold the covering on or was that one of his repair items? (I haven't noticed on corbins before...)
The original cover was "Pop-riveted" onto the base.
He had to drill out the rivets.