[Public-List] Cushions at uvastro.phys.uvic.ca;

[Stephen Gwyn]

We redid our salon cushions this year. The previous
ones were a lurid 1970s orange, stained, had a few
holes and thin.

For the foam, we went to a thrift store and bought a 5" thick 
foam mattress for 30$. This became the seats. The backs we made 
out of the old seats. We cut the
cushions to shape using an electric carving knife which goes 
through foam like butter. You can also glue bits of foam together 
fairly easily using contact cement. The
result is as solid as the original foam and once the cover is on 
you can't detect the join by feel.

The covers were made out of Aerotex. This is an teflon coated
olefin fabric. Apparently it is mostly sold to restaurants 
although we first heard about through a car upholstery store.
$18/yard at:
http://crate.ca/fabriccommercial.htm
I'm not sure about UV resistance, but the cabin is rarely
exposed to that much sunlight.

We cut and sewed it ourselves following the instructions in
Don Casey's canvaswork book. We used our Sailrite LSZ-1 sewing
machine. It probably could have been done on a less powerful
machine.

Total cost 30 + 18$/yard times 10 yards = $210
(plus some zippers)

Stephen
#495 Quasar


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