[Public-List] Cushions

[Stephen Gwyn]

Hi,

My wife an I replaced all the mattress/seats on the boat a few 
years back. The V-berth was definitely on the thin side and the 
main settee cushions were not much better than a camping pad. 
Plus everything was covered in 1973 fashionable orange cloth.

We had the V-berth done professionaly with 6-inch foam and 
poly-cottton covers (500$) and we did the settee cushions 
ourselves. For the seats, we bought a used 4-inch foam mattress 
from a thrift shop (40$) and cut it to size with an electric 
carving knife (10$). For the seat backs we reused the old seats 
(0$). We made our own seat covers out aerotex (180$) from 
www.crate.ca using the instructions in Don Casey's Canvas Work 
and Sail Repair (20$).

The aerotex I would definitely use again. It's four years old now 
but looks as good as new. The poly-cotton on the V-berth cushions 
get damp every winter and looks grody. But we put fitted sheet 
over top and then you can't tell the difference.

Stephen
#495 Quasar


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