Floating Art

These are beginning pictures of upholstery of a "party boat" that seats 10 folks plus the captain.

The boat sure has some age to it.  I have been asked to really spice up the tailoring.

 An upholsterer stripped all the original tailoring when he tacked simple covers years ago.

 All new designed patterns are going to be created.

 All the pieces have been brought into the shop, stripped inspected and dried out.

 Below pic is of the bow storage bin, armrests, and cup holders.

stripped re-glued and dried out.

 The custom paterned covers steamed up well for proper tailoring.

 And the finished pieces ready to be installed.

 Below shows the foam from the top panel that covers the fantail of the boat.

This wear was because of the foam being exposed to rain,sun and wind.

New foam will replace this ruined foam.

 All the t-nuts were rusted and frozen.  They were all dug out and replaced.

 New foam, cut and glued to the plate.

 The finished plate with blue splashed for an attractive look.

 Below is the mid-ship seat flop backrest tailore up.

And below is the captains helm.

The frame was glued and stapled to firm up the wooden frame before upholstering.

 The blue piping and door help dress up the console.

Exposed foam to the elements really deteriorate fast.

I cut out the damaged foam part and cut and glued new foam to the damaged area on several seat plates.

 And a thin coat of polywrap so it vwill tailor up nice and clean.

 And pics of more boat parts completed.

 A good amount of holes so moisture can escape.

 3 part foam, for the fantail back rest.

 Shown completed.

Below is the wooden frame tha goes across the fantail of the party boat.

All the glue and 2 inch staples had long ago deteriorated.

I tapped open all the seams, put some great glue and plenty of 2" staples to get this back in shape.

 Below shows the base with the restored seat cushions.

All the pieces delivered to the boat yard for mechanics installation.

 

 

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