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Trigger:
A few at about one inch dia. I would not try to rivet the cover on, it will rip after time. I rivet these to a seat pan and it is easy to firmly hold a cover >>> https://www.upholsteryshop.co.uk/shop/upholstery-sundries/ply-grip/tack-strip-tacktite-30-1-strip/
AshimotoK0:
Does anyone know where you buy red Dunlopillo material.
Underdog1:
--- Quote from: Trigger on December 31, 2017, 10:02:46 AM ---A few at about one inch dia. I would not try to rivet the cover on, it will rip after time. I rivet these to a seat pan and it is easy to firmly hold a cover >>> https://www.upholsteryshop.co.uk/shop/upholstery-sundries/ply-grip/tack-strip-tacktite-30-1-strip/
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Thanks for the tip bud!
Laverda Dave:
I have never seen red Dunlopillo Ash, all the Dunlopillo material I have ever used and seen has been either cream or white in colour. Have you tried contacting Dunlopillo, info@dunlopillo.co.uk they may be able to guide you.
I've seen red polyurethane cushion material but it's nothing like Dunlopillo, it certainly wouldn't last as long.
The big advantage of Dunlopillo is its ability to hold its shape as it's normally moulded. We used to use it on Routemaster bus seats but only on the side of the cushion and squab where the leather anti wear panel was stitched to the main moquette. The remainder of the filling was normal foam, Dunlopillo was much to expensive to use for the whole cushion. As Dunlopillo and most other foams were not fire compliant in the 70's & 80's we used to make the Underground seats in layers with springs, chor matting, canvas, horse hair, calico and finally the cut moquette cover. It used to take 5 hours to make an underground seat from scratch, every layer of material was hand stitched using 12 inch double ended bayonet pointed needles. Because we were on piece work and bonus pay we used to go as fast as we could with the result of a few unintentional 'stabbings' with the needles! We used magnetic hammers to pull the tacks out from our mouth, we'd put 30 tacks in our mouth at once and turn them over to face the right way with our tongue ready to pull out from our mouth with the mag hammer!
Woodside:
ok untill you sneeze.....
my uncle was an upholsterer and thats exactly how he used to do it....
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