Re: 1988 Sea Ray Seville. First project boat. PICTURES
Re: 1988 Sea Ray Seville. First project boat. PICTURES
Bumper,
That bead you describe is a vinyl piping that you can buy online. It is sewn onto the vinyl to form the edge when the vinyl is turned onto the back of the backing material. I do believe that I read a thread on here where someone bought an old sewing machine and made their own cushions and they put in that piping. Another option is simply do your own thing and leave it off if you want. Some of my vinyl pads are looking worse for wear as well. The worst is the big sunpad on the back. The ply backing is bad and and one side the vinyl has worn away from being walked on. I had been tossing the idea about of making the pad in 2 or 3 hingeable sections. I tend to look at more modern boats these days to see how they handle upholstery and if there are ideas I can pinch. On the Sea Ray, the bow side/back cushions, certainly on mine are one piece and not only curved, but deeper foam in the corner. While nice to look at, they could be a nightmare to recover and so I think I will move to 2 separate cushions, one on the side and one on the back rest. I have also been scratching my head on alternative ways to build up backing material for these cushions as well as other means of attaching them to the boat. Sea Ray back then used SS nuts and bolts that are like 3 to 4" long. They then screw it all up by using regular steel washers which then go and rust. Duh!! I know Friscoboater talked about heavy duty velcro for his carpet and I recently sold a helm seat that came with my boat and the cushion was attached with HD velcro. Seems a bit easier than long nuts and bolts. As for the backing materials, the curved bow upholstered side panels on the bow and the upholstered dash pads that curve around the dash front and walkway are rotten in places. I've been thinking about pvc material that I use for outdoor signs or something like that rather than thin plywood. It's flexible, won't rot and flexes which ever way you want it to. That said I will only fix up what's really gone and will run with those panels that are still sorta serviceable. That can be project 2 for next year. Meanwhile, grinding & sanding beckons.