Re: Interior refinishing costs
Posted by Joe Santana On 2020/6/15 9:34:42
Amen to Chris' assurances, ScottyJim.
You might check out what Naugahyde has to offer. Besides the faux leather, they have a Casablanca series that resembles the plastic weave, but is far more durable.http://www.naugahyde.com/catalog/
In 1961 making $1.65/hour at my summer job, I managed to save $325 to pay for reupholstering my Packard in black Naugahyde. Seats, doors, kick panels, everything. It was Premier-grade with a top layer of leather-grain vinyl, about an 1/8" of integral black foam rubber, and a white fabric backing. The job was so cheap that they just put it on top of the existing leather.
It looked great to me as a kid and was amazingly durable as I eventually had piles of kids climbing all over it without a worry. It was on there for at least 35 years and still cleaned up like new with ArmorAll.
When my grown son and I took the car apart for restoration, there was the original leather under the Naugahyde. It was all cracked with chucks flaked off, but it provided the perfect pattern for the new leather, types of stitching, spacing, etc.
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You might check out what Naugahyde has to offer. Besides the faux leather, they have a Casablanca series that resembles the plastic weave, but is far more durable.http://www.naugahyde.com/catalog/
In 1961 making $1.65/hour at my summer job, I managed to save $325 to pay for reupholstering my Packard in black Naugahyde. Seats, doors, kick panels, everything. It was Premier-grade with a top layer of leather-grain vinyl, about an 1/8" of integral black foam rubber, and a white fabric backing. The job was so cheap that they just put it on top of the existing leather.
It looked great to me as a kid and was amazingly durable as I eventually had piles of kids climbing all over it without a worry. It was on there for at least 35 years and still cleaned up like new with ArmorAll.
When my grown son and I took the car apart for restoration, there was the original leather under the Naugahyde. It was all cracked with chucks flaked off, but it provided the perfect pattern for the new leather, types of stitching, spacing, etc.
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