How to cover the skin of the seat

How to cover the skin of the seat

The leather interior of the car speaks of the consistency of the car owner. Such a car looks luxurious and original. The leather interior not only looks elegant, but also has good noise insulation and acoustics, the likelihood of extraneous noises is practically eliminated, because The joints are compacted between plastic parts. Skin - material with increased wear resistance, resistant to various deformations, it is not terrible chemical solvents and temperature differences. You can give a car a chic look, on your own seeding skin yourself.

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Materials required for car seats:

  • leather;
  • leatherette;
  • durable threads with lavsan;
  • powerful sewing machine;
  • needle on the skin with a triangular cross section;
  • scissors;
  • marker;
  • hairdryer.

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First, you need to decide on the choice of suitable skin for the upholstery. It can be automotive leather or Alcantara. A distinctive feature of automotive skin is rigidity. It is not strongly stretched, rather durable and resistant to the effects of chemical solvents. The process of manufacturing automotive skin is complex, so the prices of it are high. Alcantara - synthetic fabric, outwardly resembling suede. Prices for it, respectively, are not so high than on car leather. There is a skin of various colors and shades on sale, which allows each car owner to choose the material to its taste. For upholstery, skin is sometimes used with fine ventilation holes (perforated surface). Such a leather canvas can be used to finish the middle of the seats.

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At the preparation stage, it is necessary to dismantle the veins of the car, remove the regular case and metal rings. Details of standard covers must be neatly resurrected, rebuilding and based on them to make patterns of details of future leather covers. It should be considered very seriously to the preparatory stage, any of the oversight allowed by the pattern of parts may at the last stage spoil all the work done. Details must first cut on paper, repeating every slightest bend. Each part of the pattern should be signed by pointing the material.

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You can show a fantasy and experiment with the shape of the chairs, but in this case the form of the pattern details will change. Therefore, it is better to practice the fabric easier than dear skin. To give a car salon sports look, you can use bright thick threads and seam with a big needle pitch. For business class cars, thin threads of the classical gamut and seams with a small step needle are suitable.

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After preparation of all parts of the pattern, you can cut the skin. It is necessary to attach the details of the pattern, circulating on the contour with a marker, cut with scissors. Before sewing parts, they must once again carefully check for compliance with the required dimensions.

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If you need to make new inscriptions or duplicate the old, apply drawings, it can be done in two ways: embroidery and embossing. Embroidery can be done using a special sewing machine. For the manufacture of inscriptions by embossing, there will be special matrices that need to be heated to a certain temperature, and then press the skin.

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At the final stage of operation, it is necessary to soak covers in warm water so that they stretch a little. After that, you need to pull them on the veins of the car. To simplify this process a little, you should heal the covers with a hairdryer, then give them to dry.

To the car's salon looked aesthetically and elegant, it is recommended to use the material of one or two color shades in the seats finishing. Leather seats will serve for a long time if they are repaired in a timely manner.

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