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  • 09 Mar 2012 23:55
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    Gary Pick wrote: Ah it's a worry when a bloke starts getting excited about fabrics and stain removal.:D

    Not at all, Gary - it's good to see you in touch with your feminine side!
  • 08 Mar 2012 11:25
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    So the search continues, I can get a very nice dark blue vinyl for $17.50 a metre but I have heard that stitches tear easily in vinyl. personally I've never seen it happen.
    Sunbrella is okay but colours like blue and black show salt stains, however these are easy to wipe out.
    Luckily I don't have to make a firm decision for a couple of weeks yet. Meanwhile I'll keep looking and listening. Ah it's a worry when a bloke starts getting excited about fabrics and stain removal.:D
  • 08 Mar 2012 01:04
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    Annie Hill wrote:From my experience i would not recommend using Sunbrella for seating fabric.  It gets very grubby very quickly.  If you are concerned about the cushions getting wet, I would suggest covering the cushions with some sort of completely waterproof material like vinyl and then fitting loose covers of some sort of genuine upholstery fabric, preferably one treated with Scotch Guard.  If you can't afford that, at least you will have covers that are easy to remove and put through a washing machine.

    Fantail has her original plush covers, professionally made, which don't seem to show the dirt at all.  On my previous boats, I've always had problems keeping the seat covers looking more or less respectable.  I've used upholstery fabrics, but its never been protected with Scotch Guard.  Cockpit cushions covered in Sunbrella were impossible to keep clean.

    Thank you Annie this is the sort of info I need. I remember Alan Lucas saying that vinyl was the best covering as it kept the foam dry. Though it wasn't the nicest thing to sit on in the tropics. I am planning to velcro the back seam so that the covers can be taken off and washed.
  • 07 Mar 2012 23:42
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    From my experience i would not recommend using Sunbrella for seating fabric.  It gets very grubby very quickly.  If you are concerned about the cushions getting wet, I would suggest covering the cushions with some sort of completely waterproof material like vinyl and then fitting loose covers of some sort of genuine upholstery fabric, preferably one treated with Scotch Guard.  If you can't afford that, at least you will have covers that are easy to remove and put through a washing machine.

    Fantail has her original plush covers, professionally made, which don't seem to show the dirt at all.  On my previous boats, I've always had problems keeping the seat covers looking more or less respectable.  I've used upholstery fabrics, but its never been protected with Scotch Guard.  Cockpit cushions covered in Sunbrella were impossible to keep clean.
  • 07 Mar 2012 20:56
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    I did think of using Odyssey at one time but it's a bit light at 6.5 oz. Sunbrella has a cloth called Sunplus which is water resistant. I'll email Bainbridges here and see what they suggest. I bought my Oddyssey from them and they were very helpful.
  • 07 Mar 2012 18:14
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    See if you can get some fabric that's coated on the underside. Many contract upholstery fabrics are, and as well as keeping water out, it keeps dust and dirt from building up in the foam. As a result, the foam stays sweeter for longer. There is an acrylic fabric that's coated - my pramhood is made from it - but I don't know whether the Sunbrella brand has one in its range.
  • 07 Mar 2012 10:32
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    Wet exhaust hose hooked up to the engine, that was an interesting bit of plumbing.
    Ordered and paid for the upholstery foam today and I will pick it up on Friday. I'm thinking of using Pacific Blue Sunbrella as the covering fabric.
    Gary
    PS Just need to hook the fuel tank up to the engine and bleed it and I can give the engine a kick to see if it still works.:D
    I'll drop the water intake into a bucket full of water to cool it.
    Gary
  • 06 Mar 2012 05:09
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    Gary King wrote:
    Gary Pick wrote: I received a quote for the medium density foam (cut to shape) for my bunk cushions etc, $314. I consider that to be a good price. 
    Thats another little expense I'm not looking forward to, though we have more bunks/seats to fill. I refitted the bunks on our 24' boat awhile back, came to $300+ too,  - from Clark Rubber.
    You must be pleased to get this boat close to finish after 25 years (most of which was dormant, I know). 

    If you take out the dormant time and the year it took to repair the neglect, it was still 10 years. Twice as long as I had planned.
    I like the new colour Gary, looks good.
  • 06 Mar 2012 01:42
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    Gary Pick wrote: I received a quote for the medium density foam (cut to shape) for my bunk cushions etc, $314. I consider that to be a good price. 
    Thats another little expense I'm not looking forward to, though we have more bunks/seats to fill. I refitted the bunks on our 24' boat awhile back, came to $300+ too,  - from Clark Rubber.
    You must be pleased to get this boat close to finish after 25 years (most of which was dormant, I know). 
  • 05 Mar 2012 08:47
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    Picked up the Oregon for my Yard and Boom today, it's now de-nailed and sitting on the floor of the shed out of this continuous rain and drizzle we are having. In a week I'll load it up again for a date with a mates thicknesser.
    I received a quote for the medium density foam (cut to shape) for my bunk cushions etc, $314. I consider that to be a good price. I used the Openoffice Drawing Application to draw up the shapes, saved it as a PDF and emailed it off. I didn't do them to scale but it is possible to do in the Application.
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