Converting RV Motorcoach Vinyl Seats From Cheap Chinese Vinyl Upholstery
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Hello! This is a video about how every RV seems to have the Cheap Chinese Vinyl Syndrome. So we will convert and replace with the best automotive vinyl available. Watch how I go through the process. Also Techniques #412 and #2385.
Today is the making of seat upholstery with many of the techniques I have used and developed after doing auto upholstery for up to 44 years at this point in my career! Please support my new TH-cam channel by Liking and Subscribing, Ring that bell! I have a working upholstery shop where I do something different every day. I am posting videos often. Stay Tuned if you want to learn more. Hit the subscribe button, and check back in as I upload more videos showing the closely guarded techniques I have developed over 44 years! Please like and subscribe to my new channel, Thanks! As ALWAYS, No sponsors were begged to for the making of this video. I paid for everything!
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Watching a true craftsman is always really cool. You make it look easy, but I know it's all from experience. You're a true master at your craft.
Hello Josh, Thank you for all of your kind wonderful words. I really appreciate it. Please keep liking and watching!
Please hit the "$uper Thank$ Button" I don't think it's working... And the LIKE button while you're at it! Thanks a bunch! 😁
Great job! That looks like it was a lot of work!👍
Hello Fayton, yep, beat me up pretty good! But I made my way through it. Please keep liking and watching!
I see RVs for sale all the time with nothing wrong but the cheap interiors. Thanks for another great video Rudy!
Hello Steve, You are so welcome! Amazing isn't it? Please keep liking and watching!
Looks AMAZING Rudy!!!
You definitely know your craft my friend!👍👍 Jay🕊🕊🕊
Hello Jay Silver, Thanks pal! I really appreciate it! Please keep liking and watching!
Excellent work. Love your videos. I always learn some great techniques watching you. Thank you.
Hello STMachine, You are so welcome! I love the feedback as I never know what goes on out there, if anyone really cares or not. There are many more videos like this in my channel. Thank you and please keep liking and watching!
Awesome!!
Hello Unfinished, Thanks pal, I hope you are hitting the like button! Please keep watching!
Great job! You inspire me to do more! Thank you.
Hello Earth, You are so welcome! I am so glad to hear that maybe I can help out somehow. Please keep liking and watching!
Great video, looks really nice! I noticed you had the boss show up in this one. She even gave you a hand getting a few of the parts in! Now she's gonna make you take a vacation so she can enjoy your hard work! LOL
Hello Billy, thank you so much, you are so right! After a few months of hard core work, I was ready to get away which we did. I need some balance. Please keep liking and watching!
WOW beautiful work, nicely done 👍😁❤️
Hello Dave, Thank you so much for saying so! Please keep liking and watching!
What a difference!! 😍😍😍😍 Night and day 👏👏👏
It took lots of time and money, but the results are really superb, and this RV is right now perfect 😁😁😁
As always, thank you very much for sharing your techniques with us 😉😉
Hello Delta, You are so welcome! I really appreciate your kind words! Please keep liking and watching!
That heat gun i was to remember what we used to use it washeat lamps ❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊😊love your show
Hello Geoffrey, yep, the good "Ol heat gun! Thanks for liking and watching!
And it only took you 24 minutes to do the whole job. Yeah. You the man. Peace
Hello Notgiven, I know right? Shur's fast! Actually worked on it off and on for about a month and a half. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery yeah I've seen it sitting there in some of your other videos, and wondered if that's how you did a big job like that. And, it's cool you can take a smart ass joke. Peace
@@notgivennotgiven7776 Hello Notgiven, Thank you so much for the comments and for being there for me.
Very nice.... Big thumbs up 👍
Hello Steven, Thank you so much! Please keep liking and watching!
Beautiful job! That was a pleasant morning watching😊
Hello Hinspect, Thank you so much for saying so! Please keep liking and watching!
Another great video.
Hello Pauley, I am so glad you liked it! Please keep liking and watching!
My wife and I have an upholstery shop as well have done many with this exact delamination vinyl. Cheap urethane.
Hello Gun, Amazing isn't it? Well, keeps us busy I suppose. Thanks for liking and watching!
Our camper couch did that after warranty was up..... of course....
we just got a cloth cover made for such.
Hello Bill, yea, that is another way of doing it. What if you want to sell it? Please keep liking and watching!
you are my favorite,much respect for your expert teachings,iwish I could learned from you as a youngster.
Hello Ray, Thank you so much for saying so, That is why I am making these videos now as in the past, I kept my techniques a closely guarded secret and I never shared with anyone. I felt ans I am nearing the end of my career, I can help someone improve their skills. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery Great attitude!! We all really appreciate it 😉😉
@@deltajohnny Hello Delta, Thanks, pal!
Huge job. If I guessed $10,000. Would I be too high or too low?
Keep up the hard work.
Hello Sunrise, Yep, a lot of work, but I got through it. Cost will depend on the person doing the work, the skill level, experience, and the location. Please keep liking and watching!
thanks for sharing !!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Vieux, you are so welcome! Please keep liking and watching!
Very Nice!!
Hello Ron, Thnk you so very much! I really appreciate it! Please keep liking and watching!
thank you!
Hello Don, Your welcome! Please keep liking and watching!
You mentioned the cheap Chinese vinyl that was peeling/chipping and I've been fighting that with my computer chair for years.
Hello Jetah, Yep, also used in furniture as well. Please keep liking and watching!
Thanks for posting! It is a pleasure watching you use your experience to do these jobs. Great video.
Hello Richard, You are so welcome! I am so glad your here watching my videos. Please keep liking and watching!
Love your videos! Same looking damage happening to my motorhomes’ jackknife sofa and dinette. First of March 2023 the upholstery looked good, come April the bonded (fake)leather just started falling/flacking off. For now, I’ll sew up some slip covers to contain the flacking mess. This Winter I’ll have to find someone (hopefully as good as you) to reupholster them.
Hello Dougie, Thank you so much for saying so! Good luck with your future RV project. Please keep liking and watching!
Good work and yes i watched to the end in the last 3 months i did like 3 or 4 sets of them thanks for sharing
Hello Tang, Thank you so much for hanging in there with me. Watching to the end and liking really helps me get more views. Please keep liking and watching!
Thank you for all these videos. Am currently reupholstering our rv. The last to tackle is the captain chairs. Not exactly the same as those but the process is the same. Wish me luck!
We bought a brand new Winnebago in 2018 and the fabric started falling apart in 2 years. Pretty disgusting that they cheap out so much on the fabric then won't fix it for us!
Hello 205, I think you will do just fine with your RV interior. Yep, that darn 'Ol cheap Chinese vinyl. Please keep liking and watching!
Awesome❤❤❤❤
Hello Carlos, Thank you so much! Please keep liking and watching!
Incredible video as always. I’m just starting in this business and it takes me much longer to do a project than anyone with half the experience as you have! I don’t know how to price my labor???
Hello Scott, Thank you so much! I hope you get the chance to see and thumbs up this video about just that: th-cam.com/video/WOuzM5UPqM4/w-d-xo.html Please keep watching!
As a sole trader I admire 👏🏻👏🏻u taking on that big project at your age....at the same age as u and a sole trader also I wouldn’t take it on.... great too u don’t need glasses....nicely done.....yes that PU is pure junk......landed me in trouble a few years ago....keep that scissors ✂️ moving👊🏻
Hello Campbells, Well, sometimes money is the motivator! Besides I need to be able to make videos of my work to keep the channel going. Please keep liking and watching!
3 years old and the seats look that beat up? I wonder how much damage is caused by sunlight breaking down the vinyl, which is obviously a lesser grade vinyl to start with. Great job and a very satisfying video!
Hello Greg, I really think this vinyl has an expiration date because I hear the same story again and again. I know this RV was well taken care of and he keeps the window shades closed. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Greg, Yep, this is the common lifespan of this cheap Chinese vinyl. Please keep liking and watching!
nice work, but has for sure been a big job 🙂😉
Hello 2102, yes it did take me a very long time to get through it. Please keep liking and watching!
There are so many choices of vinyl and foams out there. Do you share what your source is and what kind or keep it as your trade secrete?
Hello Queenbee, Trade sercrets are so silly. My supplier is Keyston Bros. (Not sponsored) There are several locations in the USA and they ship. Please keep liking and watching!
You stated you use a good quality new vinyl. What is the weight and brand of your favorite vinyl?
Hello Dew, You made me look. My supplier is Keyston Bros. (Not sponsored) 30 oz. / linear yard. Please keep liking and watching!
Outstanding work Rudy. Everything looks so plush and beautifully fitted! I use Keyston Bros myself. Thank you as always for the video.
Hello JJZB, Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! Yep, Me and Keyston Bros, go back 43 years. Please keep liking and watching!
Hi thanks for making these videos would you mind telling me what the push on clips that attach the vinyl to the metal rail is called I need them for a metal chair project and don’t know what they are called thanks so much
Hello Michael, You are so welcome! I am not sure about push on clips that attach to a metal rail. I usually use the button type snaps attached to vinyl. Please keep liking and watching!
Great work 👏...im starting to learn upholstery have done 1 set of seats came out great....i just signed up a account with the company you mentioned you buy your material from (keyston) how do you pre measure the amount of material to use on each project? I want to do a leather/vinyl interior leather is expensive
Hello Jrv, it's sounds to me like you are doing everything right. When estimating materials, I always take into account that the vinyl roll width is 54 inches. Then try to fit the patterns down the roll. I always add one extra yard just to be safe so I don't come up short. Please keep liking and watching!
Great job! If you don’t mind me asking, how much do you charge to reupholster the RV?
Hello Hebert, What I charged will most likely not be the charge where you are located. Things like experience, reputation, location, skill level design, and materials all factor into the price. Please keep liking and watching!
Do you know place you can learn this profession so you can get hands on experience ,your videos are terrific but there is nothing like hands on
Hello Robert, Yes, I do know. People who need your service are all around you. Provide a service and people will throw money at you. Learning is doing! Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Rudy can you share were you can learn this skill from instructor?
@@robertleyva3131 Hello Robert, Sorry to say that I do not know as I have never needed one. What I am telling you is to find someone who needs your help with their upholstery problem and do the job for them and get paid at the same time. THE only way you will learn is by doing it. If it takes a long time to get it done, and there will be mistakes, don't give up. Don't make any excuses to get started. Just do it! Sorry for the tough love. Please keep liking and watching!
About how time and expense would a job of this size take?
Hello Robert, I worked on it on and off for over a month. Cost depends on who is doing it, their skill level, and location. Thanks for liking and watching!
is the cheaper vinyl easier to work with even though it doesn't last?
Hello Mitchell, I don't think so because it is so thin. if it is thicker it feeds through the machine easier. Thanks for liking and watching!
By any chance is Ms Nibbles a Maltipoo?
Hello Watz, Miss Nibles the wonder dog is a Shitshu-Poodle mix. Miss Nibbles loves her fans! Please keep liking and watching!
Hi Greetings from UK. Nice video, thanks. The clips you use at 11:30 - what is their product name (ie if I were to look to buy some)? Thanks anyway.
Hello Grooved from the UK. Thank you so much for saying so! As far as the clips go, I do not know what they are called as I have never had to buy them. I reused the original clips for the project. Sorry I could not help you with this one. Please keep liking and watching!
I know you don’t need bozos like me telling you this…but nice work! Thanks for posting this video.
Hello Flickers, Thank you so much! Please keep liking and watching!
What type of thread do you use?
Hello Sugar, I only use T90 nylon bonded thread for everything. Please keep liking and watching!
Why can’t you be in Ohio?
Hello Thurl, That's an easy answer, Because I'm in Texas! Haha! Please keep liking and watching!