Learn How To Reupholster Your Car Headrests in 20 Minutes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome to another Trim My Reg video. In this video series we're completely reupholstering the headrest for a classic E30 BMW. Follow along and learn how to do your own headrests!
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Tanks I will try to do my self. And I don't now why but watch this is so satisfying
Brilliant work, you can tell that you are an expert with that sewing machine. It would take me all day to make that headrest on my cylinder arm machine and still wouldn't be as good!
Nice
What kind of machine is that
Hello mate
The machine is a singer post machine it was designed to stitch shoes and boots .
Regards Tony
Excuse me ☝🏽I think you mean in 20 minutes video (:
Great video I'm learning from these keep up the great work. Thanks
Hi! I have exactly these headrests on my E30! I have new material (fabric and sides) and am trying to find some contact details for you as it would be great if you could do this refurb as a service for me. Is that possible? (your site seemed to be not working). Give me a shout if possible and i can post the old and new materials, thanks
Hello mate , you can contact m ex on
07973223863
Regards Tony
Awesome video and result! Thanks a lot, and I had no idea that these plastic strips could be glued with this type of melting glue gun :-)
Also, I see that these post bed sewing machines are much better than my flat bed machine... I would like to have it too, if I had enough space!! ;-)
Delta Johnny
Thank you Johnny for your comments.
I tried this 4 times and failed every time. You make it look so easy! I'm going to keep trying until I get it or run out of vinyl ;(
That’s the only way just keep trying and you’ll get there😀
@@CallMyReg After about 5 attempts I finally came out with something decent. At that rate, It would take a full working week just to complete the seats. So I decided to buy a pair of pre-made covers that I'll fit.
High praise to you! What you do is a highly skilled art.
@@jacobfalk4827 thank you
Hi, how do you do a headrest where the metal bit doesn't and the foam don't come apart ?
Hello mate thank you for your question, if you were close by il invite you over and il show you it’s not to difficult , I would like to show you by video by have not had the time lately to do anything new
Regards Tony
@@CallMyReg Hi thanks for replying, it would be great if you could do a video, I can not find any video or info anywhere on the type of headrests i have, The metal bits don't come out and the original vinyl that is on there seems to be bonded to the foam inside so i'm thinking i just have to make a leather cover and leave the old vinyl inside ?? but i just can't figure out how to go about it.
i am a furniture upholsterer by the way.
cheers
Marcus O'Farrell hello mate I will do you a video in a couple of weeks, and yes if your head rest cover is bonded to the foam then yes you make a cover and leave original in place .
@@CallMyReg Ahh yes ok, brilliant ! thank you !! I will keep my eyes peeled for the vid
Thank you for the excellent detail. Best one I've seen so far. What kind of sewing machine do you prefer for doing upholstery?
Knowledge Gangsta hello mate and thank you for your comments.
The conventional sewing machine for upholstery is a walking foot however I’ve been working on a singer post machine for 36 years which are designed for making shoes and boots which I was doing for 20 years
So if you get to know a machine you can do most anything with it .
The clean circles at the end would stop the material tearing. Leaving it as you did, it could tear with kids swinging on them etc.
Hello and thank you for your opinion
Firstly this is just a quick demo of trimming a head rest
However in all the years we have been trimming we have trimmed circles as you call them and reinforced others also
We have taken many hundreds of interiors apart but have never come across abused head rests or seen them split or torn from those s positions
Trimmed hundreds of leather ones and left them as in this demo and with circles and have never had any returned for this problem.
Regards Tony
You are obviously a very good trimmer, but if you want to help amateurs you could show more close ups of the sewing and lose the music so we can hear you. Nice work though.
This type of vids is so boring without music
Woow high quality leather which country living for you?
Hello friend . England
what size is the piping?
Hello mate , the inner cord is 5 Mm diameter cord and wrapped in 1 Mm Vynl creating an exposed 7 mm bead
Regards Tony
@@CallMyReg thank you
Hi sir thank you for the wonderful video...may i know what kind of material you used in the liner of the edge's of the headrest cover.
Hello and thank you for your comments
This video was just demonstrating purpose
We used Vynl on the main body and sides and the piping on the edge was also Vynl with a plastic cord inside .
What the name of this plastic tool
Hello , sorry which plastic tool?
@@CallMyReg that look like piping
@@خليفةمؤمن-ظ7ع hello , if you mean the cord that is wrapped in black Vynl round the sides
It’s called piping cord
@@CallMyReg thanks
I sent it to Facebook please check your message
hi.ive enjoy this video.i have one question though.im trying to find a way to open my head rest but it seems i cant find a way to open it.
Hello mate thank you for your comments.
Are you referring to the same head rest?
I would like to know how much would you charge me to do Camaro seats in a 1986 Camaro I have my own material and everything I have a denim cloth that I want put in on the seats how much would you charge me you did a wonderful job keep up the good work
Hello thank you for contact and comments,
A 1986 Camaro front and back seats?
Hello mate the price for labour to reupholster if they are front and back would be £1700
And would need 3 week turnaround
Regards Tony
Regards
@@CallMyReg are you in London sir
@@lamarcraven2314 hello mate we are in Romford Essex
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can you sew leather on an industrial vintage straight stitch machine not a walking foot i wanted to do leather purses
Hello mate thank you for your question.
But you are best to judge the machine you have and your ability to make purses ,
If you see the machine I use here in the video I can make virtually anything with it.
I hope this helps
If you would like to visit and try yourself on our machine you are welcome
Regards Tony
Where you located at
jeremiah tinsley Pe14oau Cambs
What type of material do you use. Looking at attempting this but don’t know whether to use faux leather or vinyl. And if vinyl, any specific type of vinyl to use or avoid? Thanks!
Hello mate
I just made it in Vinyl for demonstration purposes although you can reupholster your seats in vinyl if you wish,
Upholstery grade vinyl you should look for
Hello mate
I just made it in Vinyl for demonstration purposes although you can reupholster your seats in vinyl if you wish,
Upholstery grade vinyl you should look for,
Faux leather is perfectly ok too.
Regards Tony
Call My Reg thanks for getting back to me, and so quickly too! Yeah was just worried about how faux leather would last and especially during the summers too! I will definitely give it a go though now you’ve said it should be okay! Thanks man! Nice work
Sebastian George faux leather works just as well as long as you don’t leave them in the sun for long periods of time ,
Real leather hides are better they can be treated with hide food and can last a lifetime if looked after.
Call My Reg ahh brill, thank you. I think I will go for the faux leather. When you say long periods of time, is that like leaving it abandoned in the sun and not moving it or is general everyday sun okay for it? It will be for a daily driver but I’m a bit concerned about the summer coming around and shrinking the seats?
Anymore videos coming soon?
Hello mate thank you for watching and for your question writhing next few weeks there will be another
Just been very busy on other projects.
Very helpful thank you! I've been struggling also with putting a top stitch on the headrest
Hello mate thank you for your comments. Yes top stitch is a little tricky and depends also on machine used .
@@CallMyReg I'm using a standard flat walking foot machine but the machine you use looks alot easier on the tricky bits I struggle with on mine so I may look into another machine. I've subscribe and look forward to more video. Thanks again
Shaun hi Shaun
I worked on this type of machine for 18 years it’s called a post machine and they are mostly used for making shoes and boots but if you can use one you can make almost anything with them
@@CallMyReg hi a great job but why didn't put a foam on leather?
Cirlig Dima hello thank you for comments, the job did not need any foam on leather the head rest foam itself was clean and cushioned enough.
Hello Mate thank you for your comment and point taken il sack the editor,
Gave so much can upload but don’t gave the time
Feel free to contact anytime you need anything
Regards Tony