How To Build Custom Seats with Cato's Custom Upholstery | Bitchin Stichin | Ford Era 

Attention ! For begginers or for more precise work , just remove your old seats upholstery and unsew everything into pieces, so then you will have a completely precise pattern for your car seats. Then at the pattern you can design custom upholstery designs , and then you just have a little more job because it's custom design but if you want to change just fabric of seats this way it's a lot easier.

it's great to have skill... it is AWESOME when someone can pass that skill along... Cato is a great coach

This probably one of the best videos on building a seat from scratch. I love it.

Great video, wish you hadn't timelapsed the parts, where Cato actually explained and demonstrated how to fix a mistake and how to do it properly.

What I appreciated most is that am in sierra leone feeling like am right in USA learning upholstery. Thank you guys am dearly developing with you a spectacular skill.

Awesome work guys! Just started tinkering with a sewing machine. I want to learn how to do this stuff so that I can reupholster my dream car, that after waiting over 40 years I finally acquired last year! Need to schedule taking your next class for sure!

I have been making my own seat covers for my motorcycle a few times now and it's basically just basic pleats and connections. Really would like to try making one for my car. Learned a lot of tricks from this video! Great job!

I enjoyed and learned a lot from this video. Please do more on upholstery.

That long arm industrial sewing machine and extended table is the tricky part.

if i lived closer i would take the classes. wish the video told the thickness of the foams used on each

Been in the upholstery business 46 years. Cato does great work! Watched a lot on Iron Resurrection. I would like to see a how to video on leather wrapping and stitching a steering wheel. .

Nice work Solomon! Upholstery is a subject I’ve always wanted to see more of.

Thank you Solomon thank you Cato. I always enjoyed your work on Bitchin rides. Have a another great day.

Nice work on the seat. I just finished the class today in Salt Lake City at Cato's new shop. It's definitely a workout.

What a great guy Cato is. Very nice job for your first time making a seat.....congrats

You have no idea how much you’ve inspired me

That's what we need, you guys teach so amazing...thank you

I do my own upholstery my mother was a Seamstress and her old machines were used a little improperly but they they worked until I could afford the proper machine seeing people learn this trade is fantastic! I like restoring classic Cars have learned a lot from You Tube channels too! Keep Learning!

Do have any video on how to use arrow head strips like the do one gm cars seats and c clips...to attach the leather to the seat rail.

Awesome! Can you show us how to make a proper seat for the 1960s Ford GT40?

Just bought a Lotus Europa, and need to reupholster the seats. This is so helpful - even if I buy the covers the assembly tuition is going to be so handy to refer to.

Watching him on that show on motor trend, with joe, and his wife snd shorty, that's cool that he has this!

Been doing this for 20 plus year's on and off! i feel i need to be updated hope your video's help! Great job posting ur site!!! Love it😎

Great Job ....Well Done....l Have been Motor Trimming for 40 Years and l am still learning

Nice Job! Cato is the man!

Awesome work for a first time Solomon, Cato is a Legend👍👍

Always love to see pattern/build/stitching videos.

Cato! I’ve lost track of you since your departure from your last gig on Iron Resurrection. I’m following now!

He does a great job always enjoyed seeing him on iron Resurrection

This is so awesome I do all my custom work except for upholstery and I really want to learn and buy a sewing machine!! Love the video guys

I haven't seen Cato since iron resurrection... it's good to see him still doing his thing.

i did upholstery at a boat factory, then did custom boat upholstery. hard part is to learn to stitch straight. now i learned how to build a shoe/boot from scratch with 360 welts. i messed up a lot of shoes and boots before i made something worth wearing. glad i used cheap leathers. humans have the fastest muscle memory, we learn fast.

Omg, it's the first time I ask you tube a question and I find exactly what I am looking for on the first title I hit. You guys are awesome. I am from the UK and wish that I could work in a place like yours. You have a laugh but are serious about your work and excellent at it. Well done at the sewing as well as corners are never easy especially when it's leather and foam. 😊

I'll probably be watching a lot of your vids so I can start helping my dad at his Upholstery business here in Lake Wylie SC.

Cato's done some good work!!!!

Great to see Cato again.

Very cool , I know why getting a seat done is expensive . Good work

Great to see you again!

That is pretty sweet you guys! You did an amazing job. 1st seat cover or not, looks amazingly well done!

Congratulations.. regards from Athens Greece...

That would be so cool to learn just to do my own bench seat upholstery. Nice job Solomon. 👍

Pretty cool video man! I need to fix the seats in one of my vehicles. This is literally the first video I've watched.

Thanks Catos!! It is like I was in the class.

Nice work Solomon Great seat A bunch of work into each seat Cato Impressive

Thanks for the video. The link took me to online classes and not the in-person classes. Maybe you can take a look at it...

Immaculate vibes. GREAT vid

Customers that complain about prices need to watch these videos

Good job for your 1st time your going to do great especially with Cato by your side. Wish they would of given Cato more tv time while he was sewing

Good to see Cato. Awesome content.

Awesome video! It’s always good to learn a new skill

Yes indeed that is Awesome

Would really love to attend one of those classes 👍👍

That's a great job, thanks for the information and instructions, great video, looking forward to the next one

Excellent video Cato’s dose Beautiful work Solomon nice job for never Using a sewing machine

well done! experience cant be bought , it has to be lived.. keep on truckin'!

Could you Please Share a Link to the Full Long Version of this Session. Thanks.

Looks amazing! You guys are all great!!!

Good job on the seat cover and awesome video! Very informative. What size thread do you sew the covers with? I noticed your machine was a Consew, what needle size do you use? I have made vinyl & leather purses & bags and my son & I are going to have a go with seat covers for a 1930 Ford. I would love to take one of your classes!

Great job I need to see more these is empowerment for me thanks you I will learn more

Man I would kill to take a class there! Been a fan of his work a long time. They going to put Salomon on the payroll Lol

You guys did a good job amazing! Where are you guys located!??

Have you ever r covered a classic car beach seat that has several "sections/channels". I am going to be doing my FIRST ONE!" using leather,batting, and cording.Wouldlove to see a video showing the steps. The seat form is WOOD!

Super video the truth is very good I work with my dad on upholstery and the truth is that at first I almost didn't like it but I have taken an interest in learning and I already know how to use the sewing machine but I still feel that I lack it, I think that sewing has its secrets

Good work I like the learning video, do more Cato

Thank you for speaking great English! Great demo!

Do you have a video on foam selection? I want to make really comfortable Cadillac seats

Great stuff i like the sewing machine it's have a lot of space.

This is AWESOME! Hope I can find a class like this in the Los Angeles area, I’m working on a 65’ Riviera (and maybe a career change 😆)

Great thanks. What’s that stunning Crème De Menthe colour on that car in the background? Got a paint code for that? Looks like the Bugatti colour I have been searching for to use on my classic mini van. Would love more info on that paint? Thanks!

Looks very neat! I would like too get an old style hippie bus and learn how too make custom seats and more! Thanks for the video. 😀

Great job Solomon! Yes! definitely like the how to, you do the work instruction video, also like any, how do you do that vidio's? Trans build, injector size and balance build, dash update and replacement, " Dakota Digital ". 9" Detroit lockers... Thanks for sharing 👍. ✌🏻🔑 🙋‍♂️ 🌧 🇨🇦 👨‍🦽 😎.

Best wishes🎉🎉🎉🎉

My favorite part of this video is when the video is sped up during the teaching points

Good morning! I really like how you explain. Tell me, please, when you have time, what is the name of the sponge from which you made the chair and the machine with which you made the channel in the foam. Thank you very much!! Keep up the good work gentlemen!!

Thank you for posting this video! It helps me feel more comfortable about tackling the re-upholstery projects I have ahead of me! :) Hey... question... I am planning to redo the original seats in our Sprinter van so they're more comfortable for the wife and me on long trips. Plus, I need to re-do the bench seats in the way back since they need to match the captain's seats I got from a set of '06 Envoy SUV's. Anyway, for the driver and passenger seats, is it better to go with a more dense foam or should I go with something softer? Or should I do a layer of more dense foam covered with a layer of softer foam? Comfort and support are my goals (nobody likes a sore butt!). Thanks again for your videos!

I was taught never to glue leather to foam and never to glue the cover to the seat foam.

I would love to take one of your classes.

Great job guys. I need my seats done.

well i guess i need to learn how to use a sewing machine. i just picked up a 93 f350 centurion that needs a ton of interior work and im cheap

That was pretty cool, are we gonna see the back being made now

Hey guys , thank you for the video , can you tell me what kind of material you used in the video? Would like to try this restoration my self , thanks

Love you schooling..... I want to learn more.....

Cato miss you on tv brother

Awesome job

Amazing stuff. I'm looking to get into doing this. What type of sewing machine would work ??

Cato, great video. A request: For your hard-of-hearing viewers [including me] please enable subtitles. Thanks.

How do you compress springs enough to attach vinyl to a metal seat?

Wanted to look into some of the classes but the link is broken. Is there a new site?

What type of sewing machine are you using? Some machines won't sew through leather or a certain thickness

Might redo mine, so they have fresh foam.

I like how you edited out how to push pull the fabric for it to line up i use a walking foot so the bottom is all ways faster

Very cool

I want to take that class 😭 so much

Great stuff! This might inspire people to learn this trade!

What kind of glue was in the can vs in the spray gun?

I’m in the process of planning on making a custom bomber style bucket seat for my gokart, but struggling how i would fasten the cushion to the bomber seat. Any idea how i would go about that? I was thinking of putting a steel plate with welded on nuts on the wood backing, (hides the stapling as well), then bolting that to my bomber seat. Would that work?

What type of glue are they using haven’t found any good ones yet

Watching this to learn for attempting my own seat covers for a 77 wagoneer. But had to comment and say isn’t that a Hodson Motorsports shirt??? I have the Jeep wagons version 😅

Great job thanks for sharing

What foam is that you are starting with? Any specs?