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.

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!

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

Always love to see pattern/build/stitching videos.

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

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

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!

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😎

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!

You have no idea how much you’ve inspired me

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

Great to see Cato again.

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.

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. 😊

Looks amazing! You guys are all great!!!

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

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

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

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

Immaculate vibes. GREAT vid

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

Good to see Cato. Awesome content.

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. .

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.

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

Nice Job! Cato is the man!

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.

Great job guys. I need my seats done.

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

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

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

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

Congratulations.. regards from Athens Greece...

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

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

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

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

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. 😀

Cato's done some good work!!!!

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

Awesome job

Thank you for speaking great English! Great demo!

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

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

Would really love to attend one of those classes 👍👍

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

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!

Good work I like the learning video, do more Cato

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

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

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 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.

Great to see you again!

Yes indeed that is Awesome

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 😆)

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

Great job thanks for sharing

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

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

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!!

Cool class

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

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

Best wishes🎉🎉🎉🎉

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

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.

Nice job

Great job bro.

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

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!

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

Exelente trabalho muito bom parabéns pelo canal

I would love to take one of your classes.

Awesome, what is the density of the foam being used there?

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

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

Im learning 😌

Very cool

Awesome

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

Awesome❤❤❤

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!

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?

Cato miss you on tv brother

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 👍. ✌🏻🔑 🙋‍♂️ 🌧 🇨🇦 👨‍🦽 😎.

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

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

I want to take that class 😭 so much

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

Any info on density of foams used in different areas?

my biggest issue is with restoration of old seats.. matching foam density and springiness.. I keep ending up with duvets as the foam settles.

Great! Show!

Woow..! Great job guys but I am an upholsterer in Ghana and want to come and work in your company..

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

Nice

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

Bad Ass Man!