I had to reupholster 6 bar stools the same shape. I watched several videos and just couldn't get a clean look and was failing miserably, then found your video. I followed it and finished the project in a couple days. The most time consuming part was removing all the staples from the existing upholstery. Thank you for your straight-forward video, my bar stools came out beautiful! By the way, I loved how you didn't speak and just displayed the simple instructions. Thank you!
I have a wicker round short back chair that needs a cushion. There is no wooden cushion base but I could create one. The chair has a 1/4 inch fiber or particleboard base. Think I need to think about first putting a thicker base on the chair first and then creating a cushion. The cushion design would be almost identical to the chair design in this video. Thank you.
can I get a list of tools and materials needed (for a beginner) and links to purchase them if possible. I really like the fabric you used if you can point me to where I can find it, I would appreciate it thanks
Hi, thank you for watching. You could probably get most of the tools needed to start from Amazon to do dining seats and not have to spend too much money. An electric stapler would work if it’s a good one and will be much cheaper than a compressor and gun set up, we use Kai scissors but cheaper ones would suffice for a start, the pincers are available in most hardware stores, the staple lifter is called a spade staple lifter and might need a specialist site for that. For foam and fabric we would recommend speaking to your local upholsterer as they will usually be happy to supply to the public and possibly even have fabric remnants to sell like we do to local classes etc. Hope this helps you with your project, feel free to as for any more advise or email us contact@premierupholstery.co.uk 😄
Thanks for watching. It’s usually best to visit a local upholsterer as you can see the different densities and if they’re nice they’ll even cut it to shape. If not then there are websites you can buy from and the stuff we usually like to use for dining seats is called 50 hard and is white in colour in the UK, alternatively 39 blue could be used but it’s not as firm.
This is great to watch, I’m needing to do the same for an upholstered headboard. What would you say the minimum radius curve is that can be done without the fabric needing to be folded like at the front 2 corners? I’m looking to have about 50mm radius curves on the edges of the headboard, but thinking after this video that it will be too tight a curve.
Hi thanks for watching. It would probably be too tight a radius at 50mm for fabric but could be possible in vinyl / faux leather if you heat it up so it stretches a bit. It’s probably a case of trial and error with a few different radius to work out the minimum for the specific fabric as they all behave slightly different.
@@premierupholstery-upholste90 Thanks! I got the edges to work today using a 100mm radius on a headboard build up of 12mm plywood backing, 40mm foam and batting over.
Hi and thanks for watching. We use type 71 staples which are very easy to source and then we use either 4,6,10, or 12mm depending on what we are stapling. For dining chairs like these we would usually use 10mm.
It’s a pneumatic staple gun, you can find them online and in some good hardware stores, you need a compressor and an air line to go with it, it’s worth searching for second hand ones on eBay etc as there are bargains around
Hi, thank you for watching. We would recommend speaking to a local upholsterer as they would be able to advise which density would best suit your needs and also cut to shape and size. We find the best foam for dining chairs is 50h white foam which is very high density.
What is the thickness of the foam? Before and after? Should I go with an inch thicker than I intend on finished cushion?? Remake this with comments and you won’t have to answer questions all the time 😍
Hi, thanks for watching and the suggestion. Think that this was 1.5” thick foam same as the original but a much firmer grade. You don’t usually need to make the foam thicker than the original and if you did it would only be a small amount not 1”. Just use a firmer foam and it will make a big difference.
