How-To Guides - The Hog Ring

Automotive wireon

Steve Myers — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:41:53 Z

just looking for advice n tips, installing above side windows on 47 Olds headliner

Tonneau Cover Template

Jay Jenner — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:38:51 Z

I am attempting my first snap-on tonneau cover for a Shelby Cobra and was curious if anyone had a good way to make tight and precise templates for a cover that size. Also, would it be better to make the cover first and put my snaps wherever they fall on the body or mount the snaps to the body and...

Attaching phantom top shells.

Kevin Balser — Tue, 02 May 2023 02:38:01 Z

What is the adhesive most often used to attach the fiberglass shell to the roof of the car?

29’ Chevy coupe headliner

Jason Leonard — Thu, 19 May 2022 02:12:16 Z

Alright all the veterans how do you install these headliners ? they are a little ahead of my time

1973 Barracuda Seat Foam & Covers

Larry Walton — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 13:33:46 Z

I just reupholstered front buckets from a 1973 Barracuda using Legendary Seat Foams and New Covers. These are a high quality product but are very difficult to remove, clean off old foam, and install the new foam and covers. I recommend anyone attempting these watch the video from Legendary to get...

Making a new seat cushion

Jesse carr — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:20:51 Z

Slowly trying to get into custom seats in my shop and I want to practice when i have time. here's a seat foam i want to make. I noticed a lot of people would glue sections of foam together to create the width. Should i do something similar? Or i should layer it top to bottom not side to side?

Sera bond or serafil

paul Hamilton — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:50:14 Z

hi Everyone, This is my first post on The Hog ring... great forum. I live In the U.K. where I mainly make motorcycle seats. My problem is that I am having a really difficult time trying to source some bonded polyester thread in 10 and 15 tkt size for some bold top stitching. I am able to purchase...

Seat patterning

Paula Darlison — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 21:43:53 Z

I found a Feb 17th 2014 article which refers to Brent Parkers patterning guide. "For or a more detailed explanation of how Brent makes his patterns, check out the following tutorial he published in The Hog Ring’s Auto Upholstery Forum: “How to Build a Seat from Scratch.” But the link is broken. I...

3-D pleats or wristwatch style pleats

David Mandujano — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:15:45 Z

I came up with my own way of doing the 3D pleats or wristband watch pleats. It was a lot of trial-and-error but I think I figured it out.

REMOVING CARPET FROM PONTOON BOAT DECK

Peter N Carbone — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:09:48 Z

Hi guys, For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of removing old carpet that's been glued on for 20 years you might find this helpful. First you have to strip everything off the deck just to start the job. Then with the help of a 36"long x 2"wide x 1/4"thick piece of aluminum flat stock and a...

Mercedes 123 pleats

Rusty McClintock — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:12:16 Z

Does anyone have any tips to sewing these deep Mercedes pleats

Sewing Sun Visors

Kristen L Kruegel — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 22:07:18 Z

I really struggle with sewing visors. What thread and needle size do you use? My base is chipboard, 1/8" foam and whatever the material is. My machine has a hard time sewing through 4 layers of material and 2 layers of foam and chipboard. It is especially hard to do the first back stitch neatly....

RAV 4 Soft Top

jim zabatta — Fri, 10 May 2019 20:00:46 Z

Does anyone have a supplier for a 1998 Toyota Rav 4 soft top ? Thanks Jim

Air bag seats

Jim Bentley — Tue, 07 May 2019 21:15:52 Z

I would like to see someone make a video of a repaired airbag seat being deployed, and the type of thread used.

Fiberglass seat pan

Kris Vowell — Thu, 02 May 2019 09:05:50 Z

Hello, i have an motorcycle seat to recover and it has a fiberglass seat pan. What is the best way to attach the seat cover to the fiberglass?

Convertible top - 90-96 Nissan 300ZX

Bryan Owens — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:27:12 Z

Have any of you guys ever replaced a convertible on one of these cars?

Audi TT Roadster 2005

Theresa Minetto — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:02:34 Z

Hello all. This is my first time posting and I apologize that it is a question. I have a customer who wants me to remake the baseball glove seats. I am having an impossible time finding the dimpled leather, lacing and suede. I unfortunately have been searching for the above for awhile and could use...

stuffed cotton pleates.

Warren McClung — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:35:47 Z

I have a 52 olds seats to do and im doing them cloth inserts the rest leather. Im gonna try something different with cotton stuffed pleates. Watched a young guy on youtube do it but he allowed 3/8 extra on each pleate on the base Muslim. Which in my opinion would allow bunching when you would slide...

Custom bench seats

Kris Vowell — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 01:16:13 Z

Hello, How do you guys get the inserts to lay flat or tight on bench seats with custom foam work? Such as the seats below. Thanks.

Stapling Corners on Boat Components

Peter N Carbone — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:44:44 Z

Hi Guys, While working on some parts for a boat I developed a method of stapling the corners so they lay down smooth and look cleaner. This may not be a big revelation to most of you guys but I think it looks better then the way they generally tuck the corners at this particular shop.

Thread tension

Robert Webb — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 07:30:30 Z

Purchased a Durkopp Adler 867 M type Eco. It has two upper thread tensioners with the lower of the two being the main sewing tension-er. The machine has a lever that allows you to engage the upper tension er or disengage it. The manual says for sewing thick material. Can someone please explain that...

pouncing

Mark Calkins — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 04:22:05 Z

I'm not sure if this has been covered, but here goes. I learned this from a sign painting book. Lay out a design on paper; run over it with a pounce wheel; any art supply store; place it over your fabric; put baby powder in an old sock and tap it over the holes in the paper; remove the paper and go...

Varying tension of the upper thread

Jens Jesberg — Wed, 23 May 2018 02:26:52 Z

You know how it is... You sew on your machine for days, months or years, and suddenly it doesn't work as it should. (in my case mostly when the employees have used the machine... strange! ) Usually the problem is quickly found, such as an incorrectly inserted needle, or a piece of thread that has...

Anyone disassemble a 2000 Mercedes center armrest

Warren McClung — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 18:55:04 Z

Customer want arm rest recovered and can't find any info on how it comes apart. Any help would be great thanks.

Plastic repair epoxy

Warren McClung — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 01:15:31 Z

Anyone looking for a great epoxy should try Norton Structural Adhesive Speed grip. Great stuff for replacing door panel inserts that need to be drilled out to be recovered. It beat buying JB Weld. For some plastics you will need to buy a can of adhesive promoter but it does make sticking to > pp <...