Do you want to repair your
vinyl boat seats by yourself? Then all you need to collect is boat upholstery supplies to complete
your task.
Repairing
your damaged vinyl boat seats at your home by yourself is not hard anymore. All
you have to do is simply follow some instructions to repair your vinyl boat
seats at home. Also, don’t get confused when dealing with your damaged vinyl
boat seats. At first, find out that what
the problem of your vinyl boat seat is. Is your vinyl boat seat torn or
cracked? You must figure out the main problem before going for the solution. So
after figuring out your problem you can follow these instructions as mentioned
below:
For a torn
vinyl boat seats
At
first, you must get vinyl repair kit. You can easily get this kit from boat upholstery shops. After getting
this prepare the torn parts of the seat. Then bring the torn part of seat
together and use a hot iron in medium temperature so that the vinyl won’t melt
away. After heating those for a few seconds, place a vinyl repair sheet on the
top part of the torn vinyl until they stuck together. Then you can cover them
with a graining sheet on top of them and use the hot iron again on the graining
sheets but just for a few seconds. After you are done with this work, let them
cool down completely for some minutes and when it is cooled down don’t forget
to check the whole part of the torn vinyl boat seats is covered or not.
(Note:
Use the hot iron as according to the size of torn parts. Normally you can use a
hot iron for more than 1 minute, but you can use them as according to the size
of torn parts. The tiny torn your seat have, you can use a hot iron for a few
seconds, but the bigger torn your seat have, you can use a hot iron for some
minute. Be careful when you are heating the torn parts, if you became careless
then you’ll burn out your vinyl seat.)
For a cracked
vinyl boat seats
For
a cracked vinyl boat seats, at first you need to clean all the dirt of the
vinyl seats with cleaning solution and some wet clothes. After cleaning the spot,
then use dry clothes to dry that part completely. When the spot is completely
dry, then use the repair compound with the applicator that comes with the vinyl
repair kit in that spot. Let the repair compound dry completely and when it
becomes completely dry you can use a vinyl spray paint to match the color of
your boat and vinyl seats.
(Note:
You can use vinyl conditioner to save your vinyl seat from cracking in the future.
This is very important to save your vinyl seat from direct sun. Or you need to
use boat seat covers to save your
vinyl seats from direct sun.)
