Archive through October 24, 2009

[kmcconaughey]

Steve S., yes there are some out there that do reupholster those style seats. I had one of mine redone a few years back by a guy named Scott Urschel. Not sure if he's still able to do them or not. I believe he may have just sent it to an upholstery shop. The one's that I have seen that have been re-upholstered end up with a seam in them not the single piece vacuum form fit. Except that Charlie knew of a guy that could do a single piece re-upholster of them. Not sure if that guy is still doing them either. Perhaps Charlie will let us know. I think I almost like the seam look better. One thing to keep in mind is that the blue edging is no longer available so take good care of the one on your old seat.

Before.

After. And it still looks just as nice as the day I got it done way back in 2003! Well, it should, I've not yet used it as I'm waiting until I get my #1 125 refurbished.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Don D., I like the flame hood!

 

[bbrigham]

Don....I like the flames too. After putting the base color on the hood you could mask out some flames and spray them in clear with pearl in it. Ghost flames would be a nice touch. I have been thinking of doing the hood on FrankenCub that way except the hood will be black with ghost flames.

Steve....Find another upholstery shop, that seat shouldn't be done with staples. Gluing it wouldn't be messy if the guy knew what he was doing, the glue would only be on the edge where the trim holds it on.

 

[hdshine]

Well, I got my 126 dismantled, brushed down and a primer coat on over the weekend. Figure about 21 hours all told.

Now, I have a question. Is there a compelling reason for putting a top coat on the areas where the “sun don’t shine” – inside the pedestal, etc? Will the primer hold up as well as primer/top coat. I want to save my quart of cub yellow for several coats on the parts that show.

BTW. Thanks to all that have been answering my questions. It really helps. More to come.

Dave Shine

 

[kmcconaughey]

Dave S., in my experience, primer alone doesn't hold up all that well. On my #2 125 the hood was rusting when I bought it, I cleaned up the rust and painted the area with flat black primer, it has required repainting with black primer several times over the years as the rust comes back. I would paint it with IH white but I like the flat black on it.

I was once told by an owner of an automotive body shop that some primers can actually attract moisture and should be painted sooner rather than later. I don't remember exactly what he said so don't quote me! I may have gotten it wrong, in any case he did not recommend just priming without top coating with paint. This was in response to me asking him, if rust spots showed up on my vehicle over the winter if I should clean up the rust and prime the area and then, come spring, bring it in for him to fix the areas. I took his response to mean that the rust may actually protect the area better then primer.

 

[rwilke]

Dave S. / Kraig McC.,
I have read/heard the same.... primer does NOT seal the metal from the elements. Primer will allow rust to form.
So, I always put at least one coat of top coat (paint) over the primer.

Steve S.,
I agree with Matt G that sand (silica) can be harmful - if not handled correctly. However, it can be used safely if you use the proper care.
I'd use a good dust mask on a clean shaven face and go at it. If you want to collect your sand to reuse or simply keep the area clean, do the work on a tarp.
If you plan to reuse the sand, you may need to screen the sand if you've got a lot of scale/rust/paint in it.
Good Luck!

Ryan Wilke

 

[sshaff]

Thanks for the photos, Craig. Scott Urschel tells me his upholsterer has redone quite a few of these seats and will do it for $65 plus shipping. I'd be interested in others' experiences with this as well...

 

[aaytay]

Kraig-

"...I cleaned up the rust and painted the area with flat black primer, it has required repainting with black primer several times over the years as the rust comes back."

Because of modern paint technology, they DO make a Flat-Black paint now....

 

[jbaker]

matt I have a 1200 with creeper and a 128 without both are running I also have a 129 and 108 not running so the hydro would back up the 1200 for snow blowing and tilling duty while the rest gets made into the dedicated gear drive grass cutter, at least thats the plan. so in the end i will have a 1200, 128/9, and i guess a mixed breed of the rest.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Art, I wondered who was gonna call me on that.

Figures it'd be you...