Flipping couches for fun and profit

[WFO Speedracer]

Front seat done and it is fabulous !

The trick on these is to stitch that rear piece in where it makes that funky angle , if you look closely at the rear of the seat you can see the stitching , you cannot pull that 30 degree angle without pulling the foam way out of shape .

Headed back out to do the rear seat after lunch , I didn't get to decide to pull it in one piece or not , the vinyl decided for me , I don't have a big enough piece of vinyl for a one piece so three piece stitched it is , it's really 6 of one or a half dozen of the other , it's just two straight stitches and two top stitches , no biggie , the one piece seat is much harder to pull and get all the wrinkles out , the stitched seat is much easier to install and make it look right , so stitched it is .

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Done , registered , listed on Marketplace .

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Some guy messaged me about 10 minutes after I put it on Marketplace wanting to know if I would trade for a 2001 Big bear ATV , the ski is listed at $2700 , now most likely it won't bring that but how does anyone think a 2001 Big Bear is worth anything close to that kind of money , $ 1000 is about all that ATV is worth.

 

[orangefinger]

I have over 7 skis listed and all I have gotten is trade offers and low ballers ..... money is tight ..... if i put the basket cases up people want to pick them up.....

Might have to consider only rebuilding some and direct flipping others .... it goes against my " i have to fix everything and make whole " motto

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I have over 7 skis listed and all I have gotten is trade offers and low ballers ..... money is tight ..... if i put the basket cases up people want to pick them up.....

Might have to consider only rebuilding some and direct flipping others .... it goes against my " i have to fix everything and make whole " motto

Yep I may have to do the same I have a bunch of cheapo skis here that I can fix and sell as well .

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I got another offer this morning for $1500.00 , you know my answer already don't you , yep hit me back up when you have the other $1000 to go with it.

 

[orangefinger]

my first seat ... cost for chunks of foam, sew foam, spray glue, vinyl, etc ... under $ 55 .... aint perfect but good enough to sell it. ( dont really want to sell this one anyway....it runs great



great )

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Seat looks great , I have several of those here , a 95 XP , a 96 XP and a 97 SPX , one day I will fix them but two man skis just don't sell here

 

[faceplant2]

Never did upholstery that had vinyl with a plastic seat base . Always wood base. What kind of stapler do you use? Pneumatic or electric ? Certain size staples ?

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I have a Porter cable Pneumatic stapler , it shoots #7 staples , I get the staples from the upholstery supplier in Montgomery , I use 1/4 on just the vinyl but on stuff with those plastic corners like on Seadoo seats I use 1/2" staples there for extra holding power.

I got an offer of $2000 on the GTX RFI , I am not selling it for that , $2500.00 is my goal price here , anything less and I will just keep it and ride it myself .

 

[Batteryman]

On to the seats , this is a set I recovered probably 10 years ago , I don't have to fix any foam just recover them , I start by flipping them over and running a razor knife around the edge cover to remove it , this leaves a band about 1/2" wide , this helps when removing the staples , you can put pressure on the band while prying the staples out with a small screwdriver and the staples come out much easier that way.

I cut the seams and I will have my patterns for the new covers , I will probably only put a seam at the rear of the front seat and pull the rear seat from one piece of vinyl , not my first rodeo , maybe my 100th , maybe I lose count.

I removed my first seat cover last night, its a WB2. Cutting around the edge to help remove the staples sounds like a great idea. ill have to remember that. Thanks.