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Door recover

October 11, 2018, 12:14:23 am

Its a small thing in a otherwise big coach, but one of my keys broke the other week, and didn't have a key for the big dead bolt lock on the front door, so had to take it out to get keys made, so I figured might as well recover the door too while I'm at it.
Used the same ultraleather I used for the jackknife sofa and dining room chairs and will recover the dash soon too. The door has a think skin of 1/8" ply covered in foam and then the outer covering. I took that off, epoxy'ed the ply at the base, and recovered with ultraleather. The local locksmith had new keys for me in minutes and it was just a short time later all was done. Looks good. Need to get some buttons I can put over the snaps and at some point change out the door gasket. Next year.

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Re: Door recover

Reply #1 – October 11, 2018, 03:14:12 am

Beautiful job. Did you ever work in an upholstery shop in an early life? 

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Re: Door recover

Reply #2 – October 11, 2018, 05:40:53 pm

Thanks. No never have. Never even used a sewing machine till the awnings were made in August. I have a nice pneumatic staple gun that works great. Used stainless steel staples as well. It could have been tighter, but the plywood is pretty thin, and I only have two sawhorses, and you really need at least 3.  Still it turned out good enough.
Bob

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