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Offline Funkyworm

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Seat refurbishment (Help)
« on: March 04, 2015, 05:35 PM »
Ok,

who on here is a bit of a dab hand at seat refurbishment ? I have a project seat that needs some (rash) taking down & I'm looking for some help & advice on how to go about it. Cheers.

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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2015, 06:01 PM »
You might find some useful info here.  :daumenhoch:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,171235.0.html
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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2015, 06:28 PM »
You might find some useful info here.  :daumenhoch:

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,171235.0.html

Yeah thats an epic thread (thank you) :daumenhoch: but mines a Chequered Shotgun, & theres just some mild rash so hopefully it wont need to be as drastic a refurb..

I was sure i'd read something about wet n dry sanding as a way to clean up the rash but i cant find the thread & i dont want to start anything until i have the details to hand..

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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2015, 07:06 PM »
Got any pics  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2015, 02:19 PM »

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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2015, 03:23 PM »
Permanent marker and tipex... sorted.  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2015, 10:00 PM »
Personally i'd leave it as is "good survivor", 
if you start playing with it it will show and you'll end up masking it up and going all the way round just trying to blend it.

I have a 3M polishing kit at work for polishing faded/tarnished plastic headlamp lenses. It does a fantastic job on those but having tried it on seats it's noticeable due to the softness of the plastics (i guess it depends on how fussy you are but if you're considering resto you must be)

sometimes 'back scraping' with a Stanley blade does a half decent job of removing the high spots.

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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2015, 10:13 PM »
The good thing is the rash is contained on the smooth section so you could carefully give it a tickle with wet and dry. You can go through the grades then find a plastic polish or flame polishing can give great results.... If you are used to doing it and it's the right type of plastic. Personally I thinks it makes a good candidate for a survivor build but certainly restorable if you want to go that route.
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Re: Seat refurbishment (Help)
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2015, 11:18 PM »
Need to be gentle with that one Callum  :teef:
muchy carefully sandy  :popcorn:
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