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Re: Material: foam
By:John Schroeder
Date: 3/22/2002, 8:47 am
In Response To: Re: Material: foam (Paul G. Jacobson)

: Alternately, get
: a piece of Lycra Spandex material, or a similar stretch fabric (look for
: the swimsuit fabrics as they have bold colors) from your fabric store and
: attach it to your foam seat. Lightly spray the seat with a spreay
: adhesive, like 3M's 77 spray adhesive, positon the fabric over the foam
: and stretch it slightly as you push it into and around all the curves.

I found some _very_ thin neoprene (@ 1/16") material at a local surplus fabrics store that I used as the final cover for my minicell seat. Don't see why something similar couldn't be done with this foam. The one surprise was that 3M 77 spray (two coats on both the seat and the foam) did NOT hold in the concave sections. I ended up removing the first cover and installing a fresh one using Weldwood contact cement (the stinky kind) which seemed to work well. Took the opportunity to carve out another 3/16 of an inch - now just 1/4" of foam at the thinnest spots.

It's supposed to be 90 again today so I'm going to play hooky from work this afternoon to go "test the seat".

jrs

Messages In This Thread

Material: foam
marc -- 3/20/2002, 8:06 pm
Re: Material: foam
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/21/2002, 11:43 pm
Re: Material: foam
John Schroeder -- 3/22/2002, 8:47 am
Re: Material: foam
don flowers -- 3/21/2002, 7:42 pm
Re: Material: foam
tomO -- 3/21/2002, 1:37 pm
Re: Material: foam
Rod Tait -- 3/21/2002, 11:26 am
Re: Material: foam
John Monfoe -- 3/21/2002, 5:39 am
Foam Dents Easily
Dick L. -- 3/21/2002, 9:38 pm
Re: Foam Dents Easily
John Monfoe -- 3/23/2002, 7:45 am
Re: Foam Dents Easily
Tom -- 3/23/2002, 12:15 pm
Re: Foam Dents Easily
Dick L. -- 3/28/2002, 10:33 pm
Re: Material: foam *NM*
John Monfoe -- 3/21/2002, 5:44 am