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| Author: | Project-6069 [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
Has anyone tackled restoration of vintage Steam locomotive cab seats, the old kind with the box springs in them? We are looking at either restoring these ourselves or having a company restore them. The seat cushions were badly damaged but the springs and wood bases are re-useable. Any advice greatly appreciated. |
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| Author: | Dave [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
There's a synthetic retrofit for the old horsehair padding that went under the naugahyde. Work with an upholstery shop that likes your project and will help you out with materials and advice. dave |
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| Author: | sbhunterca [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
It's March, horse hair will be in extremely good supply for another couple of months, just ask any horse owner (you might be put to work grooming the critters, though)! Most of us just throw out our used hair anyway. I did a quick web search on restoring horse hair upholstery, and it doesn't seem very difficult. For the actual upholstery fabric, you might have to make some compromises. For a fairly simple job like this, I'm not sure there's much value in going to modern materials and losing the history... :-) Steve Hunter |
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| Author: | whodom [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
You might check with these guys: http://www.hahn-tractor-seats.com/ They're long-time advertisers in the magazine for the Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA). Old construction equipment has very similar seats to steam locomotives and these guys might be to help you out or at least offer some suggestions. |
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| Author: | jasonsobczynski [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
A quick search on ebay: Synthetic replacement Horsehair http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLISHED-BLACK- ... 5649000c3a Cotton wadding to top the horse hair: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cotton-Felt-Uph ... 2eb633ddf0 For real horsehair I found this company, They are out of stock until July: http://www.chaircaningandsupplies.com/i ... ge110.html I found a few other suppliers for the horsehair but they all sell in bulk, such as this company: http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/uphols ... 15-lb-.htm Since they sell in bulk then perhaps they could hook you up with one of their customers or better yet, maybe they will donate enough for the project. This last one is entirely appropriate as it was quite often (more common than not) to use a mix of horse and hog hair..... Somewhere I have a spec for it almost 1,000 miles away from my current location. Cheers, Jason |
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| Author: | Project-6069 [ Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
Thanks Jason! |
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| Author: | whodom [ Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
Project-6069 wrote: Thanks Jason! Holy delayed response, Batman! ;-) |
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| Author: | Project-6069 [ Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam Locomotive cab seat restoration |
Apologies for that I just came across it and noticed I had not replied. |
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