Kevin, When pleats are made into seat covers, it is done by sewing 3 layers of material at the same time. Top layer: the upholstery cloth you see. Middle layer: Foam or the chosen material [ie horse hair layer, etc.] Bottom layer: Usually a sort of light weight canvas type material of some sort.
When the stitching is done, in long evenly spaced rows, the stitch line pulls down the middle layer which gives the "Pleated look". In your case, if the "Pleat is dead" the foam or other material has collapsed. To restore the pleats, it is necessary to remove the seat cover, remove the cushion section [seam ripper, industrial size], remove the backing material, [again, careful seam ripping to preserve the outer material... THEN... Make a new stack, with new padding, and faithfully follow the exact seam line in the outer material, THEN, re-assemble the side panels and then re-install the repaired and refreshed seat cover.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJBaXSRW2Y8 Basics on a youtube video... On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 6:17 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As I read Donald’s post about the pleats on the seat bottom and back not > matching, I figured I would ask about the back seat pleats in my 240D. > There are quite a few that have flattened out. Otherwise the seat pad seems > to be in good shape. Is there a way to refresh the padding within the > pleats? Is it part of the upholstery or the seat pad itself? I was thinking > of cutting strips of foam and having them glued into the pleats. > Kevin in Hillsboro, OR > 1982 240D 191Kmi, Hildegard > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
