I stand corrected then past experience for me was horsehair.
In that case, perhaps you can re-install them. I suggest you wrap them in
plastic sheet material with a tail of plastic long enough to thread through
the slot. You will have to open up the front and back of the bottom
material to let
On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 21:21:25 -0600 Craig via Mercedes
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> On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 20:15:16 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> > If you grab one and squeeze it, it will turn to hairy dust, or some
> > form of that.
>
> Actually, Grant, in this case, no. The strips look perfectly fine and d
On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 20:15:16 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> When the seat was constructed, the horse hair was in the form of a
> sheet, perhaps 1/2 inch thick.
> When the pleats were formed, the stitching made a "cut line" at each
> side. Over time, horsehair degrades, becomes brittle, and fa
When the seat was constructed, the horse hair was in the form of a sheet,
perhaps 1/2 inch thick.
When the pleats were formed, the stitching made a "cut line" at each side.
Over time, horsehair degrades, becomes brittle, and fails. which is what
has happened to the "strips" that worked their way ou
Hi, Craig and Jaime. The horsehair strips did, in fact, slide out of their
pleats toward the rear of the seat. I found a strip under the seat when I
pulled it out. How do you slide them back into place? Is there a proper way to
remove the hog rings so that I can separate the cover completely fro
On Sat, 28 Sep 2019 07:01:20 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
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> I’ve had many seats where the strips creating the pleats slide out of
> place. You can take apart the seat and pull them back if the stitching
> is still ok.
>
> This is only valid for 80-83 seats... before and after we’r
I’ve had many seats where the strips creating the pleats slide out of
place. You can take apart the seat and pull them back if the stitching is
still ok.
This is only valid for 80-83 seats... before and after we’re different
styles.
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 9:17 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <
merc
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.
W
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
