HOW TO REUPHOLSTER DINING SEATS | DINING SEAT PADS | UPHOLSTERY FOR BEGINNERS | FaceliftInteriors

In this video we show you how to reupholster dining seats or dining seat pads. Its an upholstery for beginners tutorial so we break the process down so even beginners can follow!

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This video is an upholstery for beginners tutorial where we show you how to reupholster your dining seats or dining seat pads at home! This is one of the easiest things to do in upholstery so no better place to start if you're a beginner. We show you how to reupholster your dining room chair seats and how to pull the corners on the seats to show you how to upholster corners without pleats! We show you how to strip the old fabric off and remove the staples, how to check the foam, how to re-pad your dining seat, how to cut your new fabric and then how to upholster your dining seat pads. We also show you our method of creating no pleats on corners in vinyl...you'll never guess what we use! This is a DIY upholstery tutorial showing you each stage of the upholstery process so hopefully you will be able to do this at home!

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HOW TO REUPHOLSTER DINING SEATS | DINING SEAT PADS | UPHOLSTERY FOR BEGINNERS | FaceliftInteriors
Dining room chair upholstery. how to upholster corners. how to do corners on seats.

[chriscullen]

I am really liking the way you teach how you upholster the seats, step by step, as I have autism and its great the way you explain things

[bryanboudreault]

I’ve been recovering chair pads for years but when I decided to switch from fabric to a leather look vinyl (because of grand kids), I happened upon your YouTube channel. Using a hair dryer is a clever trick to softening and reducing pleats….thanks so much for the tutorial!!!!

[una]

Wish I had watched your video before I re-upholstered my dining chairs! Great video, thank you!

[jeredbolton]

Thanks to this video I've just completed reupholstering 6 dining room chairs. The seat foam was so old that it had become powdery so I renewed that too by following what was already there: a 12" square of foam with a larger piece on top covering the whole seat, giving a very good dome! I then followed this video's lead by adding in the layer of Dacron before covering with the vinyl leather effect fabric. The resulting seats are very comfortable.

Not having a fancy air staple gun I used a manual office staple gun! A bit more work but does the job! Any staples that don't go fully in can be finished off with a few taps from a small hammer.

One thing I noted is that this video's technique of running your hand up over the seat to help stretch the material is absolutely vital to getting the corners right. If you don't have enough tension in the sides, you'll not be able to pull the corners tight.

Anyway, thanks for a superb video!

[minako]

I don’t know how I ended up here in the middle of the night and watched your entire series of videos, and I don’t even own a fabric chair 😂 your videos are so enlightening and efficient! Thank you ❤

[susancarrier]

Your pads are almost identical to my chairs, so this video was extremely helpful. The has helped me understand the corner aspect. The hair dryer trick is the bomb. I was afraid I would not be able to do this, but now I am much more hopeful.

[rduquet]

Getting ready to do mine, , , YOUR Video was the first one I came across and watched !!! The pads are the same as MINE !!! I had thought about warming with a hair dryer and found that is WHAT YOU DO !!! Perfect !! Thanks For The Vid !!! 😎 Bob from Michigan

[grindpivot]

Just did 3 of mine own chairs - first timer. Followed your instructions and they came out amazing! Blow Dry Classic. Cheers from Queens NYC!!!

[alexdavis]

Oh how I love my cousins from the UK. Always showing us great ways to make a job easier, and look professional. Thank you!

[fiveheartsrefinishing]

Thankyou for the tip about the hair dryer! I'm literally going to be reupholstering vinyl chairs in the next few weeks!

[dalemckenzie]

Hey man I watched your great vid on no pleating that shows on corners, then I went into my workshop and did a pretty good upholstery job on the aluminum chair I'm building. It's a great feeling to accomplish a newly learned skill. A hearty thanks and best wishes to you and encourage you to continue your good work

[lindabuck]

2023 April-recovering chair pads with friend she taught me trick to the corners but I don’t remember so looked at your vid and makes a difference for me and helps! Thank you!🙏🏻❤️🤔

[EngineeredToDesign]

Very helpful video thank you! Using your tips to cover a seat on a mini bike that I’m building. Worked a treat!

[sleepygrumpy]

Outstanding -- best tutorial on all of YouTube!

[chisexton]

You have helped me. Now I feel I have the confidence to reupholster a gaming chair I use for my home office - with proper 81, 000 double rub upholstery fabric, neatly covering its many contours including a cutout between the mock headrest and body area.

Thank you very much.

[RODAREZconAmor]

Thank for showing these step by step progress, I had the hardest time reupholstering my office chair that I had bought here in the US but, made in china. Great small office for my music studio room which is 7' x 9' room so I couldn't fit a regular gaming chair like I would had love too. So the chair was super hard like if, I was sitting on a brick my butt would hurt after 10 min of sitting on it. anyways I did however reupholstered the seat with a 4" foam couching that also has a 2" memory foam on it too. I didn't know about the Dacron or about the hair dryer that would have made a big difference in the look of my chair. However I still have to reupholster our dining set chair pad that are exactly like the ones you did, so I should be doing a better job on them. Thank you again!! Great Video.

[stevejones]

Thanks so much! Have 6 dining chairs with vinyl covering just like you show to do. EDIT: finished first one. heating the vinyl on the corners was a great idea. Worked like a charm.

[avisgarrison]

This is the Best! Didn’t know about dryer! You are a genius! Thx!

[laurabarnes]

This was brilliant! Using the hair dryer helped so much!

[lanoni]

First video I found that helped me out the heat made such a big difference thank you sir 😊