Good Aircraft Upholstery Shops YYC or YVR area

[ScudRunner-d95]

Dads looking at redoing his interior on his Piper Arrow any recommendations for such a service. Could be out of YYC (Area) to save the PST......

[Colonel]

Labor costs will eat you alive.  If possible, do
it yourself and save $$$.  Doesn't even need a
signature:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/r ... a-2458.htm

[quote](14) repair of upholstery, trim and cabin furnishings;[/quote]

[ScudRunner-d95]

Ya he got one quote and it came in around 10K which was a bit of shock, so thought I would help the cause and shop around a bit. Some parts of the job are easy so might just what he can and the rest at a shop.

[Tailwind W10]

KitPlanes had a 3 part article back in 2010 on doing upholstery.  I found it quite informative and promted me to ebay a decent sewing machine and do the seats in my homebuilt.


If you're interested look up Mike Manning articles on their website, though I suspect you need to be a subsciber.  If you're (he's) ineterested let me know and I'll download or scan the articles and send 'em to you.


Gerry

[Colonel]

[url=http://www.airtexinteriors.com]www.airtexinteriors.com[/url]

[quote]For 66 years, Airtex has been providing quality aircraft interiors that owners can install themselves.[/quote]

Not dirt cheap, but when you are done, it will look like new.

[Four Bars]

Add in my endorsement for Airtex.
I've had an upholstery shop do an interior in our Skyhawk,  a local professional do the cushions for The Dog Ship and I used an Airtex kit for the Cardinal.
I think it turned out the best.
And they were good to deal with( within minutes of hitting the "Order" icon, they phoned me and wanted a cellphone picture of the underside of a front seat) and the two, big boxes arrived sooner than expected, with bags of hog rings and the pliers to squeeze them up. Even armrest covers were included.