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Good Aircraft Upholstery Shops YYC or YVR area
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:53 am
by 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......
Re: Good Aircraft Upholstery Shops YYC or YVR area
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:59 am
by 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]
Re: Good Aircraft Upholstery Shops YYC or YVR area
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:26 pm
by 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.
Re: Good Aircraft Upholstery Shops YYC or YVR area
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:28 pm
by 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
Re: Good Aircraft Upholstery Shops YYC or YVR area
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:32 pm
by Colonel
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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.
Re: Good Aircraft Upholstery Shops YYC or YVR area
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:55 am
by 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.