RE: Seat R&R

["Lewis, Gary M" <Gary.Lewis@West.Boeing.com>]

> Monday, April 13, 1998 11:12 AM, Phil says;
> 
	>Zip ties are a drug on the market in my garage - I buy them by
the
	>hundred.  They'd be MUCH easier to use in reassembly than
	>any "hog clip plier" could be, even if it were most
conveniently built.

	>But - why weren't they used first time around?  Does the
upholstery
	>industry not know about them?  I can see the great convenience
of zip
	>ties (which we call cable ties) but is there really going to be
another
	>150k of durability?

	I went to auto upholstery school for a about a year (high school
class).  Hog ring pliers are REALLY easy to use.  Just about every car
seat I've ever re-upholstered used 'em.  The nice thing about them is
they will punch holes through fabric (instead of using a punch - 1 step
vs. 2 step) when attaching to seat frames and stuff.  The not so nice
thing about them is they can in time cut through the fabric and loosen
the seat cover over the frame.  Thet also seem to rust.  If you are
using the old seat cover and the attachment holes in the seat cover are
pre-existing (hog-ring created), go ahead and use wire ties.  Hog rings
are probably faster, and you can create a tighter fit using them
(maybe), but I'm sure wire ties will work.

	HTH

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