HOW TO - Scale Upholstery

Well I tried this for the first time and it came out pretty cool. What I took was a piece of cloth glued it to the seat and then continued. Pouf suddenly I had a clothed seat with ribbons for seat beats. Sweet. So know I want to give u guys a tutorial. Here are the materials I used. Seat or any other surface that needs cloth (non painted), cloth, some kind of adhesive (I used contact glue, I also found super glue doesn’t work nor revel liquid glue), scissors, Lacto knife.

1) Glue a piece big enough to cover the back of the seat to the seat. Then cut out along the seats edges leaving about 2-4 mm. then make little incisions at angles to that the cloth wraps around the edges of the seat.

2) Now cut another piece of cloth and glue it to the bottom front (the front of a seat cushion) Wrap that piece of cloth around the left and right side of the seat cushion. Then trim around the cloth leaving about 2-4 mm. Make little incisions at the corners of the cushion (top and bottom) wrap the edges around and glue them.

3) Then glue a piece of cloth to the seat cushion top. Be careful here you can’t cut around the edges and wrap around the cloth. (This is because this is one of the finishing pieces). Cut the piece of cloth the size of the seat top and then glue it on top.

4) Repeat the same procedure with the seat front the only part that isn’t clothed.

5) Use a ribbon as thick as u want to make a seatbelt. To make a three point harness glue the ribbon to the back bottom of the seat. Then to the front opposite side and then to the other side. Just imagine what a seatbelt looks like when its clicked together.

An alternative way to do this is to mask off the areas that are going to be clothed and use the masking tape to make a template. For more information on this look at the How to apply a carbon fiber decal. This is a very rough guide sorry there are no pics but I cant upload them no mater how hard I try. I don’t mind sending them to someone if there willing to put them online. It’s my first guide so sorry if it sucks if u need clarification just ask in the forum.

Photo would be nice

hey im uploading pics to my personal album so check it out i hope they help

Ehh.. IMO it's kind of... not good. It's too sketchy and stuff. I'm going to try using flocking maybe when I do my new models. I won't be modeling until April though.. :mad:

But! None the less good job! :smokin:
And also.. you should maybe post the images cause..
:useless:

I told u i cant put pics in the forum i don't know why. there are pics in my personal galerie though so check them out. sorry the How to is iffy but i've only clothed one car so far my curent model for the finished interior check out my personal album

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/showgallery.php?ppuser=93055

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos1.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos2.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos3-med.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos4.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos5.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos6-med.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos8-med.JPG

Hmmm thats odd they post for me :dunno:

Well it has to do w/ the fact that i cant post pics ( probably cause i didnt contribute to buying the new server) Its not an option when i post a post. but thanxs fur puting them up :)

Pretty good idea, But what the hell is on this seat??
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/93055naamloos1.JPG

Josh

well the green stuff was the color i painted the seat before. ;) then i was like wtf lets try clothing the seat and it came out sweet the red thing is a ribon thats like a seatbelt once the seat is finished.

good idea i'l try it soon

nice to see ive inspired people. thanx for the praise and please add the results to thus thread. oh and please give credit were credit is due

Incidentally this thread should be titled " Scale Upholstery "