Upholstery hack question...

[Spurlington]

Pics and a statement the customer signs releasing you from liability if they want you to take a chance .. especially when it "looks" like possible damage already .. a lot of times a customer is willing to take the chance as opposed to discarding, recovering or leaving it as is

 

[The Great Oz]

Pergo being a photocopy is a good comparison, since the print on this fabric is really accurate. We passed a cushion around to our techs and none of them could find a flaw that would tell them it was a print.

The texture of the fabric seems to be in the weave of the fabric. The linen-look was woven like linen, the Sunbrella fake looked and felt like Sunbrella. I guess it's possible that the fabric could be embossed like leather to give a flat fabric some texture, since the embossing would likely hold up longer than the print.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

This is why a BB is better than FB. The information shared here is incredibly valuable, and can be easily found once again in the future. MB has some of the brightest stars in the industry right here.

 

[Russ T.]

You guys are brutal!

But I can take it. I've cleaned a lot of couches over the years, hundreds I'm sure. I haven't ruined one yet, despite my lack of formal education.

I know what to look for and am pretty conservative about cleaning anything I'm not confident about. I really didn't want to clean this one today.

It turned out great though! Her main concern was the brown "rings". They're gone. I wiped it all down good after, with cotton towels. It was almost dry after leaving the fan on it while I wrapped up the van and collect payment.

I've used The Drimaster for years, a couple versions. I think the tool has kept me out of trouble because it doesn't overwet if using it properly.

What's the best way to learn this stuff?

You can't feel and test fabric on MB!

 

[Shorty]

What's the best way to learn this stuff?

You can't feel and test fabric on MB!


Sorry Russ, but I disagree with you in what you say.

Sure you can't feel & test fabric on MB, BUT, you can get a lot of very helpful information, that you otherwise would be unaware of that may save your ass.

Look at how you changed you mind, then decided to go ahead and do the job.

Best way to learn?? You have been extremely lucky.

So had I & thought that I knew it all after ten years with no problems.

Until that is, I started doing courses and learning from others why I had been so lucky & just how close I had come to buying furniture.

Best way to learn is to do genuine training with people that REALLY know their trade and have been on the tools, NOT from some theorist that has read the books & manuals and knows it all from study.

After 40 years, I still look forward to attending courses that suit what I want to know.

Glad it turned out okay for you, all the best in future.