Restoring Vinyl Motorcycle Seat
You can recondition the vinyl and give it new life with a simple cleaning and conditioning process.
Restoring vinyl motorcycle seat. It is water based and safe for use on home furniture auto rv and boat interiors vinyl tops tonneau covers saddlebags spa covers and more. This instructable is about creating a new seat for my motorcycle a 1975 honda cb200t i picked up a trashed old seat on ebay because my current seat is in good condition and there s no sense in tearing apart a perfectly good seat. Rinse the motorcycle seat with the damp cloth to remove any soap mixture and remaining dust dirt. As probably the best alternative to leather vinyl presents its own set of challenges which can make cleaning or restoring it a little confusing if you re not used to treating it.
The type of vinyl used has a fabric backing that can tear along a thread line. Motorcycle seat covers are made from vinyl or leather. Once the vinyl is clean and conditioned you can then repair any cracks in the surface of the vinyl. Including new foam core and vinyl cover with replicated sears logo.
Without proper care vinyl seats can become hard cracked and brittle. Our how to resource library email and phone support have successfully guided thousands of diy vinyl and leather restoration projects. Restoring a 1969 sears puch motorcycle seat. Apply 1 teaspoon of a leather conditioner to a dry non abrasive cloth.
Restoring vinyl seats for cheap. Recovering a motorcycle seat. Plus then i would. One thing to understand is that vinyl is basically made up of polyester fibers coated in a layer of plastic usually either pvc or polyurethane.
At 15 years old katy the kawasaki is getting a little long in the tooth the first stage in tidying her up is to recover the seat as its just started to split. Wipe the motorcycle seat with the cloth soaked in leather conditioner until the seat is smooth but not slick. Tears in leather motorcycle seats are next to impossible to. However if you try to repair cracks before the.
Leather seat covers typically wear thin before they tear leaving the area around the torn opening frayed and inconsistent.