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How to Upholster an Automobile Interior

Older cars often have outdated, torn, or stained interiors. Reupholstering the automobile doors and seats will give your car a new look. The most difficult part of upholstering an automobile is the preparation. In order to reupholster the automobile seats they must be removed. Similarly, you will need to remove the door panel before you can reupholster it with new fabric. Choose an upholstery fabric that is durable and easy to work with. It is especially important to choose a fabric that will not scar if you unpick a seam and have to re-sew it.

Instructions

1

Take the automobile seats out from the car with a socket wrench. Set the seats on a flat surface that has plenty of room to work.

2

Remove the hog seams and listing wires from the seats. Lift the upholstery from the seats.

3

Cut apart the upholstery with a seam ripper. Only cut the seams between the pieces of upholstery fabric so that you can use the old pieces as templates for the new upholstery. Mark or label each piece of the fabric so you know how to piece the new upholstery together.

4

Place the old pieces of upholstery on top of a length of laid out upholstery fabric. Trace around each piece of upholstery on the new fabric with a piece of chalk or a marker.

5

Cut out the traced marks on the new upholstery fabric with scissors.

6

Piece together the pieces of the cut out upholstery fabric. Match up the appropriate edges and sew them together with a inch straight stitch seam. Sew together the entire set of cut out upholstery pieces.

7

Place the sewn together upholstery on the automobile seats. Replace the listing wires and hog rings in the automobile seats.

8

Set the car seats back into the car. Secure the seats with a socket wrench.