stapling seat cover to base?

[graffian]

My land rover passenger seat base had cone away from the cover and foam, i just chucked it in the back and considered it beyond help. I took it out a few days ago, left the base board and foam in the sun for a few days, foam is now dry and the basboard has gone from a few inches thick to about 3/4”. i was just going to staple the cover back on, it had a lot of staples and they must have all rusted away. I found several boxes of Arrow 9/16” staples and a hand stapler that takes the arriw staples,a rigid 34 stapler. But the base if the seat, which is some sort if fibrey board us pretty ropey. i have found a bit of plywood that would be great for the seatbase, but the stapler only buries the staples about half their depth. will a bit of lubricant help or do i need a more powerful stapler?

and the seatbase was screwed to the fuel tank cover, but self tappers dont seem to be great in such soft material as the crapboard the seat was made from, is there a better sort of screw for the use?

 

[marlinspike]

Could you use upholstery tacks or is the fabric not up to it? Might be ok on vinyl but not on fabric that will fray.

Upholstery Tacks | Dunelm

Made from durable metal with a simple circular design, this pack of upholstery tacks are available in a choice of colours.

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[gaz1]

plywood is a git to staple through osb is even worse

hardwood and a stapler dont mix if they are hand staplers

 

[graffian]

It was originally stapled, and I found a stapler, so that seemed the way to go.
but the stuff the base is made of doesn’t seem great for something with the wonderful weather proofing of my landy.
I will try lubing the staples tomorrow.

 

[Kram]

I once recovered the seat on my cbr600 bike, that was vinyl and staped into hard plastic. The staper I had was not up to the job and only went in 1/4 way.

I took a row of staples and showed them to the bench grinder, blunt ends changed to sharp 30 degree. They went in much better after that though some needed tapping home with hammer afterwards.

If you try it, be very careful sharpening stapes on a bench grinder, they want to fall apart if you let them.

 

[Pete.]

That's a pretty decent stapler I would try softening the ply temporarily with an old damp towel and a steam iron. Just enough to allow the staples to sink fully home. Or buy some 3/8" staples.

 

[ajlelectronics]

My land rover passenger seat base had cone away from the cover and foam, i just chucked it in the back and considered it beyond help. I took it out a few days ago, left the base board and foam in the sun for a few days, foam is now dry and the basboard has gone from a few inches thick to about 3/4”. i was just going to staple the cover back on, it had a lot of staples and they must have all rusted away. I found several boxes of Arrow 9/16” staples and a hand stapler that takes the arriw staples,a rigid 34 stapler. But the base if the seat, which is some sort if fibrey board us pretty ropey. i have found a bit of plywood that would be great for the seatbase, but the stapler only buries the staples about half their depth. will a bit of lubricant help or do i need a more powerful stapler?

and the seatbase was screwed to the fuel tank cover, but self tappers dont seem to be great in such soft material as the crapboard the seat was made from, is there a better sort of screw for the use?

It needs a proper power stapler. Sadly you are 3 hours from here, else I would happily do it for you. I actually have my stapler out on the bench from when I recovered a pelmet for the Viking.

Only compromise I can think of is that I post it to you on loan, but it is not a cheap disposable tool and requires an air supply.

 

[Islander71]

If your stapler gets the staples half way in, can you not finish the job with a smallish hammer?

 

[Kram]

If they dont go in far enough they often fold or deform, has to go in more like 3/4 for that to work.

A cheap alternative is a hammer tacker stapler, Lidl/Aldi often have them. Not used one, but it should do it.