How to Redo Boat Seats
- 1). Take one seat out of the boat at a time. The seats should pull out easily. Flip the seat over and pry the staples out of the bottom of the plywood seat base with a screwdriver.
- 2). Turn the new seat cover material so its inner surface faces up. Lay the old seat cover face down on top of the new seat material. Outline the old cover onto the inner surface of the new material with the chalk. The old cover becomes a pattern for the new.
- 3). Cut the new seat cover out of the new material using sharp scissors. Wrap the new seat cover around the foam seat cushion. Staple one edge of the new cover to the plywood and pull the opposite edge to tighten up the cover. With the cover tight, staple the opposite edge. Repeat this step for the other two edges, until the new cover is stapled into place.
- 4). Return the newly covered seat to the boat and remove the next one to be re-covered. Repeat the process until all seats have new covers.
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