[DML] Re: Size of hog rings needed for seat covers?

["drjeffcooke@xxxxxxxxxx" <drjeffcooke@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I did both my seats with the two-tone covers from DMCH.  I used cable ties for the neck pieces based on advice in this column - many thanks!  On the seat backs I used a few cable ties to help pull the fabric into the fold. I did have to economize on the hog rings towards the very end.  I did check and the hog rings from home depot - for chain link fences - are like four times the size of the ones provided with the seats.

Btw... the seats turned out great. It took me about 12 hours start to finish, but I W's very careful removing the prior covers to make sure I knew how to put it back.  Hands were still covered in cuts from all the times reaching through the wires.

Jeff
#6313

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@...> wrote:
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> I only used zip ties in place of hog rings at the neck (that is why I still have skin on my knuckles), and in place of the plastic gizmos under the seat cushion (through fender washers). I also used them as handles to pull the rod pocket in the seat back through the foam. Everything else was hog ringed per OEM.
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> Neck ties are easiest with a zip tie gun BTW.
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> Bill Robertson
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> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stevedmc@" <stevedmc@> wrote:
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> > Ive never recovered a seat in my life but I seem to remember hearing something about making life easy with tie wraps.  Has anyone tried this?
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> > Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Apr 7, 2012, at 4:44 PM, "content22207" <brobertson@> wrote:
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> > > http://www.eastwood.com/hog-rings-pack-of-100.html
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> > > Bill Robertson
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> > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tyler" <tyb323@> wrote:
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> > >> Hello friends!  I have recently started the process of recovering my seats myelf with the dmch covers and have run out of hog rings.  Where on the interwebs can I find a box of appropriately sized hogrings to use for the drivers seat?  Thanks!
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> > >> -Tyler Butler
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