Classic Cycle -April 2009

MONTHLY FEATURES MOTORCYCLE TIPS Kit comes with various grain sheets. Select the one that is the best for your respective project. ally too much. d, and this is re at Filler is applie l the hole so th enough to fil You just need cess can be Ex with the cover. a bit it’s almost flush tirely by being f or avoided en wiped of ication. appl more careful in After applying paste, grain sh eet is placed over th e repair and th en heated with the tool pr ovided. what all my seats seem to be, but others may appreciate the variety. On another note, this kit is really aimed at automotive seat repair and even comes with a special hardener to allow use to repair dashboards, so the colors may come in handy someday, especially if I again fail to remove the screwdriver from my back pocket before jumping in the truck. Duh! Applying the repair material was easy and it adhered without running. I think, though, I probably used a little more than I should have, and the ﬁller too, and will use both more sparingly in the future. The instructions are adamant about using only a small amount and also say more can be added later if needed, so it’s best to err on the side of too little than too much. What really makes this kit a viable alternative is the ability to reproduce the seat grain. The kit comes with various grain sheets and you just have to pick the grain that matches or e r of repair past Matching colo d. is applie comes close to the seat cover grain. Once the grain sheet is selected, it is put on top of the repair patch. Now we go for our heating tool. I plugged this in before beginning application of the repair paste so that it would be at operating temperature when it was needed. The instructions called for pressing the tool onto the grain sheet and moving it in circular motions for 35-45 seconds to heat-treat the repair and impress the grain. As for ﬁnal results, I’d give myself a C+, but I think this is more my inexperience than a problem with the kit. This stuff reminds me a lot of body work and I’m nearly certain that a bit more practice will allow an almost invisible patch, but even the one I did come up with was far superior to any other means I’ve used previously. The mend is really unobtrusive and would most likely go unnoticed unless speciﬁcally pointed out. I’d recommend working on an old seat cover before trying your ﬁrst job to allow some practice to create the best job possible. All in all, the price of the kit, less than ﬁfteen bucks at the local auto parts store, was more than worth the expense, and there’s plenty of material left to ﬁx a lot more torn seat covers. photo clearly re It’s an asset you can really close ticed While this very on’t likely be no sit your….OK, you get the the repair, it w veals ose scrutiny. d out for cl less it’s pointe kit joke. un g this e skill in usin Acquiring mor sible rean almost invi may well create is closely. viewed th pair even when WALNECKS.COM I WALNECK’S CLASSIC CYCLE TRADER® | April 2009 19 http://www.WALNECKS.COM

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