Marine Vinyl

Marine Vinyl is one of the most exciting prospects for hardcore boaters, because it means that they can shape up the appearance of their vessel to actually suit their tastes, as well as use a fabric that will serve them practically-speaking in weathering any storm—figuratively and literally. This blog from All Vinyl Fabrics will tell you a bit about marine vinyl and how you might have your hand at your own marine vinyl installation project.

            There are a few basic materials you’ll need apart from your marine vinyl to serve as the vinyl upholstery for your chairs in the boat. Naturally, you’ll want a sewing machine to stitch everything together uniformly. You’ll need some point needles, pre-made cording; foam for the insides of your seats; paint, a staple gun; a carving knife to cut everything to fit; tape measure, and double sided tape. There may be more practical supplies, but you’ll assuredly find that out as you go—the wonders of surprise in any do it yourself project! Once you have all of these supplies, be sure you research the many different color and style choices you have for vinyl upholstery of marine grade, because there are tons of them. This is the most interesting part!

After you have everything ready, you can simply look up an easy design to follow in a book you might rent from the library or a video on YouTube. You will be able to do a lot with your marine vinyl, even if you find you would rather make a house chair than a boat cover. The beauty of do it yourself projects, once more, is that what you intend to do may change as you progress, and you end up with a creative version of something else. Enjoy your experience and use your vinyl upholstery set of materials!