1965 barracuda seat upholstery kit install difficulty
I gently straightened one end of the wire enough to push through the burlap, it doesn't have to be perfectly pointed to get it threaded. For the cord I used 1"+ strips of the same burlap and kind of roll twisted and pulled it straight into a rope. The loops on the ends of the wire should be open enough the slip the cord in and on the straight end a pair of needle nose pliers did the trick relatively well.
If took less than an hour to get it to this stage.
And later using the original listing wires. The ones that were rusty and ragged I ran across a bench grinder wire wheel. These have a brown paper wrap, I used the craft paper from a shipping box with a bit of glue. Then reused most of the original edging felt simply by flipping and repositioning it before applying the hog rings.
Bob,
I gently straightened one end of the wire enough to push through the burlap, it doesn't have to be perfectly pointed to get it threaded. For the cord I used 1"+ strips of the same burlap and kind of roll twisted and pulled it straight into a rope. The loops on the ends of the wire should be open enough the slip the cord in and on the straight end a pair of needle nose pliers did the trick relatively well.
If took less than an hour to get it to this stage.
And later using the original listing wires. The ones that were rusty and ragged I ran across a bench grinder wire wheel. These have a brown paper wrap, I used the craft paper from a shipping box with a bit of glue. Then reused most of the original edging felt simply by flipping and repositioning it before applying the hog rings.