New Upholsery Question

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New Upholsery Question

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I'm planning on putting new upholsery on the couch in the main saloon of my 36 and am wondering what recommendations y'all have in terms of fabric.

Aside from appearance, I'd like something soft to the touch, uv & dirt resistant.

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When I finally replace mine, I am going with the UltraSuede that they were putting in the PDQ44s. Soft and very tough. I ordered a few swatches and they are awesome. See:

http://www.ultrasuede.com/products/tran ... index.html

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Post by duetto »

hi ed,

we've had very good luck with sunbrella. we live on the boat 7 months a year and it's held up well.
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We used a dark blue ultrasuede, installed in 2002, it still looks great.
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Post by wake up »

We used the ultra suede too, the installer tried to sell us a " harder wearing" equivilent but we paid the premium for " ultrasude TM" and haven't regreted it.
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Post by SteppingStone »

Hi Ed, How are you? We used car fabric on our interior cushions. We went to our local shop, picked out car fabric and had him make us new cushions. They look great, stand up to a lot of sun and wear and after a year of living on it still look new. It's a thought - hope this helps.
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