How to upholster outer door

How to upholster outer door

There has come cold weather, and it has turned out that your door needs upholstery. Today there is huge material selection which it is possible to sheathe door. And special knowledge and skills will not be required here. There are only a few simple rules.

It is required to you

  • imitation leather or other material, finishing nails, foam rubber, hammer, scissors.

Instruction

1. If your door opens in the apartment, at first it is necessary to manufacture the roller which will close slot between the door and door case. For its production take strip of vinyl and the stapler beat it face side to door surface so that it has come on centimeter door on 3-4. Begin to beat the roller from scarf.

2. Having upholstered all perimeter with vinyl strips, start foam rubber laying. It at first needs to be cut on strips 8 cm wide. Fix by the stapler them on door cloth, twist and beat material so that the roller looked out on 1-3 cm depending on arrangement of platbands.

3. Measure distance between the inner edges of the roller further and cut foam rubber, having lowered 1 cm from each edge. Fix by the stapler it on door cloth.

4. There is final part – upholstery of the main surface. Take piece of leatherette for corner, tuck edges on 5-6 cm, put in door corner material came for the roller, and slightly beat the hammer finishing nail, receding from edges on 5-7 mm. Then take the second corner of material, tuck it, and having slightly pulled, hammer the second nail. Make sure that material has laid down exactly. For this purpose run hand over the middle of door, pressing material, and the second apply bottom edges to door. The distance has to be identical at the left and on the right. After that continue upholstery.

5. Beat the upper edge. Do distance between nails on 10 cm. Then do the same with side parts. Tuck imitation leather on identical distance on all length and slightly pull it.

6. In the last turn fix the lower part.

7. For upholstery of outer side close door and draw with pencil box projection to door cloth. Fix lining material, having receded from the drawn line of 1 cm. Beat the main piece of material, at the same time leave bottom edge free. Now manufacture the roller. Fix it on door jamb. From the loopback party place it aflush, and with key and top put forward on 5 mm. Fix the lower part of the roller so that in closed position of door it densely adjoined to threshold. If to beat the roller to most to powder, then over time it will be wiped therefore you fix it on door. Beat the remained bottom edge of covering, put peephole, locks and the handle.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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