Thanks for help! I gave a 1200 estimate And crickets

Awesome, thanks for the input Lyle!

thank you Nadeem!

51 Ford shoebox

I use sharpies on foam all the time and have not had an issue. I believe the foam soaks it up and also have sew foam between foam and material. I never use on any material though cause when I first started I did once and every mark bled through. Curious on others experience?

On tight curves I also put several notches and something no one has mentioned, I make my stitch length shorter. On real tight curves I shorten the stitch length as short as the machine allowed and go back to longer as soon as Im out of the curve.

Thanks for all the tips! Shoebox central in OK has originals so went with them.

Thanks Jack!

You are the "go to man" Fred! I knew it had a specific name which now I should be able to track down. Thanks very much Fred!

1941 Ford

Thanks Eric!

This is what I was wondering about.

Dale England, that looks really good. Thanks very much for the pics and info! I do much better with visuals. I guess the end product has a gap around the edge? Would that not hold water or is that just how they are?

Thanks again, I agree I do not want to charge for my trial and error time. That's why I was hoping for how long it would take you guys. I will bid on that and be ok with extra hours I can eat. I really appreciate yalls advise, it's a big help!

Thanks Fred, I get what your saying. I don't want to bid 15 hrs. but should only be 5 Or the other way around.

Another question would be hours to charge. It will take me longer but with the experience you two have how long would you bid out in hours?

Thanks Fred and Eric! I'll get more info from owner and take yalls advise on if I should attempt or not.

The supply company had that tack strip so went with it. Thanks for the advise!

Yes sir Fred for some reason I could not think of "tack strip" , sad. That sounds simple enough! Thanks for your help Fred!

That was it. I purchased some of the earth magnets and will see what happens. The are brittle as Darren said. I have broke a couple just messing with them so I will wrap in vinyl before use.

I perimeter stitch but on occasion with very large pleats I found glue helps. Just went through this with some large boat cushions that are 4ft. x 7 ft. First attempt i only did perimeter stitch and had lots of waves so the next one I glued and it turned out nice and smooth. This is a funny topic to me cause some say you MUST NEVER glue and others say you MUST glue. I believe it all depends on project.

Thanks Andy and Tim. They arrive tomorrow and also ordered bars with holes. Makes sense to cover in vinyl if they are that strong.

Just ordered these from amazon, cheap too.

Thanks Darren! I am going to try some on some door panels I'm about to make on a 41 ford so no electronics to wory about. I am thinking of securing them with epoxy to the panels and see how that works?

Thanks Eric! Do I use regular headline material, foam backed or just cloth only? Not sure of being able to make a clean tuck with foam backed headliner?