First Seat...need Some Help.

[anthonyg1382]

Recovering a "bitch pad" with veg tanned leather. Has any one done this with a heavier leather and if so could you post some pics or give some pointers?

[JohnD]

I dont have any pics, but I do it the same as recovering a seat, heavier leather for the top(5/6oz, 7/8 if any tooling) and thinner leather for the sides (3/4oz). You can go heavier on the sides if you're wet molding, it just take alittle more work to get it all smooth.

[Sanch]

as johnd already said and patterns depend on the pan for the P-pad...

[anthonyg1382]

How do you keep from having a bulky seam with the thicker leather?

[Sanch]

I laced the p-pad in the picture I posted also the shape of your padding and what you use for padding will make a difference I use high quality neoprene 1" thickness. ..hopefully this helps.

[anthonyg1382]

Im just using regular waxed linen and doing a cross stitch...I guess I could do the same with lacing but I don't have the tools to do lacing yet. He wanted to keep the factory foam in it so it's like 4" tall.

[Sanch]

ok duh! I just tied this and your other post together I'm slow on Mondays now that I see what you did with the PILLION PAD and got more of an idea I would have turned the leather inside out stitched on the flesh side and so on so forth just my 2 cents.....