Seat cover material

[wagonman76]

Back in 1997-1998, I had these seat covers in my old 6000 wagon and loved them. They were soft and I loved the pattern. One day I ended up having to smash a huge wolf spider into one with my boot, later I took them out to clean them, and never could figure out what happened to them after that.

I got them on sale at Kmart. They were called Aztec Fur. I would like to get some cheap covers or make some with this material for the Celeb. Has anyone seen this material anywhere? I have not.

[superchow]

Sorry, haven't seen it here (Seattle area). I'll keep my eyes open though.

[luvit]

when you find them let me know. i want to sew-up a snuggie.

[Peter7307]

A little hard to tell from the photo but it looks like "POLAR FLEECE" material and should be available from any decent fabric supply place.
Ask most females for a source if you are not familiar with one.
Take a sample if you have one and see if they can match it.
It is a recycled poly ethylene made from soft drink bottles by the way and it will "matt" if you wash it in a machine.

Hand wash with any brand of "wool wash" fabric was will keep it looking and feeling good.

Good luck , Pete.

[wagonman76]

Now you mentioned it, I do think the seat covers were made from polar fleece material. I used heather gray polar fleece and contact cement to redo the headliner in the Celeb a few years ago. Maybe now that I think I know the material, it will be easier to find.

[Dave's Civic Duty]

If you just want some affordable covers, we have a chain called Big Lot's that sells seat covers for like 7 bucks a seat. Bought one to save the seat in my truck & another for my del Sol.

Don't recall seeing one in the pattern you were looking for.

Dave

[Peter7307]

Wagonman , Good luck with the search. Pete.

[spydyr]

Reminds me of an old winter sweater my mom had. Looks alot like fleece, but from a distance it kind of looks like wool.

I'd go with fleece though.

[Peter7307]

Originally Posted by wagonman76

I used heather gray polar fleece and contact cement to redo the headliner in the Celeb a few years ago.

Wagonman , how did that come out?

I will need to replace mine at some stage too.

Thanks , Pete.

[wagonman76]

Turned out excellent. Was about 4 years ago and is still holding up well. I heard that headliners fail from moisture. So I figured both contact cement and polar fleece are waterproof, so it should hold up well.

After removing the board and old material, I used a stiff plastic bristle brush to remove the old foam remnants. Then I filled all the pits and and rebuilt the broken corners with fiberglass body filler. I also used this opportunity to reverse my dome light which makes more sense with the spotlights now to the rear.

Then I applied like 2 or 3 cans of contact cement to the board with a roller, enough to saturate it pretty well. Then I laid down the fabric and pressed it in with a clean roller.

Anybody who sees it really likes it.