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I am recovering my 1984 200X seat, but i cannot get the staples to grab into the seat plastic, best i can get is for the staple to grab in about 1mm-2mm, but it will not seat down level with the plastic. Its a heavy duty staple gun. Any hints on how to get the staples to seat, or alternate methods of attaching the cover to the seat, ....help
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Never done it myself, but my guy has a heavy duty pneumatic stapler. What are you using? Hand held?
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At The Back Of The Pack
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yes, hand stapler. Would upholstry tacks work i wonder?
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Is there an upholstery place near you? Some things are just best left to the pros.
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need something to soften the plastic a little. Why let a pro do it, when im quite competent at stuffing it up myself! LOL
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Harbor Freight air powered staple gun. Not a crown stapler, but pneumatic air stapler. It's the only way you're going to get through the pan.
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yea....well... not sure how many 200X seat pans you have laying around, but when I break something down here it usually means a 30 day wait and a 500 miles round trip for replacements, so I try to pick my battles as best I can.
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I have about 5 200x seat pans, I have no idea how I ended up with so many.......would you like one for El Camexican?
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I used a cheap arrow manual stapler for mine. Just gotta hold the stapling end down FIRM through the squeeze of the trigger. Youll get it. Mine came out A ok
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HAHAHA! Yo Mr. C, take your spare seat pan and...Originally Posted by Mr. Clean
I have about 5 200x seat pans, I have no idea how I ended up with so many.......would you like one for El Camexican?
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What BKM said. I got a cheapy from Menards for something like 12.99 a few years ago. I think I've only used it for seats so far. Once it dies I'll buy a quality one.
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Not sure if our friend has a Harbor Freight or Menards in his area, but his Fosters are fresh and tasty
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That sounds like a clue, Shaggy!Not sure if our friend has a Harbor Freight or Menards in his area, but his Fosters are fresh and tasty
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I got a cheap upholstery air stapler from Home Depot online. Works excellent. Recovering seats is not a hard thing to learn ,I taught myself because I was getting tired of paying an upholstery shop big bucks for something I can do myself. A cheap heat gun is a big help too.
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This is what I used when I redid mine. I had to use my brother for an extra set of hands to run the stapler while I/we stretched the seat cover.
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