KevinC
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Let's all start a canvas business together! (.......in just a few short years we will all be demanding $100 an hour!)
But in a few years that may be the minimum wage.
-Kevin
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Let's all start a canvas business together! (.......in just a few short years we will all be demanding $100 an hour!)
Just the zipper itself broke. Not sure how to get a new one on past the stopper that keeps it from falling off.@Irie308 .... Not sure I understand...What's broken? If you simply want to replace the zipper, use a razor blade and carefully cut it out and sew in the other one....It's best to get double-sided "SeamStick" tape ( I used 3/8") to pre-apply the zipper and keep it from moving while you sew...Or go to a canvas shop with the piece and they will prob do it cheap.
Just the zipper itself broke. Not sure how to get a new one on past the stopper that keeps it from falling off.
Ahhh.... The slider....I just did this today.
I guess it depends on your stopper and how perfect you want the job.
Mine was simple, as the stopper was simply a piece of vinyl sewn over the last few teeth. I just unzipped the panel so the slider was only on one side and I simply cut a small portion of the stopper and pushed it out of the way and took the zipper off and slid a new one on...Took 3 minutes max.... But when I push the vinyl back in place it has a cut, so not perfect. It does it's job in stopping the slider and perhaps next season I will sew in another stopper, but it serves it's purpose.
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Just the zipper itself broke. Not sure how to get a new one on past the stopper that keeps it from falling off.
A few observations from this thread.
Seems different areas have different options than I have in my area. In my area, the canvas guys are like Quint, small shop proprietors who do this after they retire. Don’t know of any big companies.
They all are so busy with work that they don’t have time to come do estimates, so they probably are doing a favor if they come out and do one. All the canvas people in our area already are booked for the winter.
Companies that do hire employees are paying 30 to 40% over the hourly rate of the employee.
If you are doing it professionally the overhead is far greater than most here are expressing as there are many specialty tools that are very expensive needed to install various fasteners that boat manufacturers use.
Most everyone underestimates the cost of running a business dramatically. The insurance, taxes, let a guest clients, and fuel expenses are high.
None of the above applies if you were doing a labor of love with your sewing machine for your boat. But there is no mystery to me why canvas cost so much...
MM