Sea ray vinyl needed

[Jeff Delbuono]

I have a 1998 290 sea ray sundancer. It has the seats made out of the white vinyl with the gold bead in it. My back bench seat is starting to crack and want to get it re done. Anybody know where i can buy this white vinyl and gold bead so i can give to my local upholstery shop to have them do it.

 

[Espos4]

Try Bristol unholstery.

They have a great selection.

 

[Jeff Delbuono]

Espose4.

Thanks for the fast response. Just sent them a message and waiting on a response. I love this boat and just saw the start of a small crack in the top of the bench seat. Now its all i see when i get on it and anal me have to get it repaired ASAP.

 

[Loyd Dinneen]

I would try Sailrite they have alot of different colors of vinyl and the beading in gold. Have had alot luck with them.

 

[Little Ducky]

A good upholstery shop should be able to match it up for you.

 

[seasure1]

Gioia Sails
1951 Rutgers Univ. Blvd.
Lakewood, NJ 08701

phone
(732) 901-6770
There plant in Florida does a majority of the canvas and vinyl work for SeaRay at the factory.
Just had my complete interior and canvas done in Lakewood. They are great to deal with ask for Don tell him Mike Schmidt sent you

 

[Jeff Delbuono]

Thank you so much. Lakewood is only about an hour from my boat and will def be going there this week to talk to them. Are they expensive or about normal priced

 

[KevinC]

I would not stress over getting the exact vinyl. I have a 2004 and I happen to have the filler original filler
cushion that was never used and stored. The original vinyl looks nothing like what is on the boat now.

Find something close or redo the entire section. I wound up doing my entire 260DA when I had it and would never have been happy if just a couple of pieces were done with the original vinyl.

-Kevin

 

[mistercomputerman]

https://www.rochfordsupply.com/shop/Textiles/Vinyl_(Marine_Grade_Seating)/Seabrook_Vinyl/index.html

 

[jgyatesjr]

I need to have my cockpit seats on my 1999 Sea Ray Sundancer 260 re-upholstered but don't know how to remove port side cushions and arch folding seat. See pics...

 

[gmacd81]

If there's no access from behind, they're likely fastened using christmas tree fasteners just like the door panels of a car. Carefully pry them off using plastic upholstery tools you can get at any auto supply place. And given the age, be prepared to replace them since they get brittle over time and will probably break.

 

[KevinC]

Do not pry. The 260da is through bolted. I reupholstered a 2003 and can give you better details. Bewarned it its far from easy and requires a substantial amount of disassembly of the boat that you may not want to do or easily be able to reach. If you want the details we can start another thread.

-Kevin

 

[jgyatesjr]

KevinC
I have started a conversation with you about this.. Thanks!

 

[Lazy Daze]

Do not pry. The 260da is through bolted. I reupholstered a 2003 and can give you better details. Bewarned it its far from easy and requires a substantial amount of disassembly of the boat
-Kevin

This... Times 10. It is a very labor intensive job. Half of the interior - galley and mideberth - panels (including galley ceiling) have to be removed to access the nuts. It's not particularly "hard", depending on your skill set, but it will take quite a long time. Like Kevin, I redid mine a number of years ago - all good in the end, though.

You can use the speaker in the cockpit to access some nuts - I also cut a hole in the side to get better access then "fixed" the hole with a deck plate that I painted to match the gelcoat color. Ended up looking like it was meant to be there from the factory - in fact, it pretty much was unnoticeable.

One side note... if you look really close at the white vinyl... often there are two different "whites" used (look at the graining), separated by the piping. This is done as a subtle way to break up the white and make it not quite so "stark" looking. I added a little more color, still, when my upholsterer redid the skins.

 

[KevinC]

This... Times 10. It is a very labor intensive job. Half of the interior - galley and mideberth - panels (including galley ceiling) have to be removed to access the nuts. It's not particularly "hard", depending on your skill set, but it will take quite a long time. Like Kevin, I redid mine a number of years ago - all good in the end, though.

You can use the speaker in the cockpit to access some nuts - I also cut a hole in the side to get better access then "fixed" the hole with a deck plate that I painted to match the gelcoat color. Ended up looking like it was meant to be there from the factory - in fact, it pretty much was unnoticeable.

One side note... if you look really close at the white vinyl... often there are two different "whites" used (look at the graining), separated by the piping. This is done as a subtle way to break up the white and make it not quite so "stark" looking. I added a little more color, still, when my upholsterer redid the skins.

I already replied with a quick note to @jgyatesjr PM to me but I did comment the center "hump" bolt access was one of the worst as it was only accessible from the engine compartment without cutting access holes (which I choose not to do). It did require taking apart nearly the entire mid-cabin - and even then I still had to cut one screw that I could not access - but as it was in the mid cabin rear wall/ceiling it was never seen again.

As far as the colors, I went a little bit further with the colors to modernize it:



It was quite a job overall - keep in mind I did the re-upholstery myself.

-Kevin

 

[Lazy Daze]

Yeah, there was definitely a lot to take apart. And you have to take apart 3 things just to get to the one thing you really need. I did one little extra thing while I had the midberth cabin apart - I added a PVC wire chase from the bilge to the MDP. Figured as long as I was there, you know?

That's funny - your pictures - I did almost the exact same thing. Except I didn't attempt to do the actual sewing myself...

 

[bobeast]

If you buy the factory original vinyl, I'm betting it won't match your existing 20 year old cushions. You might be better served by letting your upholstery shop color-match / source the material based on the current cushions.