MC Upholstery

Don't smile, OK. See, my mate's t Got two videographers with me today. Punnig out all the stops. Pad and Jags. Good to do it a bit closer. Right, T Starting first with a turkey carver. That costs me u00a312 from Argos. It is my foam cutter. You can buy an expensive u00a3300 one or you can buy t Not pretty but it does the job. Today we are making t Excuse the old foam on top, I just changed my mind of the t So, pardon that. So first t So you get your piece of foam. T We are going to first spray glue. Not so much a tool but a really great material to have. Now we know if you want me to do a materials video separately because else t So I place my foam. I try to have two sides of the foam flush to the edge so that I only need to cut the other two. And then. . . So, turkey carver. Line it up, flush with your wood. So, that means that because your blade is running against your wood, your foam can be cut perfectly straight in line with your wood. If you were to use a normal knife or scissors it would be a lot more jaggedy and it just gives you a really smooth, sleek finish for not too much money and not too much effort. Brilliant tool. So, the next tool that we are going to need are some sharp blunt scissors. So you need two pairs of scissors in your toolbox. You need sharp and you need little bit sharp. These are used for my polywording and for anyt These super sharp ones are saved top fabric only and I am very strict on that. You still need to cut your polywording with ease. You don't want to be using really blunt, bad scissors. But I t So it is a little bit sharp time. Put my polywording on and that segues nicely into my next essential tool. T If you want to do a pullstreet properly and seriously t I t You can pick a pne I got mine second hand. Or you can get a non-branded one for about u00a350 I reckon. And then the next t Now mine is quite big and it is silent w So it is worth getting. Just bear in mind if it is the smaller size you buy the more often it will fill up and the more often it will make a loud noise. But t My days would be much longer and my hands would be much soarer. I love my staple gun. The next essential is a tape measure. You need a tape measure and you need a straight meter long ruler. You do need a long one. I use my tape measure for finding out what length I need to cut my top fabric out. T I recommend you using chalk because if you get somet I recommend measuring twice cut ones. I get some tailors chalk. So with my long straight edge and my tailors chalk I am going to measure out my top fabric. Next tool is sharp scissors. It is time for top fabric so it is time to get these out. Beautiful. These are probably my most used tool, my wire cutters. They are used to take temporary staples out. So I have my temporary staple in here and I am happy with my tension so I am ready to put some permanent staples in. And replace it. Next tool is a regulator and t And sometimes I use it to kind of see where the hole in my wood is for re-upholstering a chair. And I also use it to make nice pleats. So on t I am going to sew t So these pretty much serve the purpose but sometimes if I have put a permanent staple down that I need to replace I will need a staple lifter as well. There are a few different types that you can have. I So permanent staple that is slightly in the wrong position. Use your wood as a lever point and t Another essential tool I would say is a hammer. T You can get them without this is for putting studs in but I actually quite It is just a little bit softer than hammering metal and I also use a mallet. I use these quite a lot. It is to flatten out any staples that are sticking out or if your back tack is sticking out then I will just hammer those over the top of my top fabric. Mallet pretty much the same t One more essential tool is a curved needle. For my curved needle I use for slip stitc Because it is curved your needle can come straight out. Obviously I cannot get inside that piece of fabric. I use the small ones for slip stitc W They come in all different sizes. So that is all the tools that I would use for that footstool. There are a few other t If you are doing any sewing I would recommend these quilters clips. They are brilliant if you want to use instead of pins when you are pinning together your layers of fabric. Then obviously if you are sewing you need a sewing mac Essential would just be a domestic mac Anyt Obviously if you are making piping or if you are making cus Nice to have would be an industrial one It is a walking foot one and it can handle many layers. It can handle leather, it can handle all sorts of t But obviously it is expensive and it takes up a lot of space. So if you are doing professional upholstery do you really need an industrial one? It is nice to have but definitely not essential. Another essential say if you are re-upholstering a chair that has an exposed wood edge and you are stapling right up against the wood. You do not want to damage your wood with your scissors and so I would use a Stanley blade for that. I definitely recommend getting t You need a really sharp blade else it will fray your fabric and these are really great. Snap the blade off. You can change your blade so much more often with those ones. Carpenters, pinters. They are an essential for re-upholstery when you are stripping a chair and wanting to strip fabric off. You need to be quite forceful. These are good for grab hold and tear unless you can get a much better pull with these than you can with these because they are slightly wider surface area. I t No. Finished. Using all our tools. I love the little ball and her ball feet. I t Really. Made bespoke for Just so he can get into t Yeah. Basically. So that is it. That is everyt If you wanted a separate video on materials or sewing essentials then I can do that separately. But I really hope you Bye. Just put it away. Yeah. There you are. You're welcome. Thank you.