New Berthing Cloth

My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting to look a little used.... Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over and do it ourselves. Since many of you have undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you must have found a good supplier for marine grade fabrics?! Thanks, Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution"

Howdy, all. I can address the foam aspect. Do you want it real cushy? I went 5" on one of my CAL 25s. Crew loves to sleep on the boat. Pick your thickness. (Standard is 3 inches). I used an electric turkey carver to cut the foam, beveled edges and all. You want to cut the foam about 1" bigger than your dimensions. I made [paper patterns. I was warned not to use a magic marker on the foam since it might show through the cloth. Here was my source - go down to mattresses: http://www.foamorder.com/cushions.html I used the DuraFlex(tm) D34. I used Sunbrella cloth for durability. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Donald Dutton Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:49 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Berthing Cloth My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting to look a little used.... Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over and do it ourselves. Since many of you have undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you must have found a good supplier for marine grade fabrics?! Thanks, Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution"

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Donald Dutton <dnlddttn@...> wrote: > > My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting to look a little used.... > > Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over and do it ourselves. Since many of you have undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you must have found a good supplier for marine grade fabrics?! Where are you ? Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 > > Thanks, > > Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution" >

Another idea to consider is having the underside of the cushions done with some sort material that has lots of holes. Sort of like the stuff that is used these days for the backs of office chairs, or something like that. Even if you use closed cell foam, this is still a good idea as a mildew inhibitor. When you leave the boat, prop up or turn up against the ceiling all cushions. td From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Husar, Charlie [USA] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:23 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Berthing Cloth (and Foam) Howdy, all. I can address the foam aspect. Do you want it real cushy? I went 5" on one of my CAL 25s. Crew loves to sleep on the boat. Pick your thickness. (Standard is 3 inches). I used an electric turkey carver to cut the foam, beveled edges and all. You want to cut the foam about 1" bigger than your dimensions. I made [paper patterns. I was warned not to use a magic marker on the foam since it might show through the cloth. Here was my source - go down to mattresses: http://www.foamorde <http://www.foamorder.com/cushions.html> r.com/cushions.html I used the DuraFlex(tm) D34. I used Sunbrella cloth for durability. Cheers Charlie _____ From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Donald Dutton Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:49 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Berthing Cloth My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting to look a little used.... Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over and do it ourselves. Since many of you have undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you must have found a good supplier for marine grade fabrics?! Thanks, Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution" DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems.

check out ebay for a good deal on sunbrella - not sure if you are interested in this product or something a bit more plush. Larry Delaney 1971 Cal 27 #33 "Mad Duck" --- Donald Dutton <dn… [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote: > My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on > the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting > to look a little used.... > > Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material > to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for > our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over > and do it ourselves. Since many of you have > undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you > must have found a good supplier for marine grade > fabrics?! > > Thanks, > > Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution" > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

Don I have alway bought from Outdoor Textiles nice people and if you one hunderd dollars worth free shipping. Very hard to find anyone on the west coast to beat that Dave Paulson Channel Islands Ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Dutton To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:49 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Berthing Cloth My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting to look a little used.... Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over and do it ourselves. Since many of you have undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you must have found a good supplier for marine grade fabrics?! Thanks, Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution"

Beth and I bought 20 yds of what was claimed to be sunbrella from a Mr. Gerald White (he advertises a lot of different colors available) on eBay to redo her Cal-27. Needless to say it bleached out in the Nevada sun within 6 months. The previous stuff on the boat that was real sunbrella, although wind ravaged, lasted 10 years. Buyer beware! Mike & Beth Cal-40 #44 Celtic Naut --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Hot4teach1968us <hot4teach1968us@...> wrote: > > check out ebay for a good deal on sunbrella - not > sure if you are interested in this product or > something a bit more plush. > > Larry Delaney > 1971 Cal 27 #33 > "Mad Duck" > > --- Donald Dutton <dnlddttn@...> wrote: > > > My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on > > the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting > > to look a little used.... > > > > Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material > > to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for > > our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over > > and do it ourselves. Since many of you have > > undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you > > must have found a good supplier for marine grade > > fabrics?! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution" > > > > > > > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >

We had a list discussion about Sunbrella last May and June. If you want to review those about Sunbrella or any topic, just pull up the home page, or open up a message, find the SEARCH BOX area for the Cal page at the top of the message, and type in sunbrella. It should pull up about 40 emails. Some of those are the current discussion, and the older messages will give the great info that was supplied by some of our fellow Cal owners. Two that jumped out are below: Sunbrella alternative Randy, The fabric is SurLast and I have two addresses: PO Box 1173 Torrington, CT 06790 425 Richard Rd., Suite A Rockledge, FL 32955 800.831.4377 I also got quite a few hits when I used a search engine on Sunbrella suppliers. Gina, Stultitia, 1974 CAL 25 #1667 or if you want the big selection of sunbrella it is: www.sunbrella.com OR you may want to look at Sailrite. The link is at: http://www.sailrite.com/ They have the sunbrella fabric and all supplies. Terry Spencer Capriccio Cal 2-29 Tacoma

there used to be a place in jax fl call aerofoam good foam and fabrics and good people i havent used them in a few years so maybe they still exist i have a commercial sewing machine for sail if anyone is interested, Gene --- Donald Dutton <dn… [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote: > My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric on > the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just starting > to look a little used.... > > Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth material > to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions for > our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday make-over > and do it ourselves. Since many of you have > undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure you > must have found a good supplier for marine grade > fabrics?! > > Thanks, > > Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution" > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

that's good to know - i've looked, but never bought. Larry --- mkmcelhaney <mi… [at] wahini.org> wrote: > Beth and I bought 20 yds of what was claimed to be > sunbrella from a > Mr. Gerald White (he advertises a lot of different > colors available) > on eBay to redo her Cal-27. Needless to say it > bleached out in the > Nevada sun within 6 months. The previous stuff on > the boat that was > real sunbrella, although wind ravaged, lasted 10 > years. Buyer beware! > > Mike & Beth > Cal-40 #44 > Celtic Naut > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Hot4teach1968us > <hot4teach1968us@...> wrote: > > > > check out ebay for a good deal on sunbrella - not > > sure if you are interested in this product or > > something a bit more plush. > > > > Larry Delaney > > 1971 Cal 27 #33 > > "Mad Duck" > > > > --- Donald Dutton <dnlddttn@...> wrote: > > > > > My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric > on > > > the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just > starting > > > to look a little used.... > > > > > > Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth > material > > > to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions > for > > > our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday > make-over > > > and do it ourselves. Since many of you have > > > undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure > you > > > must have found a good supplier for marine grade > > > fabrics?! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

You say Sunbrella lasts ten years? I have the "persian green" for my mainsail cover and it still looks terrific after ten years and counting. The only thing going is the threads are coming off the seams. Jerry --- On Wed, 1/16/08, Hot4teach1968us <ho… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: Hot4teach1968us <ho… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: New Berthing Cloth To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 2:49 PM that's good to know - i've looked, but never bought. Larry --- mkmcelhaney < mike@wahini. org > wrote: > Beth and I bought 20 yds of what was claimed to be > sunbrella from a > Mr. Gerald White (he advertises a lot of different > colors available) > on eBay to redo her Cal-27. Needless to say it > bleached out in the > Nevada sun within 6 months. The previous stuff on > the boat that was > real sunbrella, although wind ravaged, lasted 10 > years. Buyer beware! > > Mike & Beth > Cal-40 #44 > Celtic Naut > --- In Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com , Hot4teach1968us > <hot4teach1968us@ ...> wrote: > > > > check out ebay for a good deal on sunbrella - not > > sure if you are interested in this product or > > something a bit more plush. > > > > Larry Delaney > > 1971 Cal 27 #33 > > "Mad Duck" > > > > --- Donald Dutton <dnlddttn@.. .> wrote: > > > > > My 21 year old (will be 22 in two weeks) fabric > on > > > the seats, seat-backs, and berths is just > starting > > > to look a little used.... > > > > > > Anyone have a good source of foam and cloth > material > > > to re-build and re-cover all interior cushions > for > > > our Cal33. We want to give it a birthday > make-over > > > and do it ourselves. Since many of you have > > > undertaken complete interior make-overs I'm sure > you > > > must have found a good supplier for marine grade > > > fabrics?! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Don Dutton, 1986 Cal33, "Quantum Evolution" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile. yahoo.com/ ;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR 8HDtDypao8Wcj9tA cJ > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo. com/r/hs