In today's episode of "Tuning with Temu"; crazed sailor brings an armrest out to sea.
(figured I have quite a bit of spare time after working hours so why not)
Overall, disassembly was a lot easier than expected, just gotta know the underside plastic separates revealing the screws holding the hinge and latch in place.
Removing the old fabric was as easy as plucking off staples with a flathead.
Beneath it is a separate layer of dense foam, just gotta see to it that it stays in place during the next bit.
Starting from the inside edge, just trace the form fit fabric along the inner edge line and staple it down, then attempt to stretch outwards and around the outer edges in as even of a fashion as possible and staple it down. Staples need to be really short and don't bother trying it with an office stapler, get a bob the builder type stapler.
Found a weird old spray bottle of upholstery foam from the late 90's and figured why not and sprayed it down until soaking wet and left it to dry for two hours according to instructions. Came back to see it looked all ruined, pale white stuff all over the surface. Turns out it wasn't the case, was able to wipe it off with soap and water and now the fabric feels a lot more hardened and springy, not soft and stretchy like before, and no longer accepts greasy fingerprints. Ten points to whatever chemical coctail that was.
Still gotta wait another week for an assembled picture of the finished project but I'm bored so here goes;
Far from perfect but hey at least it's not any worse right? For 8 bucks I'd give this one a recommend.
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