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Title: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: trasher on October 25, 2009, 10:35 AM

bought this old shitter off ebay a while back ,,thinking i can something with that

so the cleaning started ,the guts went in the vinegar ,came out pretty good ,,the rails where pitted to hell ,,so they got a blast of plasticote chrome effect

i started to rub the seat down with the intention of keeping it blue ,,got it back to the original colour ,but got fed up with it and i needed a black seat for a build ,,so sent the missus to the local material shop ,,she did well ,, :daumenhoch:

a quick blast of black underneath ,,,might do a bit of rubbing down underneath and paint again ,,,some of dels decals ,,and hey presto ,,,not bad me thinks  ;)

as it came  :shocked:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/DSC02693.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/DSC02694.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/DSC02697.jpg)

after some rubbing down ,,,i did some more with wet and dry  :crazy2: ,and it was getting quit good
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/DSC02700.jpg)


as it is now  :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/DSC02758.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/DSC02761.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v716/glenbett/DSC02760.jpg)

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: Gashead on October 25, 2009, 10:38 AM

 :4_17_5:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: stu27 on October 25, 2009, 10:40 AM

superb glen that is  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: sweetbeats on October 25, 2009, 10:41 AM

Awesome resto...love kasi mx. :smitten:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: mark 2 on October 25, 2009, 10:47 AM

We're in the same club! Mongoose seat, which is a kashi mx underneath  - £6 posted (thanks , you know who you are ;)). Wish I had a before and after, was battered, rusty and with torn suede. It'll get a decal this week and bingo.  :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/mongooseseat.jpg)

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: poolysheriff on October 25, 2009, 10:50 AM

Kashi-Tastic  :smitten:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: rollin72 on October 25, 2009, 11:19 AM

mint nice resto job :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: magna13 on October 25, 2009, 11:22 AM

always wanted a suede kashi mx :-\ might try get a cheap one and do my own resto 8)

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: Steve P on October 25, 2009, 11:31 AM

Nicely done  :coolsmiley:  I've done a couple of seats myself and it's very satisfying bringing the old sh!t back to life  :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a217/steve167690/Seats/Troxel650Before_1.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a217/steve167690/Seats/MRT65001.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a217/steve167690/Seats/leatherkashibefore_3.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a217/steve167690/Seats/KAQ01.jpg)

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: (((sonic))) on October 25, 2009, 11:33 AM

Cracking work,

Well done fella's :4_17_5:

B

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: trasher on October 25, 2009, 11:43 AM

cheers lads ,,it is satisfying

and steve that troxel is mint  :4_17_5:  it was your thread a few months ago that made me have ago ,cheers fella  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: NORTY40 on October 25, 2009, 11:58 AM

Some great seat resto work there lads  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: fouronethreeoh! on October 25, 2009, 01:56 PM

Quote from: mark j. on October 25, 2009, 10:47 AM

We're in the same club! Mongoose seat, which is a kashi mx underneath  - £6 posted (thanks , you know who you are ;)). Wish I had a before and after, was battered, rusty and with torn suede. It'll get a decal this week and bingo.  :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/mongooseseat.jpg)

  :daumenhoch:


(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk42/fouronethreeoh/bits/P5090005.jpg't=1256479105)

(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk42/fouronethreeoh/bits/P5090006.jpg't=1256479134)

(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk42/fouronethreeoh/bits/P5090007.jpg't=1256479160)

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on October 25, 2009, 01:59 PM

Glen your up there dude, this site has the best restorers in the World, i should know cos i know them all  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: mark 2 on October 25, 2009, 02:19 PM

That's the seat, 2 posts up, thanks Chris for the pics :4_17_5:

It made my stomach churn tearing off the old suede but it was worth it in the end.

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: monkian on October 27, 2009, 11:25 AM

Really nice work fellas :daumenhoch:
Any details on the materials you've used and the application process?

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: mark 2 on October 27, 2009, 11:37 AM

Suede dug out by mrs, contact adhesive from wickes, £2 ish. Cut the material to fit seat with a generous overlap, cover seat in adhesive and stretch material over smoothing out the creases. When it dries start work underneath. Trim the excess material back leaving about a 1cm all around. Glue the lip underneath, about 1cm all around,  do a section at a time so you can concentrate on getting it right and not racing against time with glue drying.  The nose is the trickiest bit, depending on how thick your material is. Usually needs a couple of slits so it doesn't bunch up too much and to sit right. Press the material into the glue and fingers crossed it won't look shit

:daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: safc1 on October 27, 2009, 01:30 PM

 :daumenhoch:  top job 

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: oldboyburner on October 27, 2009, 07:27 PM

top job on them seats chaps heres one i did for my wood burner B&Q kitchen cobard vinal :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ss268/poppy2912/HPIM1162.jpg)

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: bobafett on October 27, 2009, 11:36 PM

Quote from: oldboyburner on October 27, 2009, 07:27 PM

 heres one i did for my wood burner

 :shocked: That's fookin mad ! Definitely a one off ! Had any splinters off it ?  :LolLolLolLol:

Quote from: Steve P on October 25, 2009, 11:31 AM

I've done a couple of seats myself and it's very satisfying bringing the old sh!t back to life  :daumenhoch:

Steve - master restorer as always  :coolsmiley:

What leather do you use ? Those 2 look better than the originals mate  8) :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: Zippy on October 28, 2009, 09:43 AM

I was going to bleach this one black but actually fancy the idea of covering it instead now.

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/DSC01137.jpg)

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/DSC01138.jpg)

(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/DSC01139.jpg)

Steve, Where do you get your leather from and how do you get it to stick to the plastic afterwards?

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: Steve P on October 28, 2009, 05:01 PM

Quote from: Zippy on October 28, 2009, 09:43 AM

I was going to bleach this one black but actually fancy the idea of covering it instead now

Steve, Where do you get your leather from and how do you get it to stick to the plastic afterwards?

PM'd ya Si  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: Mattdub on October 28, 2009, 09:55 PM

nice work glen  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: (((sonic))) on October 29, 2009, 10:50 AM

I have to give this a go, these seats are inspiring..this is a kashi that has previously been covered, if i could achieve half of what you peeps have done i would be stokes......cracking thread!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae105/bmxpadman/Kash003.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae105/bmxpadman/Kash002.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae105/bmxpadman/Kash001.jpg)

Title: Re: my £8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life
Post by: trasher on October 29, 2009, 06:50 PM

Quote from: (((sonic))) on October 29, 2009, 10:50 AM

I have to give this a go, these seats are inspiring..this is a kashi that has previously been covered, if i could achieve half of what you peeps have done i would be stokes......cracking thread!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae105/bmxpadman/Kash003.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae105/bmxpadman/Kash002.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ae105/bmxpadman/Kash001.jpg)

mate get it done ,,, :daumenhoch:   im on the look out for old dogs of seats know ,,,bring on the covering ,,,,red leather next i think  >:D