Seat Cover - help...what's powerful enough to staple through the plastic??

[caracar]

Hi all! What's powerful enough to staple through the plastic to secure a new seat cover? I tried a hand stapler...didn't do a thing. Tried electric (entry level Arrow electric)...didn't do a thing. Looking at the plastic it's pretty thick stuff. How do you staple the seat cover?

Thanks!

[caracar]

Well, I'm going to try the Arrow pneumatic stapler PT50 and see if that does the trick. Anyone else have success with that?

[John_S]

Do you have a compressor? If so look on Amazon for a staple gun with the brand name WEN. It shoots standard T50 staples and I mounted 2 seat covers with no problem. It’s costs 35-40 dollars
Like you I also tried standard plus electric staple guns without success. That little WEN gun was great

[lucy]

If you don't want to buy equipment you might try an upholstery shop.

[Slick_Nick]

Ive used electric and pneumatic, I switched back to electric though, my pneumatic one was shooting staples THROUGH the seat pan, even if I dialed the pressure down to 40psi!

[KDXGarage]

Ask around to local upholstery shops to see how much they would charge. If you are just doing one, then it may be cheaper to just get a pro to do it.

[caracar]

Got the arrow pneumatic and it worked great with 1/4” monel staples.

One tips because our seat curves so much and I had a bit of a rubbery seat, cover, for me at least I had to start at the top and work my way back all the way to the rear to really get it to fit snug. If I tried to staple the front and the back and then the middle and work it, it just would not get snug. I just looked it over the front started staple in there and just slowly working my way all the way to the tail.

[Goat]

I got this one from harbor freight, specifically to do seat cover. Seemed to work good.