Canvas Repairs

[MarkJSullivan]

Canvas Repairs

What is the going rate for repairing Boat Canvas. I just was quoted $100 for re-stiching a cover for a 20' cobalt. Seemed high, but I have nothing to compare it to. Any suggestions..

 

[Solittle]

Re: Canvas Repairs

Re: Canvas Repairs

Just this week I paid $103.00 to have the seams redone on my bimini (23' Wellcraft CC). That did include two new straps plus the plastic fittings for the bows. He also threw in a waterproofing solution in a spray bottle.<br /><br />Two weeks a go I paid $30.00 for a new zipper on my dodger.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Canvas Repairs

Re: Canvas Repairs

Around here they're getting $50. to $70 per hour....

 

[MarkJSullivan]

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Re: Canvas Repairs

Thanks for the input. It seems that the market is the same everywhere.

 

[magster65]

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Re: Canvas Repairs

They charge about $75/hr. here

 

[MarkJSullivan]

Re: Canvas Repairs

Re: Canvas Repairs

Yu win the prop award! Now can you tell me why the engine overheats at below 700 RPM for 5 minutes but otherwise its fine? Moreover, the engine has behaved this way for 8 years?...thanks

 

[magster65]

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Re: Canvas Repairs

Fantastic, I love prop awards. Your overheating question will get a lot of response in the engines catagory... Prop award!

 

[roscoe]

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Re: Canvas Repairs

Too bad you guys don't have any Amish harness and canvas shops near you. They do the best work and will custom fit anything, at prices that I won't post to save you from getting upset. <br />There's a guy near me that makes a good living re-doing tent campers, awnings, and boat covers. He makes rugs and doormats out of the old covers and scrap pieces.

 

[lakeman1999]

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Re: Canvas Repairs

I re-sewed the bimini top on my pontoon, with braided nylon thread (it should not rot out in a couple years, like the factory thread did) on the wife's Brother XL-3022 sewing machine.

 

[John Carpenter]

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I was just quoted $35 to replace a 4'zipper and about $100 to replace a 3'X 5' section of isinglass. Thought that was high but I guess not.

 

[lakeman1999]

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Looks like a good business to go into, you could make money even shipping back and forth across the country if what ya'll say is true for some areas.