Upholstery Techniques Illustrated

by W. Gheen

Book Overview

Gheen presents a wealth of detail on tools, furniture styles, padding materials, fabrics, estimating, cleaning & maintenance, buttons, channeling, tufting, finishing alternatives, working with vinyls, stripping, stuffing, padding, & more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830604022
• ISBN13: 9780830604029
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Tab Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Truly a Complete Course

I just received this book yesterday and already I have learned a great deal about re-upholstery. This book has made me very excited and confident that I can do a good job on my first project. As far as I can tell it covers just about every issue in concise and easy to understand language. I would give it a 5 star rating but for the darkness of some of the photos. However, there are an abundance of photos and if you read the instructions carefully then a few dark photos won't be much of a hinderance. If you are interested in learning about upholstery then this is the book and you can't beat the price for this much information.

Good, but somewhat dated

I use this book as a reference for specific upholstery repair issues. There are not many good upholstery books out there, but this is one of the better ones. The fact that it is illustrated is a big bonus, a picture is worth a thousand words. It is well organized and approaches aspects in a systematic manner. I agree with the other reviewer. Though the book is profusely illustrated, the photos are B & W and many are of mediocre photographic quality and choice of fabric texture to make clear photos. With today's quality of color photos in many DIY books, this one is in need of an update. It could also use a little better editing so the photos are on the same page as the accompanying text.