Great video. Two comments: I found that reducing by 10% made the work too hard, so I reduced by 5% and that worked fine. Also, to prevent distortion around the first rivet hole, I dipped the fist 1/2 inch in cold water for 5 seconds before installing it.
Took 3 tries. But it did it! Would love to change the color on my ancient brown chairs, but whew... That's hard work. This guy made it look so easy. Maybe with practice.... Thank u!!
I have a Hillcrest set of patio furniture with vinyl straps, but no rivets/holes. Instead, there are slots in the frame for the vinyl ends. The ends of the straps have a kind of arrowhead pattern to fit into the frame. Not sure how to proceed
Existing straps fell off my furniture. So I put them in boiling water, but I’m having a hard time getting them back on. It took both me and my husband to pull hard enough to secure one strap. You made it look so easy in the video. Any advice?
I have a real old set of patio chairs with the vinyl straps inserted in deep slots. I do not want to change the installation. Do you have a video showing what cut to make to ensure the deep slot can still be used without rivets?
Sorry- we have never had success trying to make straps to fit slots. Trust us- it will be a lot less time consuming and secure by drilling the holes and using rivets.
Hi! Does it matter if the original vinyl was single or double-wrapped? My chairs are double-wrapped and I'm curious if there's any reason they shouldn't be single-wrapped instead.
Double wrapping is more secure. Many have still converted to single wrap for ease of installation. Double wrap is definitely more effort. If single wrapping the holes should be made 3/4 around the frames - making them across from each other so they grip as much of the frame as possible.
So how do you replace the straps if the rivets aren't plastic? Mine seems to be welded into the frame and is made of metal. Maybe do all your steps but slip the strap over the rivot?
This was the easiest instructional video to follow! Just made my patio set look brand new with your help. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Super informative! You made replacing and installing the straps relatively easy. Than you so much.
woow, that is a real good tutorial. thank you. greetings from australia
very helpful. my straps were thicker and hard to stretch so i had to take less than 10 percent off.
Thank you for a quick and informative video.
I would have never figured that out myself
We're happy to help!
Nice video. Cut to 90% and boil. Love it.
Great video. Two comments: I found that reducing by 10% made the work too hard, so I reduced by 5% and that worked fine. Also, to prevent distortion around the first rivet hole, I dipped the fist 1/2 inch in cold water for 5 seconds before installing it.
We're glad we were able to help!
love it with this tutorial I did all my pool chairs 8 of them thanks a million ...from New Jersey
Thanks for the video, we did 4 patio chairs and a lounger yesterday!
Great job! Glad we could help :D
Thanks. This is very helpful.
You're welcome!
Hey Jeff god bless you thank you for the information
Any time
Only needed to replace one strap, however still valuable info.. Thanks !!
Took 3 tries. But it did it! Would love to change the color on my ancient brown chairs, but whew... That's hard work. This guy made it look so easy. Maybe with practice.... Thank u!!
Great job!
I want to change the colour of mine as well. I have 8 chairs.
Just paint it!
This was so helpful! I just rewrapped some patio chairs with your precut straps (which made all of this so easy). Thank y'all!
You are so welcome!
Very helpful thanks for the instructions..
Glad to help!
Thank you this was great information 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Glad to help!
Great video but my rivets became too soft in the boiling water and did not hold. Had to redo 8 straps. Maybe rivets were too cheaply made
Very cool.
Thank you loved the video
I have a Hillcrest set of patio furniture with vinyl straps, but no rivets/holes. Instead, there are slots in the frame for the vinyl ends. The ends of the straps have a kind of arrowhead pattern to fit into the frame. Not sure how to proceed
Same here. Drill a whole where the slot is and use a rivet
Existing straps fell off my furniture. So I put them in boiling water, but I’m having a hard time getting them back on. It took both me and my husband to pull hard enough to secure one strap. You made it look so easy in the video. Any advice?
Be sure to work fast once you remove from hot water- they start to cool fast. If no luck -just increase your strap length.
Thank you kind sir!
We're happy to help!
Where do we buy the strapping and rivets?
I have a real old set of patio chairs with the vinyl straps inserted in deep slots. I do not want to change the installation. Do you have a video showing what cut to make to ensure the deep slot can still be used without rivets?
Sorry- we have never had success trying to make straps to fit slots. Trust us- it will be a lot less time consuming and secure by drilling the holes and using rivets.
Hi, do you have an instructional video for replacing single wrap using e-clips?
Does it work if you lay the straps in the sun for a half hour?
Not really, gotta boil them a bit. Hope your project went well!
Hi! Does it matter if the original vinyl was single or double-wrapped? My chairs are double-wrapped and I'm curious if there's any reason they shouldn't be single-wrapped instead.
Double wrapping is more secure. Many have still converted to single wrap for ease of installation. Double wrap is definitely more effort. If single wrapping the holes should be made 3/4 around the frames - making them across from each other so they grip as much of the frame as possible.
So how do you replace the straps if the rivets aren't plastic? Mine seems to be welded into the frame and is made of metal. Maybe do all your steps but slip the strap over the rivot?
Yes- the holes in the straps can slip over the metal when heated.
where can you find different colors and widths of the straps? mine are 1.75" and all i see online are 2", 1.5" and 2.5"
When a 2” strap is heated and stretched- it will measure 1.75” - sounds like you need 2”
What specs on cotton gloves?
Hi! Any safety cotton gloves should be fine to protect your hand from the heat.
Use a hot plate
Kitchen thongs😁
This time I will do it manually with the help of Stodoys designs.