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I am picking up 2 boat cushions from our local Doctor Vinyl tomorrow. These seating cushions had small punctures, each less than 2 inches in diameter.

I will be paying $64 for the repairs, certainly better than having them reupholstered.

I will let you know how good the repairs were using this franchise vinyl repair service.

Feb 17
2006
Wow. They got you for $64? Not that it isn't worth it, based on the service rendered and the fact that you should be able to continue using the cushions without reupholstering or replacing them, but if they are going to charge that kind of dough it's easy to see why they asked you to "drop them off and pick them up after we have had a chance to fix them." Most people would gripe pretty loudly about a $64 bill for a couple of minutes work.

When I was in the automobile business, these vinyl repair guys would work their way up and down auto row and make repairs to seats. They could take out cigarette burns, rips, punctures, you name it. A typical small repair used to cost $2-3 dollars, and a good vinyl repairman can do ten or fifteen such repairs in an hour. A major blowout would run maybe ten bucks.

I don't think there's any such thing as "marine vinyl", anymore than there's "marine" sandpaper. :-)

However, if your option was paying $64 for a patch vs. a few hundred for new cushions it sounds like you made a good choice.

chuckgould.chu...
Feb 18
   

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