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Originally Posted by warmblood58
Been having that debate myself -the horsehair pads are expensive. I went by a well known upholstery shop to see if they had hh padding in bulk and they laughed and said that it was never a very good product and they use high density foam and other techniques for better results. There are many on this site however who swear by hh padding . . I am going to do one car with hh padding and another without and see what kind of results I get
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Why did you discount the advice of the professional upholstery shop ?
My local shop carries that foam in three densities... and you can layer them to get some great effects....and it is easy to cut ( use an electric vibrating serrated kitchen carving knife if you have it ). You can contour it easily and exactly like you need... unlike the horse hair pads...
They may only sell it in single pads.. maybe four feet by six or something... find some other locals needing seat work and go in together to get more than one density to mix in...
The stuff is great. That is why they suggested it....and it is used in so many items we sit on.... Horse hair padding is literally left over from when these car companies were making COACHES pulled by HORSES..... think about that....
And they originally used it because it was CHEAP and AVAILABLE..... not because it was good for the job...just like the shop told you.