GT Seat Repair

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snpower

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John Deere GT235, GT 275, 1025R
What are you guys using to patch small rips/tears?
 

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A seat cover.
 
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No "repair" that I am aware of. Only replace the seat. (or put a cover over it).
 
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I repaired the seat on my JD rider with Plasti Dip. It worked so good. It’s the stuff you dip your plier handles in and stuff. First I got some of the mesh you would use for sheet rock that has adhesive on it. I put that on the tear then coated with the Plasti Dip. I let it dry and put on 4 or 5 coats. It worked very well.
 

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I repaired the seat on my JD rider with Plasti Dip. It worked so good. It’s the stuff you dip your plier handles in and stuff. First I got some of the mesh you would use for sheet rock that has adhesive on it. I put that on the tear then coated with the Plasti Dip. I let it dry and put on 4 or 5 coats. It worked very well.
 

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Didn’t mean to post it twice, buy it the Plasti Dip comes in yellow too.
 
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If I were you, I'd buy an aftermarket CLOTH or CORDURA seat and be done with it. I don't like sitting on a vinyl seat, never have, only thing a vinyl seat does is give you a sweaty butt, cracks in cold weather and tends to look awful as they age. In fact, I tossed the OEM vinyl seat on my Kubota M9 open station and replaced it almost immediately with a Cordura seat. Put the vinyl seat on the curb and it vanished... good riddance.
 
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I repaired the seat on my JD rider with Plasti Dip. It worked so good. It’s the stuff you dip your plier handles in and stuff. First I got some of the mesh you would use for sheet rock that has adhesive on it. I put that on the tear then coated with the Plasti Dip. I let it dry and put on 4 or 5 coats. It worked very well.
Please post some pics of this repair so we can see the good results that you have.
 
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I all those repairs were done a year ago. The mower is 13 years old. The mesh is needed to keep the tears together before applying the Plasti Dip. Apply a coat, let it dry, apply another, etc.
 
/ GT Seat Repair #14  
Very respectable-looking repairs. Thank you for the pics and the method used.
 
/ GT Seat Repair #15  
I use an appropriate size piece of vinyl tucked inside and glued with flexible fabric glue
 
 
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