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Post by littlecog on Apr 12, 2008 17:30:57 GMT
The LT museum sells various items made from recovered seat moquette. Is it possible, does anyone know, to obtain the material in larger sizes (and possibly a little cheaper than buying, say, multiple large handbags, too...)? I have a possible project.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2008 20:51:01 GMT
You could always pen an email to the Procurement Officer of LU at 55 Broadway. I guess the old material just gets shredded up or used as rags!  I have a very nice storage box, topped with a cushion from a 59ts car! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2008 23:44:08 GMT
I have a very nice storage box, topped with a cushion from a 59ts car! Does it still have vomit and beer stains on it ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2008 7:21:30 GMT
Heh, I gave it a good scrub and an old tennis racket came in useful.
Still smells 'tubey'.
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Post by littlecog on Apr 14, 2008 20:24:43 GMT
Heh, I gave it a good scrub and an old tennis racket came in useful. Still smells 'tubey'. Metal filings and asbestos? (I'm considering very pockety combats or a utility kilt, for mine. Lowland ethnic getup...) |
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Post by neilw on Apr 15, 2008 15:33:59 GMT
when I bought my 62TS car from the scrap man, most of the seats from the cars being scrapped went to landfill whilst the aluminium, steel, copper etc was "recycled". The moqettes used by LUL were generally produced by the company John Holdsworth, www.holdsworth.co.uk , but when I discussed with them about material for recovering the seats on my car, even that was too small a quantity to be viable. I suspect the material used by the museum is not "real", as the real stuff is pretty heavy duty, especially if you are seriously planning to wear it! Perhaps there are specialist companies who could make small quantities (just like people who make knock-off designer clothes, handbags, etc!) Alternatively, it maybe worth talking to Holdsworths, they obviously spend a lot of time dealing with train and bus restorers as well as with "proper" customers. |
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Post by littlecog on Apr 15, 2008 17:02:47 GMT
Alternatively, it maybe worth talking to Holdsworths, they obviously spend a lot of time dealing with train and bus restorers as well as with "proper" customers. Well, I've had a polite refusal from Metronet to sell me any, so it's either Holdsworths or buying multiple articles from the LT Museum! |
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Post by ducatisti on Apr 16, 2008 21:58:26 GMT
IIRC they were doing some fairly big items, so you might not need that many.
Also, they have done all the seats in the bar out in the material, so it must exist in big-sized bits (yes, it was the cocktail from here that explains why I can't remember exactly what items they were selling - drink and bookshops... that could get expensive)
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