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The vinyl material itself is not available, many have tried and failed.
You can buy the cushion with the accurate vinyl and piping from Anderson's Upholstery. They are the only remaining vendor that makes reproduction cushions. Anderson's purchased all the remaining vinyl stock from Lois @ Halls when she retired.
Thanks Phil,
I was actually hoping for just the patterns of the sections. Then I could find my own material, or some company that had decent material and have them make me a custom one. The hope was that if the patterns are available I don't have to dissect my seat to reverse engineer it. I could prepare a new seat with a self-selected foam and material.
From what I understand, the 3/4" tan pleat material is actually still available on a custom "run" basis. Evidently the problem is that you have to order a HUGE amount as a minimum to make it worthwhile, and not many want to make that investment. Anderson did, I believe, and it seems to be paying off for them as long as we all keep buying from them. Halls did not sell material to Anderson. They used up all they had and shut down.
From what I can tell, it's cheaper to have Anderson furnish a new RPS cushion for $250 then to try to have some local guy do it with the wrong material.
I have gone through the process, our RPS Was in sad shape we removed the material and ripped all the seams to create a pattern, we have a Newport so we had the backrest as well to do.
We did find some very high quality marine grade vinyl in just the right quantiy for about $50, so we thought we were on our way to success for cheap, but by the time you add the price of foam, which is not cheap, a new plywood base, and the cost of a qualified marine upholsterer.
Our main motivating factor was that we are in Canada, so with the exchange rate plus duty and transport it almost doubled the purchase price from Specialty marine.
Ours turned out great, but I am not sure I would do it again
