The Upholstery Forum

Hey everyone! I wanted of introduce everyone to Torrie. She is part of the team at Albright's supplies. This is my favorite online upholstery supply store. I asked her to join the forum because she has a lot of knowledge about the supplies available in our industry. If she doesn't know the answer, for sure someone at Albright's does. torriec is her user name if you put @torriec in your post she will get a notification that she was mentioned.

Thanks @torriec for joining the community!! We are happy to have you

Thanks. Happy to be here. If anyone needs help with anything, let me know!

@torriec, hey Torrie welcome to the LuckyNeedle!

@torriec
Welcome! Glad to have you! Everyone here is full of questions including myself. Glad to finally put a face to the name.

Welcome Torrie, I'm not sure you know what you signed up for... get ready to be bombarded with questions from us newbies!

My sentimates exactly @bryanmartin hand's in the air all over the country. LMAO

I'm going to sit in the back of the class over by the cat box of BigRig's and keep my hand down and listen for a while.

First Lesson - Needle Down Second Lesson- Take you foot off the gas

Actually @torriec I have a question! The U.S. Bonded Polyester you guys carry. What brand is that? I know a lot of thread in the US comes from the Coats factory and gets re-branded. Is that the case here?

Good Question John,

My supplier said that Coats is made right there and they will not supply as it is all exported thus the difficulty for me to get coats off the shelves for the automotive sewing.

John wrote: ↑Thu May 10, 2018 7:49 am Actually @torriec I have a question! The U.S. Bonded Polyester you guys carry. What brand is that? I know a lot of thread in the US comes from the Coats factory and gets re-branded. Is that the case here?

The US Thread is made by Dunlap!

Why is it so difficult to buy Coats or is it?

How does one go about getting a sample book? I only work on boats, so marine vinyl is all I will be dealing with.

Hey Bondo,

Coats is all over the place for general sewing here but just not in the industrial threads. A pound spool shipped would be a heck of a good price, use the Sunguard if your wanting UV resistance thread that does the job. I have ran through two spools of it, not my favorite but Allbright sells it.

@BigRig
Thanks for clarifying that about coats. Yeah I'm using the Sunguard as well, haven't tried any other so I can't say as to which I would prefer yet

Bondo thousands of interiors are probably done in this Suguard. Maybe stick with it for your whole project then practice with other threads and see if you and your machine like one or the other better.

Scott D wrote:How does one go about getting a sample book? I only work on boats, so marine vinyl is all I will be dealing with.

@torriec What is your sample book policy? Do you have to be a business registered with you guys? or just will you also send samples to retail customers that have ordered or plan to order from you?

John wrote: ↑Fri May 11, 2018 6:55 am

Scott D wrote:How does one go about getting a sample book? I only work on boats, so marine vinyl is all I will be dealing with.

@torriec What is your sample book policy? Do you have to be a business registered with you guys? or just will you also send samples to retail customers that have ordered or plan to order from you?

@Scott D We have a sample request form on our website, www.albrightssupply.com. Fill that out and we'll send samples. Usually we just require a business name or a tax id / business license number. Thanks!

@Scott D yeah when I did the sample request, There was a package like this on my door a few days later. They take good care of their customers.

I wish we had a shop like that in Spain!!!!!