Soft furnishings 0 ▲ Phil's Workbench 2 hours ago · Life · hide · 0 comments The "padding" on the beds and sofa in the barge is made from pieces of pre-cut MDF, to be covered by the builder. I raided my mum's material scraps for something suitable. These aren't big cushions, but it's a modelling job I've never done before. Each piece was wrapped, and glued along one side with PVA, held with a couple of small bulldog clips. Then I was distracted, and left them for a couple of weeks. Coming back to the task, the material had stuck, but I needed to work around curved corners, which with the PVA and clips, seemed a little challenging. So, I changed to superglue, which sets fast enough that the excess material can be tugged to keep the tension. It worked!Within a few minutes, everything was stuck in place, the glue hadn't ruined the front of the material, and I could trim the excess with curved nail scissors. Some small cushions seemed to be required. Why is it that the softest and most comfortable seat in the house, needs a ton of small cushions? Anyway, these are… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.