09-07-2018, 11:49 AM
When Holdsworths did my moquette, they used a small loom which was used by the design team to test new patterns, rather than the larger looms.
The roll I got was 26.8 metres, apparently once the loom is going it goes at such a rate of knots it is difficult to produce much less, it probably does 10 metres just coming to a stop.
Sounds a lot but the width of the moquette was only 36" instead of the usual 54". The loom takes ages to fit with the 100's of bobbins of thread needed, so it is easier and quicker to do a longer run of narrower width.
My 26.8 m roll did my saloon and there is enough left for about 1 1/2 other saloons, or one saloon and a two-seater. The moquette was used for the two front seats, the rear seat, the door panels and window surrounds, the rear body side panels which extend the full height as shown in Steve's photo (where did he get that from?).
As a guide to the amount of moquette used, say 10 metres at 36" wide (nice mix of imperial and metric units!), which would be about 7 metres at 54" wide.
Hope this helps.
The photo provided by Steve makes the moquette look a bit bright, the background colour is fawn.
The roll I got was 26.8 metres, apparently once the loom is going it goes at such a rate of knots it is difficult to produce much less, it probably does 10 metres just coming to a stop.
Sounds a lot but the width of the moquette was only 36" instead of the usual 54". The loom takes ages to fit with the 100's of bobbins of thread needed, so it is easier and quicker to do a longer run of narrower width.
My 26.8 m roll did my saloon and there is enough left for about 1 1/2 other saloons, or one saloon and a two-seater. The moquette was used for the two front seats, the rear seat, the door panels and window surrounds, the rear body side panels which extend the full height as shown in Steve's photo (where did he get that from?).
As a guide to the amount of moquette used, say 10 metres at 36" wide (nice mix of imperial and metric units!), which would be about 7 metres at 54" wide.
Hope this helps.
The photo provided by Steve makes the moquette look a bit bright, the background colour is fawn.