Complete Auto Upholstery Training Course
Purchase the Complete Auto Upholstery Training Course eleven video set for the special sale price of $299 + shipping. You'll get:
DIAMOND PLEATING FITTING SEAT COVERS
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You can place your order online or you can call the owner of Concours d' Elegance Upholstery directly with any questions you might have. He will be glad to assist you himself and will even take your order over the phone.

Tech Help is available Monday - Saturday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm.
Call today! 1-888-353-4874 or 570-588-0969
(No Refunds)
The 11 videos in the Complete Upholstery Training Course are also available individually. To purchase the Complete Course, click here. To purchase an individual video, click the Order Video button below the video's description.

Diamond Pleating and Fitting Seat covers includes:


diamond pleated seat cover


  •  50's Style top stitched diamonds
  • How to do tufting
  • How to do roll and pleat
  • What materials and tools your going to need
  • 2 Hrs.
$39.95           * Available on and !


Auto Seat Rebuilding includes:

seat frameWhy you should rebuild
  • Tools and materials
  • How to measure a seat
  • Repairing springs
  • Shaping & cutting foam
  • Checking fit of covers
  • How to hog ring material
  • Preparing a seat frame
$39.95           * Available on and !


Door and Trim Panel Upholstery includes:


65 chev door panel


Step by step instructions from the beginning to the finished product.
  • How to make your own door & trim panels and customize them.
  • How to make patterns
  • How to choose the right glue
  • How to work with nap
  • How to install window sweeps
  • How to prep your old metal trim panels
  • Tricks no other upholsterer would tell you
  • Tricks GM doesn't even know
  • How to make a necktie corner
  • How to go from a sketch to a finished product
  • Covers sound deadening material
  • Covers vapor barriers
$39.95           * Available on and !


Classic Auto Rugs includes:
  • Covers what kind of carpet to use.
  • Covers how to make a pattern.
  • Covers how to fit rugs
  • Covers what kind of glue to use
  • Covers how to make binding
  • Covers what kind of padding to use
  • How to avoid problems & mistakes when installing carpet
$39.95           * Available on and !


Diamond Tufting Coachwork(Brass Era Autos)  INCLUDES:


TUFTED PANEL

          How to choose the correct density foam for Tufting, sample above used firm foam which was too firm.
          How to measure and fold tufting
          How to bottom stitch diamond Tufting
          How to layout and slice foam 
          How to cover buttons without a machine

$39.95           * Available on and !


How To Install A Convertible Top (Basics) includes:


56 Ford convertable top

  • How to align your body
  • How to repair wood bows
  • How and what your old top can tell you
  • How to keep your bows in line
  • How to install padding
  • Wrinkles you can get out and wrinkles you can not.
  • Best way to center a top
  • How to install a glass window in a convertible top
  • How to install a plastic window
  • Please click here for a review of this video
$39.95           * Available on and !


How To Install a Headliner (Bowed and Foam Backed) includes:

old headliner 
  • How to float a headliner
  • How to relieve tension to get all the wrinkles out
  • How to rebuild a foam headliner backing board
  • Where to get headliners from
  • Tricks most upholsters don't know
  • What kind of glue to use
  • How to remove them
  • How to install them better than the factory did
  • How to heat shrink perforated headliners without destroying them
$39.95           * Available on and !


NEW! Sewing Basics / Shop Setup 2.5 Hours
  • Covers kind of tools you will need to start the business
  • Kind of thread to use, and how to set up the thread tension
  • The correction direction to sew in
  • How sew your own welting
  • How to sew on your machine
  • How a walkin foot sewing machine works
  • The correct way to sew around corners
  • The correct way to mark fabric
  • How to work with fabric with a nap in it
  • Size of your cutting table
  • When you should get a high speed sewing machine
$39.95           * Available on and !


Making a Late Model Injected Molded Car Cushion Out of Block Foam.
  • What kind of foam to use
  • How to shape the foam
  • How to set in reinforcement bars
  • How to reinforce foam with cloth
  • How to make it better than the original one
  • 2 Hrs.
$39.95           * Available on and !


NEW! How To Recover A Late Model Car Seat - 2.5 hours
  • How to work with new seats with foam backed fabric that is attached to the seat.
  • How to make a cover for your seat.
  • How to make one that is permanently attached and has a real 3D look!
  • How to get wrinkles out of your work and how to allow for the give of the fabric before cutting a pattern
$39.95           * Available on and !


Sunvisors & Flames 2.5 Hours



  • sunvisorsIt tells how to Restore and Make Sunvisors from the 20's up to Present. It also covers how to make Flames and sew them. Once you learn how to make Flames on Sunvisors you will be able to make them anywhere else on the car. This video also covers how to sew binding and work with vinyl and Foam backed fabric.
$39.95           * Available on and !


These videos are not part of the Complete Auto Upholstery Training Course and can be purchased individually. To purchase, click the Order Video button below the video's description.

Car Restoration

NEW! How To Prep Your Car For Paint - 1hr 55min.
  • How to shrink metal.
  • What kind of sandpaper to use.
  • What tools you will need.
  • Why it is better to let someone else paint your car if you've never done that before.
$39.95           * Available on coming soon on !


NEW! How to do a frame restoration yourself, with minimal space, tools, and equiptment. PHASE I - 2.06 hrs

65 Chevy Impala SS Convertable Rust Bucket


body off frame
        How to remove a body from a frame in your own garage
  • How to jack up the body and keep it up safely
  • What tools you will need
  • What the judges will look for
  • How to sell your car for big bucks if its done correctly
  • Demo is done on a 65 Chev Impala SS Convertable
  • This video only covers disassembly
$39.95      
   * Available on and !


Auto Reupholstering

CORVETTE ( 54-60 ) Seat Rebuild 3.5 Hrs Approx.
  • How to install a afternarket seat cover and padding.
  • BUY THIS VIDEO BEFORE YOU PURCHASE A COVER KIT.
  • You might not want to install the kit after viewing this tape.
  • No punches held back on this tape.
  • Shows the flaws of different kits.
  • 3.5 Hrs.
  • Available after September 1, 2005
$39.95           * Available on and !


Marine Upholstery

NEW! Marine Upholstery (Bowrider) approx. 4hrs
  • How to reupholster a complete bowrider boat
  • How to replace carpets and what kind to use.
  • How to paint Vinyl
  • How to make and install seats
  • What materials and tools will be required
  • Covers from when it comes in the shop to when it leaves
$39.95           * Available on and !



Home reupholstering

NEW! How to Upholster a Diamond Tufted Chair - 2 hrs
  • How to reupholster a curved back chair from the 1920's
  • How to repair broken joints
  • How to deal with rotten wood
$39.95           * Available on coming soon on !


NEW! How to Repair a Wood Furniture Frame - 1hr. 40 min.
  • How to use clamps
  • What kind of clamps to use
  • How to repair rotten wood
  • How to make an old frame rock solid
$39.95           * Available on coming soon on !


NEW! Rebuilding & Reupholstering A Curved Back Couch:
  • Learn How To Upholster a Curved Back Couch at the same time learning how to do a straight back couch and a Club Chair.
  • Learn different ways to correct weak springs
  • How to make a couch better then new
  • Learn how to stop complaints before they even start
  • What tools to use, and how to do upholstery work like a Master
  • 2 Hrs.
$39.95           * Available on coming soon on !


NEW! Making Slipcovers - 1hr 22min
  • How to make slip covers with or without the piece
  • Two different methods provided
  • Actual job is recorded on this video
  • Learn how to think on your feet and correct problems as they arise
  • Basic sewing skills are required
$ 19.95           * Available on coming soon on !



Upholstery - Individual Training

Apprentice training is now available!
Apprentice training is now available here in Bushkill, PA at a rate of $6.00 an hour payable a week in advance. All sewing tapes must be purchased and studied prior to training.
Contact Vince Iacouzze at 1-888-353-4874 for more info.




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