If you decide to install a leather braid on the car’s steering wheel yourself, and you do it for the first time, then a step-by-step instruction on how to do it yourself will definitely not hurt, even, rather, on the contrary, it will help to avoid mistakes.
The author ordered a leather braid with perforation on Aliexpress. And although it is made not of genuine but artificial leather, the quality of tailoring and material itself is quite good.
Included with a leather braid are thread, spatula, thimble and double-sided tape. In principle, the purchase kit has everything you need to install a leather braid. And even the instruction is attached.
If you wish, you can also figure out the braiding installation process yourself. But in this article, the author gives some practical advice that may be useful to beginners. Therefore, read the article to the end.
The main stages of work
The first step is to pull the leather braid on the steering wheel. At the same time, it is important that the joints on the braid itself and the steering wheel match - at this point, you must definitely pay attention.
Next, using double-sided tape, which is included with the braid, you need to make "potholders" in several places. The author makes potholders at the top of the steering wheel and on the sides.
After that, you need to cut the thread that comes in the kit in half, and then cut one of the parts into two more pieces.
Thus, the author will sew a long section of the braid with a long thread, and short sections, respectively, with two short ones. Make sure that the thread is not tangled.
Sew with a thread 3-4 cm, then we correct with a needle and pull. And in this way we do next. Make sure that the joint itself is smooth, without distortions.
To save time, you can first just flash the entire seam, especially without pulling the thread itself, and pull it later only when it reaches the end. The fact is that even if you tighten the thread during sewing, the seam will still diverge a little.
In detail about how to install the braid on the steering wheel of a car with your own hands, we recommend that you look in the video on the site.
