Calling all DIY upholsterers

[climbinggod]

Hi there,

Lots of you have replaced skins on here. I was just wondering if you used stainless steel staples? If so where did you get them? I am having a hard time finding them here.

Anything else about the staples I should know?

Cheers

[TMCNo1]

Ace Hardware carries all the same sizes as regular steel staples in the ACE and Arrow brands as of this morning here in Norf Caroliner.

[T Scott]

You can also check withmany local upholstery shops, as they likely have many distributors for these types of products. Call a few and see if they will order some for you.

Tom

[jwroblew]

Home Depot, West Marine, there all over the place. Staples and lots of them...

[h20winn]

You can find stainless steel staples at major hardware stores. Look carefully.. at the boxes they are written on the box.

[sdesmond]

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...4&classNum=286

[Evan Jones]

They are often labelled "MONEL", which is a brand of stainless steel alloy. Sometimes they don't actually say stainless steel.

[Dan K]

you can also tell by the price, stainless are about 3x the cost of regular.

[TMCNo1]

Originally Posted by sdesmond

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...4&classNum=286

[quote] They are often labelled "MONEL", which is a brand of stainless steel alloy. Sometimes they don't actually say stainless steel. [quote/Evan Jones]

Attachment 33679

In order to obtain rust proofing you will need to purchase Arrow genuine staples in
Stainless Steel or Monel® Varieties.

Monel® Staples (66% nickel & 33% copper) are not only 100% rust proof but they also
won't have a galvanic reaction with some metals as Stainless Steel staples may.

There is a difference, but possibly the same protection!