# Making Kapok Cushions? **URL:** \ **Category:** DESIGN/STYLE\ **Created:** [January 31, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261 "2024-01-31T14:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.oldboatshome.com/matt/32/1_2.png) [@matt](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/1 "2024-01-31T14:08:51Z")
I am doing some seat cushions for the little racer, I got the Kapok from Woodies Restorations, and now am a bit lost. Do I keep the Kapok in the bags in the cushions? Seems a bit strange? ![junk 3](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/e8e76e13a7327a438d30bf3928bd673c2d901591.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DBWLLC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@DBWLLC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/DBWLLC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/2 "2024-01-31T21:01:40Z")
I have watched a few old school upholstery guys use very thin plastic to push it into the cushions. Other wise it bunches up and won’t lay flat. I have use plastic to do the same with batting material to push into all the corners of cushions ---
**Author:** ![DBWLLC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@DBWLLC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/DBWLLC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/3 "2024-01-31T21:34:12Z")
Check this out Matt ![IMG_2387](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/8bb3cb88bcaa8a1b1a12cbdf27df4f375892d144.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.oldboatshome.com/matt/32/1_2.png) [@matt](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/4 "2024-02-01T01:51:53Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![motorboatworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@motorboatworks](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/motorboatworks)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/5 "2024-02-01T13:46:00Z")
I would put it in plastic bags and then cover with vinyl I didn’t use plastic bags and my boat got completely soaked last year at Clayton. It took a bit to dry out the cushions afterwards propping them up in the sun drain out, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Steve](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/Steve)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/6 "2024-02-01T17:23:22Z")
I built some for my 1942 Chris craft Special runabout years ago. I got a lot of info off of the CC boat buzz. The Kapok is stuffed into a light canvas box cushion. You quilt the stuffed cushion to keep the kapok from moving around. Then the leather or vinyl box cushion cover is put over that and the small opening is then hand sewn. You have to take a handful of Kapok and pull it apart to fluff it up. When you think you’ve teased enough do some more. The stuff is organic but I found it irritated my nose like hay fever so I used a dust mask. Don’t forget to put the life preserving straps on the bottom. I’ll search for some photos. ---
**Author:** ![matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.oldboatshome.com/matt/32/1_2.png) [@matt](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/matt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/7 "2024-02-01T23:19:43Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![bbasler](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.oldboatshome.com/bbasler/32/60_2.png) [@bbasler](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/bbasler)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/8 "2024-02-02T15:57:21Z")
Original prewar cushion construction… ![DSC_0016](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/8191350c082e2bde24085612f982e3d6d522676e.jpeg) ![DSC_0023](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/e10bc4a74b0ad8ecddbc95e795beb8874e3ced35.jpeg) ![DSC_0025](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/eb088381df3857176acf78782761e4bb3138a09c.jpeg) ![DSC_0027](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/bf29c99cb59f89c51bca774718832831dd46eba9.jpeg) ![DSC_0029](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/32cc1c76b5793e2c636fd6cf5b3860588c4a7e15.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bbasler](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.oldboatshome.com/bbasler/32/60_2.png) [@bbasler](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/bbasler)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/9 "2024-02-02T16:01:50Z")
Original prewar style reproductions… ![IMG_2151](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/079998e23c2f5639b7ab737b22889dd8fbe3b7ef.jpeg) ![IMG_2236](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/498941616fbcfc09e8aab408b467b16eeb09a0e8.jpeg) ![IMG_2237](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/ffc796154cc2c595c9347e3e5341c50d85e2f304.jpeg) ![IMG_2250](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/52675042d66b3322092d6e0f951415b40cc0cf35.jpeg) ![IMG_2255](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/oldboatshome/original/1X/f3f4ecb12d74eb279e54e4b5bb854d098f59f2d4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Boatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Boatman](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/Boatman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/making-kapok-cushions/261/10 "2024-02-05T13:28:05Z")
Exactly what Bill posted. Make sure you do the basting in the middle of the kapoc pillows. Many don’t and the kapoc puffs up instead of being a flat cushion.