The carpenter

[The carpenter egy]

Hello guys, i wanted to ask how do you upholster a plywood seat back that should be fixed with screws after upholstery?? I looked all over the internet and still I couldn’t find a way through while i can see many samples of the final result but I couldn’t figure out how to do it

 

any help would be much appreciated 

[Coop]

Funny you should ask. A local hole in the wall we frequent for breakfast has just the answer. I was looking at one of their chairs yesterday and realized how they did it. Their chair frame was metal tubing but wood frames can be a substitute. The show side was upholstered with the same,  I would imagine, material wrapped around the front of the ply and stapled on the backside. The backside was done in the same manor, with the show side on the back. The two were then screwed together with the frame wedged between the two, from the backside, using countersunk finish washers. Hope that makes sense. Welcome to the forum. 

[wtnhighlander]

I have seen "button-tucked" uphostelry attached by using screws through special washers. The "buttons" are actually decorative caps that snap over the washers after installation.

[legenddc]

Depending on the design, I could see a French cleat being used to attach the upholstered plywood to a seat back. I imagine that would be highly dependent on the design to work. If it's a flat panel going on a bench I think you could make it work.