I own a custom upholstery shop, it seems to be doing well. Do you know much about upholstery?
I know that upholsterers pad furniture.
Yeah we do mostly couches and sofas and stuff like that. It's a pretty rare field I think, not too many shops around.
Older upholstery shops used  materials like coil springs and animal hair.
Wow that's weird, we don't use anything like that any more. Just standard materials now.
I know, modern upholstery shops use synthetic materials like vinyl.
Yeah we usually mostly stuff like that, I'm so glad we don't use animal hair anymore, sounds gross.
Yes, I was an apprentice upholsterer once, sometimes known as an outsider or trimmer.