The way I put my covers back on was to split a plastic garbage bag ... cover the foam with it ... slip the cover on ... remove the plastic. They went back on slick as a whistle. Mike
pete or nancy owsianowski wrote: > We recently stripped off all fabric and curtains from our '79 Westy, ran > them thru the wash then dried them in the dryer on delicate. I laughed out > loud when I read the description of the wrestling match with the large foam. > I chased it all over the house for an hour, finally got it all back on. > Smells nice an downy fresh! > > Pete > > '87 Westy "Joe's Van" > '79 Westy > '77 Westy > > >>Hi group, >> >>Funny this should come up. I have removed the interior fabric (seats, >>cushion covers, etc..) from 2 vanagons and one eurovan and ran them all >>through the washing machine. I even cleaned the carpet from one vanagon >>this way. >> >>Hot water, tide and oxy clean added, with the long washing cycle. Carpet >>was air dryed, but the rest was low heat with Bounce in the dryer. >> >>CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN!! No wrinkles and went back on without a problem. >> >>Try it > > |
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