Wool itches, especially if you're wearing shorts, and it will itch your back unless you're wearing a couple layers. I have my doubts about the durability of Pendleton wool as a seat cover, though I am always surprised at how long Navajo rugs last under heavy foot traffic, so perhaps I'm being overly pessimistic. Remember - wool itches. Karl Wolz |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Mark Hineline |Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:15 AM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Three unrelated things | |Thanks - Upholstery question - TR3 rave | |1. Thanks to everyone who responded to my oil cooler (they were AC |condensers) question. I'm greatly relieved. | |2. Peregrine fille is an '82 Westy with what may be original |upholstery (who knows for sure, unless a bus has had just one owner). |The driver's and passenger's seat vinyl is in great shape, but the |cloth is worn through. What I want to do is to take out all the |original upholstery (and curtains), bag it, and replace it with |Pendleton wool (Native American designs). | |I've no doubt that the wool will be fine for curtains, but does anyone |know whether it will stand up as seat upholstery? I'm going to |ScotchGard it. Should I sew it onto heavy canvas to stabilize it? | |(Maybe one in 20 listees will know the answer to this question.) | |3. Peregrine fille is one of those brown '82 Westies that always seem |to have oxidized paint. I'm using TR3 on it and wow! I don't like to |drive an eyesore to public campgrounds because, uh, it's not nice. The |TR3 is eliminating the eyesore status from this bus. | |Mark |Peregrine fille (1982 Westfalia) |San Diego, CA |
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