[T3] Hello again, update & upholstery

[Jim Adney]

On 24 Oct 2014 at 19:47, John Jaranson wrote:

> A little trick with the seat backs.  After setting the cover in the
> sun for a few minutes to soften them up a little bit, turn them inside
> out.  Stand the seat back with the foam/padding on it up and place the
> headrest of the cover on the top of the seat back and then just roll
> the cover down the seat back.  You shouldn't have to really slide the
> cover against the padding.  Much easier to get the covers on and then
> you just have to tweak it around a little bit to get any wrinkles or
> misalignment out of it.  Just make sure you get it started the right
> way around since you are working with it inside out it is not obvious. 

Sounds clearly reasonable. So reasonable that I suspect I may have 
tried it. My problem may have simply been that I did this in the 
winter, in a cold house, with no way to warm up the new covers.

Does warming really make that much difference?

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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