[T3] Hello again, update & upholstery

[Dave Hall]

I've heard that a few minutes in a tumble drier is an alternative for those
of us who don't get sun!  A hair drier is another possibility, but hard to
warm it all up with that - save that for getting wrinkles out of the
headliner.
(Only kidding about not getting sun - it's trying to shine through the
overcast sky at the moment, and I have every confidence it will be sunny
sometime today). 

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 25 October 2014 04:24
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Hello again, update & upholstery

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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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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