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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