Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
"... it was a "bit" tight getting the cover back on
the foam above the engine lid ..."

and

"... it took me over an hour to get the cover back on
the large foam ..."

After gently washing my mattress covers and curtains
in a front-loading, commercial machine with Woolite, I
indeed machine dried them. But only to the point of a
remaining trace of dampness; not completely crispy
dry. I am happy to report that neither I nor the
fabric experienced an unacceptable degree of
shrinkage.

REINSTALLATION TIP:
When ready to install the fabric covers back onto
their mattress pads, you can have your Uncle Leroy the
Gator Wrassler do it for you; he'll usually work for a
jug of hooch if you pay up front.

Lacking Leroy or the requisite decanter of stump
liquor, first slip a large trash bag or similar sheet
of plastic wrap around the foam pads, leaving little
foam exposed. This slippery sheath will make it fairly
easy to slide the fabric cover entirely onto the foam
pad, whereupon you can remove the plastic and
zip it all up.

Good Luck!

Jeffrey Earl
1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi"
http://www.vanthology.com/

"OK, I'll leave it at that since I've already gone on
for far too long about something I don't know a whole
lot about ..."

REINSTALLATION TIP #2:

Turn your cover Wrong-side out, and roll it right side out over the foam. The only thing sliding is the cover over itself, and that also works fairly well.

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Evan Mac Donald

1984 Wolfburg
1985 GL 7 Pass.
1991 Carat Weekender