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