Why is there no aftermarket trim available I wonder?

Jeff 

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On 2012-07-15, at 12:10 PM, HotelWestfalia <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:

> I have worked on these cabinet trims myself; used the heat gun to soften
> them up to either stretch or just straighten them out.  Inside the corners
> of the cabinets I used the handle of the screw driver to push it back into
> the corner, then hold it down by hand until it was cool enough to stay.
> They stretch well.  I did not even use glue, the center part is meant to
> hold it in the wood.
> Zoltan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 5:00 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
> 
> I spent some time today "restoring" the hardened and shrunk plastic cabinet
> edge trim on my '85 project.  This van had lived a long time in the sun and
> heat of eastern Oregon, and all of the plastic trim was hard and had pulled
> back from the ends as well as from the round inside corners of the cabinet
> frames.
> 
> 
> 
> I used a heat gun to soften and stretch all of these pieces, and  I did not
> have to remove any.  For the thick (no longer available) edge trim I peeled
> back a foot or two and used the heat gun to soften and stretch it back to
> length while one end was still attached.  For the cabinet corners I first
> softened them with the heat gun, then pulled a bit more out past the corner
> and softened and stretched it enough to form them back to the original
> curve.
> 
> 
> 
> You could certainly remove the trim and soak it in boiling water briefly for
> the same result, but to remove the cabinet opening trim you have to unscrew
> the hinges and latches, which makes the job a PITA.
> 
> 
> 
> A couple of these corners had shrunk so badly the doors couldn't be shut.
> 
> 
> 
> It worked really well and was easy to do!  These trim pieces are a
> thermoplastic after all!
> 
> 
> 
> Stuart
> 
> '85 Westy
> 
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