

| Subject: | shrunken kitchen floor |
| From: | Paul Shoebridge |
| Date: | Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:19:34 -0700 |
We've owned an 87 Westfalia for just over a year now, loving every minute of it - though we have recently dubbed it 'the six million dollar van'... We've been slowly fixing the many things that need fixing, with much assistance from this list. One thing I can't figure out or find a solution to is this: the p.o stored the van in a valley that gets extremely hot in the summer -- as a result, a lot of the interior moldings have shrunk- some by several inches. I've managed to heat gun most of these back to their original length, but now there's the rubber floor in the kitchen area to contend with - it has pulled away from the floor and away from one edge by a few inches. I'd like to stretch it back and glue it back down. So, any thoughts on how to stretch it back? Also, I was hoping to do this in situ, but if necessary, I'd pull it up (the glue is kinda loose anyway, and rubber is bubbling in a few spots) - do I need to pull the cabinet/rear seat, since it extends beneath these? Thanks in advance, paul
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