wash Cal 2-28, 2-33 covers at laundromat only!

[Rich Kokoska]

This may be a small matter until one starts trying to price replacement cushions--I found out the hard way that those nice cushion covers that come on the Lear-Siegler 1985+ 28 and 33 are only single stitched; the jerking action of your home machine (except the newest Maytags with the swirling discs)will pull those babies right apart at each seam. After repairing the extensive damage from my first load I brought the rest to a laundromat where the large open-drum machines on gentle cycle did a perfect job.I also did a little investigating and could not find any indication that "Coast Cushion Company" in Rhode Island, the original manufacturer of the cushions, is still in business. Unless they exist under a new name elsewhere you won't be able to go back to them for replacements.

 

[m3sailor]

Thanks

Thanks for the heads up as I've been getting ready to clean mine. I wonder if a dry cleaner would be able to do anything with the covers.Larry

 

[Rich Kokoska]

Use cold water. Dryclean fluid effect on foam?

Larry, if you go the machine route use cold water and tumble dry on air to prevent any kind of shrinkage (those foam pieces are really packed in there tight and it will be almost impossible to get them back in without cutting if they shrink). I also spent a couple of evenings turning them inside out and cutting away all the hanging threads. Vacuumed the foam to get the rest of the lint.If you already have torn seams consider the liquid sewing glue "sew no more" instead of thread. I found it filled the spaces in the loose-woven fabric and made a tighter bond than sewing.I have no idea what residual drycleaning fluid fumes would do to that foam--maybe a drycleaner out there can tell us?