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Just some advice please -

I am currently getting new foams etc for my bed/ sofa and wondering if anyone has used vinyl for covering them and if is too hot/sweaty for sleeping on - obviously we would be in sleeping bag/sheets etc.

Cheapest foam quote I have got so far is off ebay £101 - anyone got any ideas for a cheaper place please let me know

Thanks
Frances

Hi, I have just had a set of these delivered. They are good quality, you will need to like a firm bed though but the last ones I had were the same so I think they are pretty standard.

They also do a 3/4 width set for cheaper.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T25-VW-CAMPER ... 5199cc65a1

Harry

I hate vinyl others love it. I took it off my rear seat/bed as soon as I bought my van and replaced it with cloth. The problem with vinyl is it does not breathe. So, if you have to sit on the seats on a warm day (less likely these days I guess as our weather is so crap), it becomes very sticky and uncomfortable. If you sleep on it again there is nowhere for body heat to dissipate.

So you have to cover it with something that is comfortable. I had vinyl front seats on my 1973 T2. Horrible. I bought seat covers straight away. The seats still got hot but at least we didn't stick to them.

As I say some people love it, I don't. In fact I don't get this 70s feel/look at all!

HT wrote:Hi, I have just had a set of these delivered. They are good quality, you will need to like a firm bed though but the last ones I had were the same so I think they are pretty standard.

They also do a 3/4 width set for cheaper.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T25-VW-CAMPER ... 5199cc65a1

Harry

The problem we have is that it is not a standard bed (Not sure what you would call it but it is definitely not a rock and roll bed) and the foam is weird sized. It wont let me attach a pic.

I have just emailed the efoam for a quote - thanks for your help

Still pondering over Vinyl as I can get it on ebay for £9.25 per meter and it will be wipe clean then wont it?? oh questions questions!

I redid our bed and seats in vinyl, mostly because we have two dogs and fabric just gets damp, dirty and smelly - fairly quickly, so no choice really. Have slept on them but I've made a 'padded sheet' thing, and we use sleeping bags and IT HASN'T BEEN HOT SINCE WE GOT THE VAN sorry for shouting there, but as it's mostly been damp, muddy, cold and sort of grey, vinyl works perfectly, but I would love the opportunity to find out if it is too hot and sweaty

Sleedale wrote: vinyl works perfectly, but I would love the opportunity to find out if it is too hot and sweaty

Saucy!

Check this thread out: https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=108514" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I had my rock and roll bed re-upholstered in vinyl and am chuffed with the results. When we sleep on it we tend to put a duvet down and sleep on that anyway, so have not had any issues with hot vinyl. Big advantage is that it's wipe clean (and looks so much better than fabric, in my opinion).

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