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Yahoo Message Number: 66126
Hello all.  We are working on our new unit.  We need to replace the foam in the sofa cushions and the foam on the cabover. We will need to replace the foam in the seats as well for the dining area.  Do you recommend using someone locally or direct from Lazy Daze.  We also took down the valances and will try to clean them.  However, David is thinking of ordering new ones?  Should we just put up our own stuff?
 We will also need to replace the small plastic light covers, some are broken, others are discolored.  Finally the carpet.
 Everything else we will clean the best we can...put an ozone thingie in there, whatever it takes.
 This is from heavy smoking damage.  We knew it was smoked in but the seats and pretty much everything is sticky.  We are willing to take it on but, as we have to replace all six tires, are trying to keep costs at a minimum.

However, we really would like to take it camping this year.  We are all non-smokers so pretty sensitive.

Thanks, CK
Re: Recommendations for replacing these items...
Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66150
"We need to replace the foam in the sofa cushions and the foam on the cabover [and] in the seats as well for the dining area.  Do you recommend using someone locally or direct from Lazy Daze."
 It would be very expensive to have foam shipped from the factory, I think. Why not find a local supplier? An added advantage is that you'd be able to test the foam before buying, to make sure you get a grade that is comfortable *for you*--neither too hard nor too soft.
 "We also took down the valances and will try to clean them. However, David is thinking of ordering new ones? Should we just put up our own stuff?"
 Before you put in anything, you might want to ask yourselves: "Do we really want valances?" A number of us have removed some or all of our valances, preferring a cleaner, lighter look.

Andy Baird

City of Rocks State Park, NM
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"
Re: Recommendations for replacing these items...
Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66153
Thanks Andy, we will consider that. Can you paint the walls?  After washing them down there are still some stain.  Not sure if there is a product to get it back to almost white?  We were wondering if they could be painted?
 We washed the curtains in oxyclean.  Amazing!  All the orange is gone.
We are soaking the blinds in the tub in oxyclean and they are coming out nicely as well.
 When I wash the walls with oxyclean, I cannot believe the orange that is on the towels!  That smoke gets into everything.

Thanks again. CK

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"We need to replace the foam in the sofa cushions and the foam on
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seats as well for the dining area.  Do you recommend using someone
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Lazy Daze."

It would be very expensive to have foam shipped from the factory, I
think. Why not find a
 
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local supplier? An added advantage is that you'd be able to test the
foam before buying, to
 
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make sure you get a grade that is comfortable *for you*--neither too
hard nor too soft.

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"We also took down the valances and will try to clean them. However,
David is thinking of

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ordering new ones? Should we just put up our own stuff?"
 Before you put in anything, you might want to ask yourselves: "Do we
really want valances?" A
 
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number of us have removed some or all of our valances, preferring a
cleaner, lighter look.
Re: Painting walls
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Yahoo Message Number: 66156
"Can you paint the walls?  After washing them down there are still some stain.  Not sure if there is a product to get it back to almost white? We were wondering if they could be painted?"
 Sure, as long as they're clean. I painted mine to lighten things up, covering the old bamboo wallpaper that I didn't care for with off-white interior latex.

Andy Baird

City of Rocks State Park, NM
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Painting walls
Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66157
Painting the walls will work better if you prime them with something like Kilz.  It will also seal off any residual odors.

-- Jonna in Tortuga, 2001 Teal RB Find us MAPhttp://map.datastormusers.com/user2.cfm?user=1013> Follow the BLOG herehttp://www.baddog.com/blog/blog.html>

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[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Painting walls & odors
Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66179
Kilz does work great, just make sure EVERY window and vent is open.  I don't know if they still make an oil-based version, and the water- based isn't as bad - but the fumes can make you higher than a kite!
 Also, you may try sprinkling baking soda between the upholstery fabric and the foam cushions, or even charcoal (like that used for aquariums) on the non-seating side to absorb the smell.  Even into the carpet and let it sit before you vacuum.  It may take a few weeks to work, but it would probably help.
 Don't forget to wash inside all of the cabinets and drawers, and again put boxes of baking soda while the coach sits.

Lisa and Blue
2005 RB
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Painting walls & odors
Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66185
Thank you Lisa, will try the baking soda between upholstery and foam.
We are going to schedule Chem-Dry to clean and try to get the discoloration out of the fabric first.  Then I will baking soda and Febreze for as long as it takes to get it out!
 We can handle a little bit of smell, that can always be masked but I want it CLEAN before we CAMP
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Painting walls & odors
Reply #7 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66188
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We can handle a little bit of smell, that can always be masked but I want it CLEAN before we CAMP in it in two weeks.  Been looking forward to camping in an LD for a long time...Windows everywhere...ahhhhh.
Kilz works well for sealing in smells and stains that can't be removed from paintable surfaces.  In addition to using it on the vinyl walls, consider using it to seal in the raw wood underneath your mattress, even underflooring and inside closets (which will brighten them, too) and storage compartments if they're smelly.  I used Kilz2, which is water-based and so less fume-y and easier to clean up, and it covered the wallpaper just fine, though I added a coat of regular off-white eggshell finish paint over it,  too.
 Before using the Kilz, make one last effort to get the stains off, using Simple Green or TSP (Spic N Span etc.). OxyClean is great stuff, but often works better when combined with a detergent.
 Add me to the list of folks who removed their valances on principle, though I'm considering adding narrow ones.
 Replacing the carpeting is really easy, since it's just basically a fancy-shaped runner.    For new carpeting, choose something with a flexible backing that you can easily fold under. Be careful ripping out the old one and you can use it as a template when cutting the new one.  Just remember to turn them BOTH over, outline with a Sharpie marker, and then use a box knife to cut INSIDE the Sharpie line.  The biggest part of the job was removing the millions of staples; the replacement has about one-tenth as many. You can use a regular staple gun, just get the longest staples available, and part the carpet pile so you're stapling between it not over it.

Joanne in Boston 1994 teal TK NE-44
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Painting walls & odors
Reply #8 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66208
Quote from: CK and David Hall"

"I want it CLEAN before we CAMP in it in two weeks."

CK and David: When our covers began to look dingy I tried to get them dry cleaned at the cleaners. At $5 to $10 each cover, it would have cost nearly $100 to get them cleaned with no guarantee they would come really clean and wouldn't shrink.
 Figuring I had little to lose, I removed them from the foam cushions and soaked them in the bathtub in a fairly hefty solution of Tide (liquid laundry soap) for half an hour or so, mashing and sloshing them around a bit. Then rinsed, rinsed, rinsed until they were free of soap residue. I squeezed most of the water out (no wringing!) then placed them out on the deck on a nice warm day on top of a table, over towels (changing to dry towels as necessary), until they were completely dry.

Nice, bright, clean, fresh covers with no shrinkage and little effort getting back over the foam cushions at a total cost of about $1.

Anne Johnson

Lovely La Verne, CA
[Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Re: Painting walls & odors
Reply #9 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66210
Thanks Anne.  I will discuss that with my husband.  The prices quoted to us on steamcleaning the cabover, the cab, the two driver chairs, the two sofas, the bench seats and the carpet....WOW!  More than having the carpets done
Recommendations for replacing these
Reply #10 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66146
CK,  I feel like we are twins.  New to us LD's,  Two tires blow out on the way home, and cigerette smoke grunge from the previous owners.......  Deja vu'......... I've cleaned the heck out of my LD, but I don't think it was as bad as your situation.  I used ample amounts of fabreeze on the fabric and that seemed to do it for us.  We cleaned the drapes, valances, and blinds and the rig smells fine at this point.  I srubed the walls and overhead with amonia.   Lucky we didn't have to change out the fabric...... six new tires was bad enough.  Good luck.

Jingle
 
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Recommendations for replacing these
Reply #11 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66174
Hi Jingle.  I may try the ammonia.  I bought two bottles of Febreze antibacterial strength.

I really like Tom's valances that he did and may try to talk David into doing that.  He can be a handy wood worker.  I like the white, we are talking about painting the inside too.  But, this year, I want to camp not restore an RV.

I think we will do the best we can and keep asking questions here.
 We are thinking about parking the rig at the balloon fiesta this year and just driving back and forth to the house