Recovering Rock & Roll Bed

Started working on the inside of Shirl today and the first thing that got attention was her Rock & Bed which was badly in need of attention. a) it didn’t work and b) it was in urgent need of recovering.

Managed to remove the bed

Then I began removing the covering

Half-way

All Done

I plane to use the old cover as a template for a new cover.

The new cover will be made out of this blue material.

Put the now naked rock & roll bed back in shirl - got the bed working then I couldn’t get my daughter out off it!

We pick up the new material and new foam from clark rubber.

Went to clark rubber and spot light today. Brought enough material to recover everything and replace the curtains, and replaced all the foam for the rock & roll bed and poptop bed. This is what we brought.

SpotLight
10 meters of meterial @ $8 a meter to make covers for all the beds = $80

4.5 meters of material @ $5 a meter for the curtains =$22.50

Add 5 meteres of zippers and some gathering tape and we spent $120 at spotlight.

Clark Rubber
At Clark Rubber one of the first things we learn’t was that there is more than one sort of foam and at different prices.

After talking to the staff and comparing prices we discovered that it was more cost effective to buy the pre-cut Mattresses than to have them cut instore. We went this way for the poptop bed and purchasd a sleep-away double bed for $160. It’s slightly larger than what we need at 120cm wide (we need 106cm) but it worked out a lot cheaper to get out the old eletric carving knife and cut it down. The sleep-away mattresses is 75mm thick.

For the rock & roll bed we went for quaility and durability since we will be using our 75 camper as a daily driver as well. For the seats them self we went for the Enduro foam which is more expensive, but is more dense and should last for the next 30 years. The Enduro foam costs $18.50 a square foot and worked out to be $234

For the peice of foam that sits above the engine bay we stepped down to the High Denisty foam seeing that it will be only used for sleeping. High Density foam costs $7.50 a square foot and worked out to be $85 All the foam for the rock & roll bed is 100mm thick.

All up we spent $479 at Clark Rubber + the $120 from SpotLight = $599

Got to finish recovering Shirl’s rock-&-roll bed today and I am very pleased with the result if I say so my self.

I began by gluing the new foam to the seat.