Jackknife Couch in our Coachman
We have a 1999 Coachman 315 leprechaun with a jackknife couch behind the driver's seat. The couch is shot. Cushions are worn out to where all you can feel are the springs. Fabrics shot too. I woul...
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pmallonee wrote:
The more I look at the sofa and prices for a new one, the better a piece of 2" memory foam looks. I think I'll get a piece large enough to cut to size when the bed is open. Take the leftover and cut it to fit the 'seat' and have that wrapped in some cheap fabric. We'll use this for when we're just sittin on the sofa.
I'll wipe the metal, etc with some T9 or white litium to quiet the squeaky springs.
We have a similar problem.
What we have done for now, is we bought a day bed/futon
mattress from Wally World. This is a compressed soft fiber
block that is 6" thick, with a washable cover.
I believe this is the one:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/10247113?productRedirect=true
I took it out of the cover and cut off the excess with a
saturated edge butcher knife.
The wife then stitched the excess cover together and that
excess covers the front fascia of we want to leave it there.
Sleeps great.
Because of it's thickness, when turned into a sofa it
makes for a short seat. So I take it off and put it in
the bunk above.
Foam under a bed quilt makes for a good daytime sofa covering.
