On Sun 13 Jan 2008 08:58:12p, Dee.Dee told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun 13 Jan 2008 08:27:34p, Goomba38 told us...
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>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>>>> Back many years ago in anothe lifetime, I worked as a licensed
>>>> interior designer. I hate to bring ethnicity into this, but it
>>>> always seemed to be either Jewish or Italian clients with "a bit" of
>>>> money who had literally everything covered in plastic...custom made
>>>> plastic slipcovers, lampshade covers, you name it. It was hard not
>>>> laugh on a first visit.
>>>>
>>> LOL.. you're kidding? Who made them? I've heard of them as jokes, but
>>> have never actually seen any (thankfully!)
>>>
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>> Back in the day, the "best" ones were known as "cast vinyl" slipcovers.
>> There were a couple of local companies that specialized in making
>> these. They could custom slipcover anything! Usually they used clear
>> vinyl, but some that I saw were tinted pale shades of color.
>> Unbelievable!
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
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> My dearest Aunt had a living room that included a turquoise-blue vinyl
> sofa
> (you know the ones with the little tiny wooden legs - danish style) that
> was the covered in clear vinyl. Now that's one for the books!
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> Vinyl upon vinyl,
> Dee Dee

Hey, gotta protect that turquoise-blue vinyl! It might fade. :-)

Actually, one of the characteristics of the vinyl slipcover material was
that it blocked UV rays, so it did inhibit fading.

When I was a kid we had quite a few pieces of vinyl upholstered furniture
in our basement rec room. However, that vinyl was made to imitate the look
of leather, both in texture and color. Mom wouldn't put real leather down
there for fear of mildew.

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Wayne Boatwright

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