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Post by Hamlet on Nov 4, 2015 17:31:52 GMT -8
My main bed is like yours only I have it 6 1/2", but sure is expensive. This foam seems firmer than my JoAnn foam. That's because it IS firmer. I won't disagree with anyone who loves their Joann's foam, if it's comfortable for them, that's what's important. I've been sleeping on our 6" upholstery grade foam (from a foam place) four nights a week for 2.5 years. There has been no degradation of the foam, there are no soft spots or other deformities from use. It is still firm and still even more comfortable than our bed at home (we're thinking of ordering a queen sized slab next time we need a mattress). We spent considerably more on it than we'd have done if we'd have bought it at Joann, but Joann doesn't carry that density.
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Post by SusieQ on Nov 4, 2015 17:32:32 GMT -8
I've looked at the Home Depot foam before, even added it to my cart but was afraid to try it. I'm glad you did. I may need it for my other trailer. I'm really trying to be frugal but not cheap on this one.
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Post by danrhodes on Nov 4, 2015 17:40:30 GMT -8
I've looked at the Home Depot foam before, even added it to my cart but was afraid to try it. I'm glad you did. I may need it for my other trailer. I'm really trying to be frugal but not cheap on this one. I used the HD foam for a covered porch seating area and its pretty bad... Low density and your butt meets plywood pretty fast.
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Post by lovnvintage on Nov 5, 2015 4:53:23 GMT -8
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Post by danrhodes on Nov 5, 2015 6:20:05 GMT -8
Says in stock at my store, so I assume it's the same. Maybe OK for a mattress, but I wouldn't use it for a dinette
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Post by gary350 on Nov 9, 2015 13:37:27 GMT -8
I use carpet foam pad to make cushions. Cut it to size then stack it in layers to get the thickness I want. Puke pad is a very dense foam carpet pad you will not bottom out on 4" of foam. The cheaper carpet pad is less dense you might need 5" or 6". I learned a really cool trick to save lots of time and money. Buy carpet pad at a whole sale store by the roll. Cut the 1/2" thick carpet pad to size with a razor knife. You need 8 layers to make 4" thick cushions. Put a zig zag stream of Elmer's yellow wood glue between each layer. Stack the pieces nice and straight and let them dry 24 hours. Our cushions all set on plywood so we took advantage of that. Lay the carpet foam on the plywood. Wrap the cloth around the foam then pull it tight over the back side of the plywood and staple the front and back edge of the cloth to the plywood. Fold the ends like a Christmas package pull the cloth tight over the plywood and staple it too. You don't need a sowing machine and you don't have to pay anyone to make cushions. You can do this to the plywood at your kitchen table and your bed too. Here are photos of a boat and camper that we did this to. I am getting ready to make cushion for my other camper trailer soon. At the moment we are using several sofa cushions I got free on craigslist.
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Post by SusieQ on Nov 9, 2015 15:01:58 GMT -8
Those look great, Gary. Thanks for sharing something different. I like resourceful ideas. Looks like you used vinyl on the white boat cushions which I bet works great. And that looks like indoor/outdoor fabric or canvas on the trailer cushions. Did you wrap the padding with plastic or battin? Does carpet padding soak up water worse than conventional foam?
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Post by gary350 on Nov 9, 2015 16:08:24 GMT -8
Those look great, Gary. Thanks for sharing something different. I like resourceful ideas. Looks like you used vinyl on the white boat cushions which I bet works great. And that looks like indoor/outdoor fabric or canvas on the trailer cushions. Did you wrap the padding with plastic or battin? Does carpet padding soak up water worse than conventional foam? Carpet foam will soak up water that is one reason boats use vinyl for the seat covers it keep the water out. I am not sure if carpet pad soaks up more or less water. High density foam has smaller holes so there is less air space for water to get in.
The cloth on the camper trailer seats are upholstery fabric. I got a bargain at Jo-Ann fabric right after Christmas they had 75% off sale.
The only reason I glue the foam layers together is to keep the layers from moving while I pull the fabric tight to get the cloth stapled on the back of the plywood. Be sure to pull an even amount on the cloth when you stable so the foam does not get deformed to a weird shape. Pull on the cloth just enough to pull out the wrinkles and round the foam square edges a little bit. The tighter you pull the rounder the edges get.
I put a stream of glue 1" from the edge all the way around then zig zag all through the middle.
Make sure the foam is not smaller than the plywood. It works best if the foam is a tiny bit larger than the plywood that way you never can see the plywood under the cloth.
I did not wrap the foam with anything. The cloth is wrapped right on the foam.
Yes the floor of the boat has indoor/outdoor carpet. This was a $200 craigslist boat. I bought new $50 seats of the front at Bass Pro Shop. I bought a good running used 65 HP Mercury engine for $200 with the controls on Craigslist. I sanded and painted the old rusty trailer then it looked like new. I sanded and painted the whole boat then it looked like new too. We took it to the lake one time some guy begged me to sell it. Turns out old vintage boats are in demand too. WOW, I did not know that. The guy offered me a price I could not refuse so I sold it. I never was a water person anyway that was the first time I had been on the water in a boat in 35 years and probably be my last. I don't remember what year this boat was later 60s I think.
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Post by danrhodes on Nov 9, 2015 16:20:47 GMT -8
I have always done furniture rehab the same way, plywood, foam (some batting also helps) then fold and staple. Was planning the same for this project... Maybe even reusing the dinette foam.
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Post by ckz72reddale on Sept 3, 2016 8:37:28 GMT -8
We ordered from www.foamdistributing.com They were great and I'm really happy with the result. Due to the width of our gaucho (77”) we couldn't find any resources that stocked pieces that long and it would need to be a custom cut. I ordered 82” pieces and needed to cut them down myself. Used an electric knife from Walmart (anyone need one? I don't think I'll be using it again.). I was able to get all of the foam for gaucho and front dinette, in the HQ Lux 4” for 190.00, a local foam supplier was quoting well over 300.00 for a similar foam. My only comment is that the density that we got is quite firm. It's great for seating, but my husband, who likes a soft bed, thought it was bit hard for sleeping. I like a firm bed, so it was comfy for me.
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Post by ladywendolyn on Sept 3, 2016 15:58:20 GMT -8
Just to add to this conversation .... When I worked at the upholstery shop the very best foam we could get was the old fashioned rubber foam with the holes in it like they had in the 60's. It has rubber in it and it is super soft, while at the same time firm ... If that's even possible but somehow it is with that foam. You can still buy it. It costs 25% more than top of the line ultracell foam but lasts forever. I will use it for sure in the goucho area of the trailer where we sleep.
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Post by danrhodes on Sept 3, 2016 16:04:22 GMT -8
Just to add more...I was hell bent on reusing our dinette foam, then I went to brush off some dust from our test cushion cover and a bunch of foam dust came out....boo to new foam.
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Post by ckz72reddale on Sept 5, 2016 11:08:36 GMT -8
Yeah, I really wanted to reuse our foam, since the covers were just barely coming apart, but it had a musty smell to it, and the foam dust was really quite gross once I pulled all the old covers off.
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Post by ladywendolyn on Sept 5, 2016 11:56:53 GMT -8
I think about it this way... a good nights sleep is an important part of vacation. Putting some money into that is a good investment.
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Post by highrolla7 on Sept 21, 2016 9:19:00 GMT -8
I restored a 1971 Shasta 16SC and used the Home Depot foam. Great value and quite comfortable. Of course, my king bed with 12 inch think matress is much more comfortable at home, but for camping, this stuff is great! Fraction of the price and easy to work with. Spray glue to make the length you need and cut with electric carving knife.
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