Cutting Foam Mattress

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Cutting foam mattress.

Too many mattresses are often improperly disposed of or are not always recycled which can be a problem as the landfills grow larger each year. Our upholstery manager bernie shows you how to cut foam with a bread knife. For example you may measure a mattress if you re cutting a memory foam topper or you may find the dimensions of a pillowcase if you re making a pillow. Cutting foam or memory foam is a cinch and we ll walk you through exactly how to cut foam using tools you already own.

Memory foam pillows or mattress toppers regardless of whether the bedding product is a pillow mattress topper or mattress the principles of cutting are the same. If your project requires a tighter tolerance contact us for more information about machine cut custom items. A high quality material used in the preparation of mattresses best memory foam mattress toppers and pillows memory foam is essentially a polyurethane material that comprises of extra chemicals to enhance the viscosity and density memory foam tends to soften up when brought in close contact with the heat of the body. Add 1 8 inch 0 32 cm to each measurement you take since cutting the foam could remove some of the material.

You need to choose a sharp knife make precise straight cuts and cut off loose ends. Then use measuring tape to measure the foam and determine where you want to cut it. The biggest advantage of sleeping on a gel memory foam mattress is the fact that the mattress does not run hot so much during the night. We were able to cut a trifold memory foam mattress to create the perfect truck camping bed to fit our odd sized space.

If you re looking into disposing of your mattress you need to know how to cut up a mattress. Cutting memory foam mattresses vs. Custom cut mattresses and toppers have dimensional tolerances according to the custom cut mattresses and toppers section of our dimensional tolerances table. However you may need to cut your foam mattress to fit onto a smaller bed or if the foam is thin you may be using it to make something new like seat cushions or padding for a headboard.

With a foam mattress your body heat is trapped causing issues for the person sleeping but with gel foam mattresses the gel actually increases air circulation so the hot air is able to escape and the person sleeping gets to have a much cooler sleep. Next draw a line on the foam with marker where you want to make the cut and then elevate the mattress so there s nothing directly below the line. Largest solid mattress the largest solid mattress size available is 76 x 82.