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spiff7070
Jan 25, 2005, 6:01 PM
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First of all, I'm new to the boards, so hello everybody! Seems like a really cool community.
Secondly, I've just completed construction of my wall in my garage (will post pictures eventually). I have 2 old crash pads that I'm currently using, but was wondering about subsidizing the padding using some memory foam mattress cover:
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?SEC_IID=5548&PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=884135#morereviews
I have no idea what this stuff feels like, but a California King size (70" x 80") seems awfully cheap. Any idea how well this would work? Thanks everybody!
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tdah
Jan 25, 2005, 6:09 PM
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i don't think it would work too well, esp at only 3" deep. i have a pillow made from it (also about 3" thick), and you can very easily and quickly compress it completely, which means it wouldn't do very well to absorb impact. maybe since you're looking at a king-size, if you cut it in half and doubled it up to 6" it might work better.
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gamehendge
Jan 25, 2005, 6:11 PM
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I have the memory foam on my bed and it's gr8. It might be a little too soft to use as a pad alone. But if you use it as a top layer to your old pads or have 2 on top then it'll prob. be O.K. especially if it's not highball.
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sidepull
Jan 25, 2005, 6:12 PM
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you'd need another layer of closed cell foam as a base.
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theledge
Jan 25, 2005, 6:54 PM
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If the memory foam is to soft you will want to put the closed cell foam on top of it. This way your weight is spread out over a larger surface area and you do not compress the foam as much. This is the way most crash pads are set up.
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spiff7070
Jan 25, 2005, 8:59 PM
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Thanks for the answers. Like I said, I have 2 crash pads which have worked fine, I just would like a broader area of coverage. Sounds like this may not be the route to go. I've called a local foam producer as well, but the closed cell is of course the most expensive part.
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gunkiemike
Jan 27, 2005, 9:53 PM
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When I saw the topic I thought, "Yow - memory foam is expensive" and that Overstock.com price hasn't changed my mind. $130 should buy you a LOT of conventional polyurethane foam.
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spiff7070
Jan 28, 2005, 12:31 AM
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In reply to: When I saw the topic I thought, "Yow - memory foam is expensive" and that Overstock.com price hasn't changed my mind. $130 should buy you a LOT of conventional polyurethane foam.
You'd be surprised. As I mentioned, a local foam supplier could get it for a couple of hundred bucks for closed cell, much cheaper for open cell, but that doesn't do much good on its own. There MUST be some cheaper source I'm not thinking of, but for now, I'll stick with my crash pads.
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gunkiemike
Jan 29, 2005, 8:29 PM
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Well, the ghetto approach is to talk to the local carpeting retailers and installers and get them to give you all the old foam padding they pull up. Yes it's full of dust mites and fleas, and it smells of pet accidents, but you can't beat the price! It's generally of a fairly low density so you need a lot of it. About 16 inches or so will take the sting out of any fall.
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