Making a memory foam mattress

luckyscroller788 wrote:
We have a hybrid trailer, and the mattresses in there leave a lot to be desired, not nearly as nice as the ones in our old PUP. My idea is to buy one piece of memory foam, and make a new mattress for one bunk end, and doubling up the stock mattresses on the other bed. So, I have no clue on what foam to choose. It goes by thickness, and weights,and I get lost.Basically, what Im asking, is a 4 inch thick one that's advertised as 5.5 firmness , is that soft, to hard, to thick, etc??? and what thickness/weight would you use? and, does the memory foam cut easily, as I will have to custom cut my sized pieces to make the mattress fold in half for storage in the bunk end when closed?
Thanks in advance for any and all help you can offer, and tips on going about this task.

Foam now days has gotten rather expensive to experiment with (IE randomly buy and cut up) with possible sketchy results (IE to hard, too soft).

Instead of attempting to make your own it would be better to simply order what you want to the size you need and the prices are not all that expensive.

We have done this for both our campers and even our sticks and bricks.

The best source we found is FOAM FACTORY.

They will cut and layer, glue the foam to your specs and you can also buy from them a cover for your new foam all for not much more than the cost of a good quality "spring" mattress.

The beauty of a foam mattress is they can make it for you then vacuum it into a package small enough to ship via UPS right to your doorstep.

Give them a call and they will discuss the differences of materials and how it will affect the firmness.