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travel4family
Explorer
Jun 03, 2015

Booth cushion foam

The booth bed is getting pretty uncomfortable... the first two years it was pretty good with an egg carton mattress over it, but now year four we're really feeling it. I think the foam is just wearing down. Should we replace the foam in the cushions with "better" foam? Seems like since the cushions zip that wouldn't be too hard but maybe that's not the answer? Comments or other ideas?

Note that we do leave it in a bed most of the time but when we have a rainy day we still need to be able to make it into a booth when we stay in, so we can't just put a custom mattress there. The beauty of the egg carton mattress is that it folds down pretty small when necessary.

Did several searches and couldn't find anything... so hopefully this isn't a duplicate question!
Thanks for any ideas or tips.
Travel4Family
  • John_Wayne's avatar
    John_Wayne
    Explorer II
    Jun 04, 2015
    If you do it your self get some silicone spray to spray on the foam before trying to put it back in the covers.
  • travel4family's avatar
    travel4family
    Explorer
    Jun 04, 2015
    Thank you everyone! Good to know that is the right track, and love having several options to make sure I get the right foam!!
  • pjinthedaks's avatar
    pjinthedaks
    Explorer
    Jun 04, 2015
    We just replaced ours from Speedwell Enterprises. Great foam cushions, excellent customer service.

    www.speedwellonline.com
  • BurbMan's avatar
    BurbMan
    Explorer II
    Jun 03, 2015
    Foam comes in various levels of firmness....firmer foam will hold its shape longer and is better for furniture that gets used every day, but will also make a firm bed. The batting that ScottG mentions is also important to help distribute weight over the foam's surface and also helps the fabric keep its shape.

    You can get foam at an upholstery shop, or if you take out the existing pieces and measure them, you can order customer cut from websites like this one.
  • westend's avatar
    westend
    Explorer
    Jun 03, 2015
    Had the same situation, even used the egg crate foam. I finally broke down and bought new foam at an upholstery supply outfit. The BIL is an upholsterer so I had him make new cushion covers, as well. He did a great job.

    Here is the supply place where I got everything: Rochford Supply
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Jun 03, 2015
    We suffered with lousy foam in the dinette cushions for years and finally broke down and had a foam store replace it. The new foam is high quality stuff that's used in sofa cushions and since it's a petroleum product, it's costly. They also installed a 1/2" layer of some kind of batting to make it even more sofa-like.
    The results are well worth it!

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