Memory foam mattresses offer many benefits that ordinary spring mattresses do not offer. For example, memory foam has the ability to conform to the contours of your body, which helps provide support where it is needed most while simultaneously relieving pressure on the shoulders, hips, knees, and joints. In addition, memory foam inhibits motion transfer so the movements of one partner are less likely to disturb the sleep of the other partner. So it’s no wonder that memory foam ... (Read More)
Category: DIY
Make Your Own Stadium Cushion in 4 Easy Steps
What is the one thing that pro football games and little league tournaments have in common? You’re sure to be seated on those classic cold, hard aluminum stands. Whether you’re at the Super Bowl or your kid’s recreational weekend game, you’re likely to find yourself squirming for hours on end trying to get comfortable. With fall right around the corner and sports season revving back up, the all too familiar aches and pains associated with the morning after a ... (Read More)
Foundations Impact the Comfort and Longevity of Your Foam Mattress
So you’ve got yourself a delightfully comfortable foam mattress that’s making your dreams as sweet as it is soft. But after just a few months, there’s something that’s not quite right, and it seems like the honeymoon is over. What’s limiting the comfort level of your amazing foam mattress? Why is your foam mattress already losing its magic? The answer is: it’s the foundation. Foundations that aren’t a good fit for your mattress can cause a variety of issues ... (Read More)
Make a Custom Bed on Any Budget with Layered Mattress Builds
After our previous post, Need a Custom Bed? Try a Layered Foam Mattress!, introduced readers to layered mattresses, we at Foam Factory felt it would be helpful to provide a few examples that outline the versatility foam bedding offers. With these mattresses, we’ll cover a few different ways you can build a great bed for just about anyone, starting off with an affordable mattress that will help keep some green in your wallet! The Economy Class: Queen-Size Cost: About ... (Read More)
Need a Custom Bed? Try a Layered Foam Mattress!
In our “get it done yesterday” society, a one-size-fits-all mentality can be incredibly efficient when it comes to consumer products … provided what is offered really does fit “all.” However, problems arise when that concept is taken a little too far, reaching into areas where one item simply cannot fit everyone and everything. Mattresses are one such example. Everyone knows no two bodies are the same, each with different shapes, sizes, wants, and needs. Despite this, most traditional mattresses ... (Read More)
Learn How to Cut Closed-Cell Foam for Easy DIY Projects!
At Foam Factory, Inc., we offer a broad range of foam cutting services, ranging from computer-controlled machines, to hand-crafted cuts made by team members with decades of experience. However, not every project brought to us requires the precision of sophisticated machinery or craftsman-level skill. For simple jobs and projects, DIY cutting is not only the most affordable choice, it’s quicker and easier as well. In this post, we’ll give you the run-down on how to cut closed-cell foam at ... (Read More)
Cut Foam at Home: DIY Tips For Cutting Open-Cell Foam
Here at Foam Factory, Inc., we offer a wide range of foam cutting services that can produce tens of thousands of identical pieces and precise, computer-controlled cuts made with a stream of water .005 inches in diameter. This, in addition to having decades of highly-skilled hand-cutting experience on our team. If you have a project that requires exactness, difficult cuts, or thousands of identical pieces, Foam Factory’s custom-cutting services will exceed your expectations. However, not every project requires computer-programmed ... (Read More)
The Right Glue for the Job: Best Adhesives for Foam
Whether you’re rebuilding an engine or helping your child with a school project, things always go better when you have the right tool for the job. This is true in the world of foam as well, from at-home DIY projects, to businesses making custom couch cushions, foam mattresses, or foam rubber gaskets. Foam Factory, Inc. offers a wide range of foam products, and with them, spray adhesives designed to work best with each foam type they offer. This particular ... (Read More)
Foam as a Hobby Material: Planes and Trains to Automobiles!
Foam, in all of its varieties, is a material that is most often used to get a job done. Whether insulating a home, padding a couch cushion, or treating reflection points as acoustical treatment, foam puts in long hours on the job, helping us perform better in ours. But while foam is valuable from nine-to-five, it also can be used recreationally in ways that help us better enjoy our free time. One of foam’s best uses is as a ... (Read More)
Organize Your Tool Collection with DIY Foam Inserts
At the top of the list of the most confounding household mysteries, along with lost socks and disappearing TV remotes, is how the tool we need always seems to be the only one missing from its drawer or chest. Whether a wrench is MIA or the screwdriver you want is buried under a bird’s nest of metal and plastic, it’s maddening to waste 30 minutes looking for a tool that you need for 30 seconds of work. The issue ... (Read More)
