Box cushions again

New, firm foam cushions. One reference says use as is, another says wrap and glue batting over foam. Comments/experiences please? If wrap, what kind of glue will not hurt foam? Karen in CO

Reply to
kkl
Loading thread data ...

There is a special glue for foam----they should have it at the same place you buy the foam.

Reply to
Pat in Arkansas

Reply to
Perry Templeton

Don't use quilt batting. It won't take the abuse of being sat on. You want to get Dacron (sp?) from an upholstery supply place. Any spray glue will work. Don't stretch the dacron. Just lay it over there and cut it to size. When I did my couch (with a lot of direction from my friend who owns an upholstery shop) I only wrapped the top, front and bottom of the cushions. If you wrap around the back (and don't do a muslin cover as Perry so helpfully suggested (Perry, when I do the other couch I will definitely keep your tip in mind! Thanks!!)) the dacron can get caught in the zipper. Ugly mess you don't want.

Now, here's the Why. You wrap the foam in the dacron so that when you sit on the cushion there is something to "give" more. It's what you feel when you sit on the cushion and you sink in a little bit/it conforms to your behind. You don't want foam to give that much. If your foam gives that much, it won't hold up well. But you do want that cozy feeling. So! You put the dacron in there. Make sense? :) My friend with the upholstery shop describes it as the "Ahhhhh your behind feels when you sit down on the couch." lol

Oh and one last really cool tip! When you go to put the foam in the cushion covers, first put the foam inside a cheap plastic bag. You want the kind that will rip easy. (if you can, get some big dry cleaner bags they work great!) The plastic will make sliding the foam into the cushion cover sooooo much easier. Then when it's in there, reach down and rip the plastic. It will all come right out and then you zip your cover closed.

Sharon

Reply to
Sharon Hays

You have triggered a memory - of a young 20-something me, circa 1960, smitten with "Danish modern" making two couches from solid doors, attaching legs, and putting two foam rubber slabs on top. Real rubber because the polyurethane foams were not good then. The covers were sewn on my Touch & Sew Singer, and then the rubber stuffed inside without the help of plastic. In Miami. Hot, humid, and the rubber was like a thing alive. Much sweat was involved in the process.

The results were splendid! With bolsters and pillows, those couches served us quite well, both as couches and as guest beds. In fact, a young folk singer named David Crosby crashed on one of those couches a time or two.

In those days I was a young wife and student, attending night school and working by day, typing term papers on a manual typewriter with carbon paper for the copies. As wonderful as our new sewing machines are, word processing has got to rank as one of the top improvements of my lifetime. I would also like to have some of the energy I had back then.

Reply to
Pogonip

InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.