by Wesley Vaughn | Sep 8, 2017 | Filling & Materials
About Memory Foam New Shape for a Popular Material Memory foam was introduced to the bedding market in 1991. Known for its conformity and pressure relief, it is a popular mattress material, and is found in most popular mattresses, especially bed-in-a-box models....
by Wesley Vaughn | Aug 13, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Kinds of Materials That Cover Pillows The material in pillows includes both the cover/ticking and the filling. This article concerns the covers All the first fillings in pillows were natural materials which were at hand, readily available. Likewise, the covers...
by Wesley Vaughn | Aug 13, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Part 1 of Pillow Materials The material in pillows includes both the cover/ticking and the filling. This article covers the fillings. Materials That Fill Pillows There is great variety of mattress fillings. The first pillows, like the first mattresses, had just...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 18, 2017 | Filling & Materials
The Default Material for Foam Mattresses The most common material found in foam mattresses is flexible polyurethane foam (FPF). What Is Flexible Polyurethane Foam? Flexible polyurethane foam is foam that is flexible (bendable and compressible) made of...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 6, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Bamboo: The Woody Grass Bamboo, the tallest grasses in the world, some grow to almost 100 feet tall. They are the only grasses found in tree identification books. Bamboo is woody, and is used to build houses, ladders, garden stakes, baskets, hats, ship’s sails,...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 5, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Pure Cellulose Fiber What Is Rayon? Rayon is one of the first man-made fibers, but it is not synthetic. Why? It is made by refining and purifying a natural material, cellulose extracted from woody plants (those with long cellulose fibers). The usual short definition...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 1, 2017 | Filling & Materials
What is Vytex? Natural Rubber Latex As mentioned on their website, Vytex is a revolutionary plant-based raw material sustainably harvested from the Hevea brasiliensis tree. It is then treated with a non-toxic multi-patented process to virtually eliminate all of the...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 28, 2017 | Filling & Materials
What Is A Latex Mattress? Latex – from Bouncing Balls to Bouncy Mattresses Latex is a milky liquid produced by many flowering plants when the stems or leaves are cut. Latex is sticky and congeals to seal the wound, keeping the plant from withering. It is common...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 20, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Wool: An Ancient and Modern Textile Fiber Along with linen and cotton, wool is one of the oldest textile fibers in the world, and the oldest animal textile fiber. Along with this, sheep, the major producers of wool, join goats and cattle as animals with the...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 15, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Not all Memory Foam Is the Same When a Swedish foam manufacturer, Fagerdala, introduced mattresses made with its Tempur Material to consumers over 25 years ago, it was the only memory foam on the market. Now when you shop for memory foam products, especially...
