Couch foam replacement
Replacing couch cushion foam with trimmed down memory foam mattress?
I mutilated a couch when I was pregnant, it was a sofa w/ chaise and I decided I didn't want the chaise anymore. Well, it was all attached and my pregnant brain told me it would be ok to take a butcher knife to the chaise lounge and just cut it off, replace the filling and turn the cushion around (I didn't want to sew it back together). Anything you do to a couch will probably be better than cutting off the chaise.
Replacing the filling went ok, the memory foam is a good choice. The problem that I encountered, other than cutting off the chaise, was that the new foam didn't match the old foam, so the seats were different heights, even though the foam was technically the same thickness. So, imo, doing all the cushions is a great idea- you won't have a weird seating headache later.
For the foam I would look around for foam that is one solid block of the same foam. Cutting through two different thickness of foam is difficult and can come unmatched with the bottom layer. If you're planning on using wire, you get pretty much use whatever foam you'd like though, a hot wire cuts foam like butter.
On the hot wire cutters- they have a lot of different small ones out there, but they are small. Most probably won't be large enough to go through a mattress; however, if you can't find one you can use the same trick chefs use to cut cheese: Heat your knife first, then cut. It'll take a while to heat, cut and repeat, but it's worth it to not have to struggle with cutting through cold foam.
In the end you've got a fairly easy process, just do not cut off your chaise.
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Context: I have zero knowledge of upholstery or how any of this works, so please lmk if none of this makes sense or would look horrible.
I have a 3 seat gravel grey Burrow Nomad couch and one of the the seat cushions are in a sad sunken condition with some staining from I don’t know what. Looking to do one of the following (the frame itself is in fine shape):
Replace just the cushion that’s sunken and buy cushion covers.
Replace 3 seat cushions with one long bench style cushion, and potentially the back cushions with two long pillow style cushions. Will have to get covers here as well.
In either of those two cases, I will need to buy foam replacement - where can I get this? And is there any recommended place to get sofa cushion covers as well?
If any of this is bound to break the bank I might as well replace the couch but I’d prefer not to. Disposing furniture is my nightmare.
My couch is only about 2 years old but the foam is worn out. I like the couch design, shape, fabric, and color but the foam just isn't holding up. It's a sectional with a chaise. The cushions are 8 inches thick.
The middle cushion where I normally sit only has about half of the initial support now. The chaise can't be laid on for long as the part where my butt goes sinks lower than the rest and ends up making my back sore.
So I was looking at getting replacement foam. It's certainly not cheap. Online retailers, such as this one, want $75-$140 just for the middle cushion which is 36x30x8. The chaise is much larger at 68x43x8. All in all I'm looking at ~$400.
So instead I thought about buying a 8 inch memory foam mattress and cutting that down to size to fit my cushions. A king mattress should be enough to redo the entire couch.
Amazon has several 8 inch mattresses that are memory foam on top of regular high density foam. Mattresses just as this or this or this.
Anyone have any experience with something like this or any thoughts why this would or wouldn't be a good idea?
I mutilated a couch when I was pregnant, it was a sofa w/ chaise and I decided I didn't want the chaise anymore. Well, it was all attached and my pregnant brain told me it would be ok to take a butcher knife to the chaise lounge and just cut it off, replace the filling and turn the cushion around (I didn't want to sew it back together). Anything you do to a couch will probably be better than cutting off the chaise.
Replacing the filling went ok, the memory foam is a good choice. The problem that I encountered, other than cutting off the chaise, was that the new foam didn't match the old foam, so the seats were different heights, even though the foam was technically the same thickness. So, imo, doing all the cushions is a great idea- you won't have a weird seating headache later.
For the foam I would look around for foam that is one solid block of the same foam. Cutting through two different thickness of foam is difficult and can come unmatched with the bottom layer. If you're planning on using wire, you get pretty much use whatever foam you'd like though, a hot wire cuts foam like butter.
On the hot wire cutters- they have a lot of different small ones out there, but they are small. Most probably won't be large enough to go through a mattress; however, if you can't find one you can use the same trick chefs use to cut cheese: Heat your knife first, then cut. It'll take a while to heat, cut and repeat, but it's worth it to not have to struggle with cutting through cold foam.
In the end you've got a fairly easy process, just do not cut off your chaise.
I've done this. Overstock sells a twin foam mattress for about $200; it works great. The one I bought (I'll dig up the link if you'd like) was actually three layers of foam glued together, which gave you more thickness options. Use an old electric carving knife to cut the memory foam.