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Old 31-07-14, 22:41
Alex van de Wetering Alex van de Wetering is offline
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"Draka interfoam" around the corner from your house?

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Old 01-08-14, 05:16
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Default I am at the foaming stage also.....

....not going made but almost.

I need to replace the saging coil springs for foam but not sure what density.

We are considering doing a sandwich of soft.... medium and hard density..... depending on price may make a few trials and drive around the back field to see which is more comfortable for the " "derriere". My coil springs tend to bottom and rattle my teeth fillings.

Also some foam will not absorb water as easily....tends to leak rain in a cab 11 !!!!!

any advice or comments based on previous expereince foaming would be appreciated.

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Old 01-08-14, 05:26
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Bob, my seats are high density foam and I need to get out and walk around every couple of hours.
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Old 01-08-14, 05:45
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Default That's what I am afraid of.....

We need to make quite a few here at the barn.

Toying with the idea of medium density on top....about one inch (25mm)....soft in the middle for about inch the rest in harder density for the bottom....

Or maybe medium hard medium...... and forget the soft....... should be easy to cut to shape once glued into a block using the band saw..... just compress the foam between two sheets of plywood.

For the back rest I assume that one inch of medium foam would be enough.

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Old 01-08-14, 05:51
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Sorry Bob what I was trying to say is High density only just supports me, I think that medium and light density would let you sink straight to the metal base.
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Old 01-08-14, 06:07
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Default Ouch !!!!!!

Suppose I could take some crunched up money dollar bills from my mattress and fill up the CMP seat.

Regular car seats use foam over flat steel coils.....

Are we better to rebuild the original coil spring seats with one inch of foam on top....?

Who else has been bustin' their a** on foam seats???

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Old 01-08-14, 06:35
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Default Stick with the coils...

If you can Bob, especially in Cab 11s and 12s. I went the foam way and its only just enough.

Ok on the back.... but it aint quite enough for the backside
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