Cutting Foam Mattress With Bread Knife

Having no money i cut through five inch thick foam sections by making repeated swipes with a cheapie utility knife like the one above.

Cutting foam mattress with bread knife.

While comprehensive scientific studies are lacking evidence suggests that memory foam mattresses improve sleep and are helpful against back pain. Google says this is best done with an electric carving knife. It can be hard to find memory foam mattresses pre cut to fit your requirements. How to cut a memory foam mattress or mattress topper.

It s the dumb way to cut foam. Determine the cutting dimensions. Because the serrated edges of the knife saw back and forth when it s plugged in you can get a cleaner straighter edge with it. I know you can get special size mattresses made but they seem horrendously expensive.

Memory foam is a space age material often used for mattresses and mattress toppers. I need 4 6 by 6ft. It was time consuming messy far from accurate and doing the curves was a real pain. Am considering getting an ikea foam mattress and just lopping the end off it.

Use an electric carving knife to cut the foam if you want a clean edge. Electric carving knives are usually used to slice through food but you can also use one to easily cut your mattress foam. Have had ds loft bed shortened to fit his room and now have problem of getting a mattress to fit. With a measuring tape take the dimensions on the memory foam and add an extra 1 8 inch to cut along.

As mentioned earlier cutting foam is essentially the same as cutting bread so it only makes sense that you would use the same type of knife as well. Work slowly so your cut stays straight and accurate. If you need to know how to cut a memory foam mattress topper you can measure the mattress too if you are cutting it for a pillow crosscheck the dimensions with those of your pillowcases. One of the things i neglected to mention in my banquette building post was how to cut the foam.

Cut along the line again if the blade didn t go through the foam. If you re cutting through a thick piece of memory foam your knife blade may not cut through it completely.