Cutting Foam Mattress With Bread Knife

Work slowly so your cut stays straight and accurate.
Cutting foam mattress with bread knife. It can be hard to find memory foam mattresses pre cut to fit your requirements. 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. I need 4 6 by 6ft.
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. When using a traditional serrated blade make smooth and gentle back and forth cutting motions through the foam. While comprehensive scientific studies are lacking evidence suggests that memory foam mattresses improve sleep and are helpful against back pain.
Am considering getting an ikea foam mattress and just lopping the end off it. It was time consuming messy far from accurate and doing the curves was a real pain. Use an electric carving knife to cut the foam if you want a clean edge. Memory foam is a space age material often used for mattresses and mattress toppers.
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. Google says this is best done with an electric carving knife. 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. It s the dumb way to cut foam.
Determine the cutting dimensions. With a measuring tape take the dimensions on the memory foam and add an extra 1 8 inch to cut along. How to cut a memory foam mattress or mattress topper. Having no money i cut through five inch thick foam sections by making repeated swipes with a cheapie utility knife like the one above.
If you re cutting through a thick piece of memory foam your knife blade may not cut through it completely. I know you can get special size mattresses made but they seem horrendously expensive.