Hi all, just thought I would share this since I spoke with someone from FBM (thefoamfactory). They mentioned that due to popular request from people they’ll soon have an offering for a more middle of the road density poly foam. As of now most folks using them for DIY mattresses have little to choose from, either the 50ild lux or 36ild hd36 and the next softer foam makes a drastic jump to supersoft poly I believe. I wasn’t told specifics for ild, but that it should fall somewhere between the supersoft and memory foams and the hd36. No definite date of availability but it’s supposed to be around the time they expand their facility in march.
Maybe not exactly earth shattering news since there’s already many suppliers of foam out there but for those on a tighter budget who consider them it might be worth checking back. I’m not promoting them by any means but I know considering a DIY memory foam mattress myself, I planned my base foam, my memory foam and left scratching my head for a transitional layer.
Also asked about their latex (my budget not allowing consideration of the more popular vendors) and far as I was told the density is closer to 5lbs, natural talalay (not blended) - I didn’t ask if they were ‘seconds’ - but ‘unofficially’ pretty much confirmed it’s from Radium. Got the impression they weren’t supposed to say but was given hints that “there’s really only one major latex supplier in Europe” and when I asked if it was Radium was told “i’m not…sure…but that sounds like that might be right”. From the tone of the their voice, it sounded like careful agreement rather than confusion - as if to give me an answer without saying it outright. Why the secrecy who knows, but hopefully gives a bit more insight. I think this has already been suggested or assumed in other posts so maybe it will help back that assumption up.