Hi Jaclync,
[quote]Thank you for the link, I could not find any information out there on the components inside the Garden Park S&F.
Yes, I am going to do mattress surgery, that is why I need to know what is underneath the pillowtop layers. I cut into the pillowtop and besides the foam covering there is a 3" polyfoam…which I assume will have wear and tear and should discard.
The support layers under that appear to have some foam or latex on top of the coils, actually when I push down its soft yet supportive. (would love to know what their coil system is)[/quote]
Even if you were to find out any specs on the layers it won’t tell you anything that would be more useful than what you can see visually by looking at the layers because they won’t include the density or the ILD of the layers and even if you wanted to duplicate what was in your mattress knowing the ILD would only be useful if you were replacing it with exactly the same type of foam because ILD’s don’t match up well between different types of foam.
The latex layers will have pincores (holes) in them and will have a different look and feel from the polyfoam but if you need any help identifying the materials if you post a picture on the forum I’d be happy to help.
If you lay any of the layers flat on the floor and place a straight edge or a string across them you will be able to tell if they have any visible impressions and you can also check for softening in particular areas either by hand feel or by putting a weighted object on them and seeing if you can see any difference in how far it sinks in on different parts of the foam material.
I would wait before you have your final design before adding the cover just to make sure it’s the right thickness.
I would also read this post and this post and this topic (about their polyfoam and sources) and this post (presumably from a past employee) before buying anything from FBM (The Foam Factory).
Phoenix