The search for latex in St. Louis

[phoenix]

Hi tismon,

Your strategy certainly sounds like a good one to me

One thing that I can’t find through all of this is how blended talalay is formed and what it consists of. I believe that I must be missing something in that I thought the only difference between dunlop and talalay is that the latter is frozen to preserve consistency.

Blended latex (whether it is Talalay or Dunlop) is made from a combination of natural rubber (NR) and synthetic rubber (SBR) blended together. In the case of Talalay … the blend is approximately 30% natural rubber and 70% blended rubber. Dunlop can have many different blends that range from about 10% natural and 90% synthetic all the way to 85% natural and 15% synthetic. both Talalay and Dunlop also come in 100% natural versions.

You can read a little more about the various types of latex in this article and in post #6 here.

Phoenix