how do i go about and stuffing pillows and shit

[DownSouth]

FABULOUS!!

[cnamon]

[Dry then Catch]

so i yanked off all the covers and shoved them in the washing machine.  they smell good and feel clean, but now they look worn out...  the lint basket had a huge amount of reddish lint.  Then for the non-removable parts I used an upholstery cleaner



so we were discussing the pillow back shapes.

this one is pretty much a rectangle.  the pillow is sewn up, but instead just feels like a punch of beat up cotton balls.


this one is a larger trapezoid.  inside actually feels like the wound stuffing dazie and alice were talking about.


I found the pillow forms that alice was talking about...however they only came in squares, not strange rectangles.

this is a severe pain in the ass, i was going to buy a whole new living room sofa set, but honestly other than the upholstery and the pillows, the sofa is great.  the frame and springs are in excellent shape.  i considered reupholstery, but isn't that sort of polishing a turd? 

[dazie]

Mmm.  Turd polishing.  Makes it shiny.

Have you tried stuffing an actual bed pillow into the cases to see if it would fit?  They look about the same size.

[ReBurn]

This reminds me, I need to call about the status of my new sofa cushions.

[Gamplayerx]

Catchr, I think you win the award for biggest pictures on teh interweb

[DownSouth]

This reminds me, I need to call about the status of my new sofa cushions.

Couldn't get those jizz stains out?

[ReBurn]

This reminds me, I need to call about the status of my new sofa cushions.

Couldn't get those jizz stains out?

I'll have you know that I've never left peter tracks on my sofa.

[Dry then Catch]

This reminds me, I need to call about the status of my new sofa cushions.

Couldn't get those jizz stains out?

I'll have you know that I've never left peter tracks on my sofa.

is that a type of bluebunny ice cream.
i could have sworn i resized those pics

[Dry then Catch]

Factoring in the geometry and estimating the fatigue (stress per cycle), would it be prudent to fill the pillows with a dense foam as sold in Joann's?  I think they would lump less than little cotton balls. 

[dazie]

Factoring in the geometry and estimating the fatigue (stress per cycle), would it be prudent to fill the pillows with a dense foam as sold in Joann's?  I think they would lump less than little cotton balls. 

Possibly.  Did you try the bed pillow approach?

[nallen]

When I lived in Ohio (um...2 years ago?  no 3....)  I re-did a sofa, replaced everything.  I highly reccomend the dense foam from JoAnn's, it's the way to go.   BUT  there is something else you need to do, you get teh dense foam, but put a layer of the softer polyfill around the dense foam, that gives it inital softness.  There are books at JoAnn's showing exactly what I am talking about.  Cushions for sofas are not regular pillows and need to be quite a bit firmer to hold up to the constant abuse.   

[Dry then Catch]

Factoring in the geometry and estimating the fatigue (stress per cycle), would it be prudent to fill the pillows with a dense foam as sold in Joann's?  I think they would lump less than little cotton balls. 

Possibly.  Did you try the bed pillow approach?

Yes, they were too soft as Dr. Allen pointed out.  Does Joann cut to a particular size and shape or do I just buy a large sheet?

[dazie]

Factoring in the geometry and estimating the fatigue (stress per cycle), would it be prudent to fill the pillows with a dense foam as sold in Joann's?  I think they would lump less than little cotton balls. 

Possibly.  Did you try the bed pillow approach?

Yes, they were too soft as Dr. Allen pointed out.  Does Joann cut to a particular size and shape or do I just buy a large sheet?

As I am unacquainted with the procedural tendancies of the Joanne chain, I would highly recommend you approach one of the establishment's talented and knowledgeable sales representatives to ascertain the correct response to your inquiry.

HAH.  I can do it too.

[Dry then Catch]

doing what?  oh this is how I normally speak, that other dialogue was from my crude fraternal twin.  Whom some of you had met in Austin, Kentucky and DC.

[nallen]

They sell several different sizes, I just got one bigger and cut it down with a razor blade.   There are also a couple of different densities of foam, I went with the firmest, 'cause I like my sofa like my women, firm cushions.

[dazie]

They sell several different sizes, I just got one bigger and cut it down with a razor blade.   There are also a couple of different densities of foam, I went with the firmest, 'cause I like my sofa like my women, firm cushions.

so... um...  how YOU doin?

[Dry then Catch]

They sell several different sizes, I just got one bigger and cut it down with a razor blade.   There are also a couple of different densities of foam, I went with the firmest, 'cause I like my sofa like my women, firm cushions.

i like them to come in 7 piece sectionals so all my friends can sit on them.  also i enjoy finding change in their crevices. 

[Alice]

They sell several different sizes, I just got one bigger and cut it down with a razor blade.   There are also a couple of different densities of foam, I went with the firmest, 'cause I like my sofa like my women, firm cushions.

i like them to come in 7 piece sectionals so all my friends can sit on them.  also i enjoy finding change in their crevices. 

Oh dear god.  You made me snort.

[BigDun]

By the way, I own that same couch.

[Dry then Catch]

They sell several different sizes, I just got one bigger and cut it down with a razor blade.   There are also a couple of different densities of foam, I went with the firmest, 'cause I like my sofa like my women, firm cushions.

ok you said to sandwich the two densest foams with a softer foam in the middle.  what should the ratio of  dense foam : light foam : dense foam be? 

[dazie]

They sell several different sizes, I just got one bigger and cut it down with a razor blade.   There are also a couple of different densities of foam, I went with the firmest, 'cause I like my sofa like my women, firm cushions.

ok you said to sandwich the two densest foams with a softer foam in the middle.  what should the ratio of  dense foam : light foam : dense foam be? 

This is what he said: 

BUT there is something else you need to do, you get teh dense foam, but put a layer of the softer polyfill around the dense foam, that gives it inital softness.

Put some of the foof around the foam.

[Dry then Catch]

see what happens when i don't read meticulously?  so its a layer of hard foam, surrounded by poly foam? 

[Beefy]

see what happens when i don't read meticulously?  so its a layer of hard foam, surrounded by poly foam? 

It's a turducken.

[nishi]

see what happens when i don't read meticulously?  so its a layer of hard foam, surrounded by poly foam? 

yes. and it is, in fact, the turducken of upholstery.