Confor Foam

tnowak · Post by **tnowak** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:06 pm

Does anyone have any practical experience with using Confor Foam? Am considering renewing the seat in my Vagabond and wonder if a sheet of 1" Confor foam over ordinary 2" thick upholstry foam will have the desired effect? Base of seat is 3/16" ply which sort of sits on a deck chair-like canvas sling arrangement.
Primarily I want to reduce the overall weight of the seat assembly as it appears to weight 10-15 lb than it should (based on the weight of a friend's Vag seat assy).
Is Confor foam heavier than ordinary upholstry foam?
Tony Nowak

G.Dawes · Post by **G.Dawes** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:23 pm

Go to Aldi and they have Tempur type foam pi9llows, that are good sources of that foam and dead cheap too. They wont be there long though.
Graham

tnowak · Post by **tnowak** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:18 pm

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the info about different foam specs. I had Googled for general info, but couldn't really find anything useful. Now I enter "40/240 foam" and hey presto!

My max endurance (to fumes in the tank!) is 2 hrs 30 mins, but longest leg I am likely to fly is 2 hrs. I suspect that regular upholstry foam like you suggest will meet my requirements. I note the Confor foam recommendation is to use a sandwich of 3, 1" thick, sheets. Each sheet has a different hardness factor with the most soft on top.

Any suggestions for good, but lightweight, vinyl covering (or equivalent)?
Tony Nowak