Blended
Latex Facts |
| In todays market place I see ads for latex mattresses touting
the fact that their latex is not a blended latex, as if blended
was inferior. This clearly shows a lack of understanding of
latex products, or to put it another way, they have it back-assward.
Somewhere they are jumping on the "all natural"
bandwagon not realizing the product will not perform as well
over a long period of time. That's why the major manufacturers
went to blended- to produce a better product. To cut to the
chase please take the below listed fact to the bank. |
- Blended latex is superior to natural latex- last longer-consistant
quality
- Blended latex is produced using two different processes-
"Standard" and "Talalay"
- The Talalay process blended latex is far superior in
comfort and durability
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majority of latex produced for the mattress industry is a
blend between natrual and synthetic. The most common blend
is approximately 70% synthetic and 30% natural.As you research
latex mattresses many terms and phrases are use which would
lead you to believe there are many different qualities and
types of latex. The problem is many words are used incorrectly
or in the wrong context. I will give some examples, but first
we need to get an overview of all the latex sold in the United
States. |
NATURAL
LATEX FACTS |
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BLENDED
LATEX FACTS |
- Natural latex means the product
does not contain synthetic latex only natural.
- Most "natural latex cores
contain only 85% latex with the remaining 15% made
up of fillers.
- 98% of all natural latex is produced
using the standard process.
- 2% of all natural latex is produced
using the superior "talalay process. Dunlipillo
and Latex International are the only producers of
"Natural Talalay" latex.
- Standard process natural latex,
is less consistant in firmness throughout the mattress
core. (98% of natural uses standard process)
- Technology in recent years has
narrowed the quality gap between the standard and
talalay process
- Natural latex rubber contains
natural proteins which some people are allergic
too. No case of allergic reaction to a latex mattress
has ever been documented.
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- Blended latex means the latex
product contains a percentage of both natural and
synthetic latex. The percentage varies from manufacturer
to manufacturer. The usual blend is 80% synthetic
20% natural.
- 80% of all blended latex is produced
using the standard,less expensive process.
- 20% of blended latex is produced
using the more expensive superior "Talalay
Process"
- Talalay process latex produces
a superior cell structure
- Chemicals are not an issue in
blended latex. Memory foam and regular poly foam,
found in all traditional innerspring mattresses,
have far more chemicals than latex. The chemicals
used in the manufacturing process disapate or are
washed out during the washing process. (see How
Latex is Made below)
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| Some of ther terms used to describe different
blends of latex are below. |
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- Pure
Latex- Which can mean a
blend of natural and synthetic that can contain as much
as 80% synthetic and only 20% natural
- Natural
Latex- A blend of approximately 20% synthetic,
80% natural. This can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer
- 100%
Natural Latex- 100% latex from rubber trees
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manufactured using standard process.
- 100%
Natural Talalay Latex- a rare product and up
until this year only produced by Dunlopillo in England.
This year Latex International began offering all natural
talalay latex.
- Talalay
Latex- refers to a manufacturing process, not
to a type of latex. Talalay is a blend of natural and
synthetic which is not stated on most websites
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