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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| The 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 & 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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