by working on it » Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:58 pm
- I changed my plan. The longest I could leave the "cut" mattress was 40" (coinciding with the rear of the door opening), leaving 35" of "cut" mattress to place on top of it. I used our electric knife to make an effortless cut, after I pulled back the cover. I re-installed the cover (with my wife's help, to pull the zipper while I compressed the foam). No zip ties were needed to hod the upper piece to the bottom, since the foam doesn't slide, even before compression and coverage.
- I tried the cut mattress on top of the uncut one, as in the plans above, but the transition from one level to the next, was harsh, even on foam. So,I put the uncut mattress on top of the cut pieces (as shown here):
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- Trying it out, while lying on it in the bed of my wife's pickup, I felt that this arrangement smoothed the transition fom one level to the next. If it proves unsatisfactory in full night's use, I will taper the cut angles. A further note: I have firm king-size pillows which I can layer on top, to make the reclining angle more continuous than in the line drawing.
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