Polyurethane Foam Carpet Padding
Foam padding urethane this type of pad is often very inexpensive and lightweight.
Polyurethane foam carpet padding. It s pricey but so durable that you can almost certainly reuse it next time you install new carpeting. Frothed foam pad is made of polyurethane chemicals and reinforcing filler frothed together with air during manufacture. You can pull up carpet 10 years after its installed and the rubber pad will look the same in high traffic areas as it did new. In your home i d expect this padding to last through two sets of carpet or more.
Purchase frothed foam pad in a density of 12 pounds or more for maximum durability. When it dries the foam rubber is porous and spongy and the gas trapped within the urethane foam gives it great insulative properties. If a retail store tries to give you free pad with your carpet purchase this is usually what they plan to give you. This is the premium carpet padding although frothed foam can make a case for itself.
Prime cushion bonded foam and frothed foam. This type of padding will not tolerate much traffic. Urethane foam urethane foam is the material commonly known as foam rubber which is produced by blowing gas into a heated liquid chemical mixture. Polyurethane foam is the most common form of carpet pad that the flooring industry uses for residential applications.
It can be categorized into one of three main types. Prime cushion bonded foam and frothed foam.