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It has been around for so long, and is now used in so many things, that it is a question you perhaps have never thought to ask: what is latex made of — and furthermore, how is latex made ? Well, l atex is a milky white liquid composed of rubber particles dispersed in water. This is whipped into a foam and heated to produce latex foam rubber.
Latex is inherently hypo-allergenic, anti-microbial and dust-mite resistant. Latex breathes to remove body moisture.
Latex foam rubber last longer than polyurethane. Latex can be made with natural or synthetic rubber.
Natural FloBeds Latex Mattresses come in 5 firmnesses for each half the bed and the security of a 100 Night Money Back Guarantee combined with FloBeds famous “ Goldilocks Guarantee ” which allows you to change firmness for the 20 year life of your mattress.
Latex International’s (now Talalay Global) original blended latex product Talatech Latex, is a blend of 30% natural rubber and 70% synthetic rubber (Styrene Butadiene Rubber or SBR).
What is Natural Talalay Latex?
Our 100% Natural Latex is also made with the Talalay process. We have found the Talalay to be the purest and most consistent Natural Latex. Our FloBeds Natural Latex is produced using no fillers, shortcuts or synthetic latex. It is made from 100% natural Latex Rubber Milk from the Rubber Tree.
Talalay Latex provides the most supple, body conforming and long lasting latex mattress.
Natural Talalay is always found in FloBeds pure 100% Natural Latex Mattresses surrounded by organic cotton and organic wool.
No. You want and get edge-to-edge comfort in our Talalay Latex Mattress. Many companies try to save money by eliminating latex from their “latex bed”. A four inch “firm” edge of polyurethane foam will save 20% in latex costs. Yet, although it may start out feeling firmer, it will break down faster than the latex portion of the mattress. Two inches of polyurethane layers (“supersoft”, “contour-foam” or ???) will save another 20%. Your FloBeds will be 100% Talalay Latex, edge-to-edge and top-to-bottom!
Talalay latex is more supple and resilient. All latex is measured in ILD (indention load deflection) and a 32 ILD in Dunlop is not firmer than a 32 ILD in Talalay, although it is stiffer. We used to carry Dunlop in Natural before we were able to get the Talalay Natural. We did a study on how the two types of latex would “bounce” back after being compressed for long periods of time (like sleeping in your bed every night for years).
You can read more about Talalay manufacturing process vs. Dunlop process and watch a movie of the results:

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A latex is a colloidal suspension of very small polymer particles in water
and is used to make rubber.

Dipped goods (medical and surgical items, household and industrial gloves,
boots, and balloons) utilize more than half of all natural latex consumed
in the United States. The adhesives industry is the second largest user of
natural latex in products such as shoes, envelopes, labels, and pressure
sensitive tape.

Natural latex with a high solids content is also used for making molds for
casting plaster, cement, wax, low temperature metals, and limited run
polyester articles. Natural latex has the ability to shrink around the
object to be reproduced, so that the smallest detail will be reproduced in
the cast. Latex is even being used to help stabilize desert soils to make
them suitable for agricultural uses.

Natural latex is produced from the

Hevea brasilienesis

rubber tree and is the protective fluid contained beneath the bark. It is
a cloudy white liquid, similar in appearance to cow milk. It is collected
by cutting a thin strip of bark from the tree and allowing the latex to
exude into a collecting vessel over a period of hours.

Hevea trees mature at five to seven years of age and can be tapped for up
to 30 years. Rubber yields range around a ton per acre (2.5 tons per ha)
on the larger plantations, but yields four times as much are theoretically
possible. Trees often are rested for a period after heavy tapping.

Natural latex was once commercially produced in the Amazon in great
quantities. In recent times, production of natural latex has moved to
Malaysia, Indonesia, and other Far Eastern regions. More than 90% of the
total world production of natural rubber now comes from Asia, with well
over half of that total originating in these countries. Other leading
Asian producers include Thailand, India, and Sri Lanka. China and the
Philippines both have substantially increased their rubber production as
well.

Most synthetic rubber is created from two materials, styrene and
butadiene. Both are currently obtained from petroleum. Over a billion
pounds (454,000,000 kg)of this type of rubber was manufactured in the
United States in 1992. Other synthetic rubbers are made from specialty
materials for chemical and temperature resistant applications.

Tires account for 60-70% of all natural and synthetic rubber used. Other
products containing rubber include footwear, industrial conveyor belts,
car fan belts, hoses, flooring, and cables. Products such as gloves or
contraceptives are made directly from rubber latex. Latex paints are
essentially a solution of colored pigment and rubber latex. Latex foam is
made by beating air into the latex before coagulating it.

The Indians of Central and South America used rubber as early as the
eleventh century to coat fabric or to make into balls, but it was not
until the French scientist Charles de la Condamine visited South America
during

During the mid-nineteenth century, Charles Goodyear discovered
vulcanization, a process that retains the rubber's elasticity under
temperature changes. This process heats rubber with sulfur, which causes
cross linking, decreasing rubber's tackiness and sensitivity to
heat and cold.

In 1882, John Boyd Dunlop of Ireland was granted a patent for his
pneumatic tire. As the demand for tires began to deplete natural rubber
supplies, the British cultivated huge rubber plantations in Singapore,
Malaysia, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Seeds were taken from Brazil and first
germinated in England and then shipped to these countries. Today, all
natural rubber produced in Asia comes from trees that are descendants of
the Brazilian seeds.

By the early 1900s, various countries sought ways to improve rubber
compounds and to develop synthetic materials. In 1910, sodium was found to
catalyze polymerization. When the Germans were cut off from natural rubber
supplies during World War I, they used this discovery to make about 2,500
tons (2,540 metric tons) of rubber made from dimethylbutadiene.

During World War II, the Japanese gained control of the major sources of
natural rubber
in Asia. In response, the United States' synthetic rubber industry
increased its production by an astonishing 10,000%, from 7,967 tons (8,130
metric tons) in 1941 to more than 984,000 tons (1 million metric tons) in
1944. Following the war, other countries developed their own synthetic
rubber factories to avoid having to rely on overseas rubber supplies.

Improvements in synthetic rubber have continued, and in addition, higher
yielding hybrid trees have been developed that yield twice as much natural
latex as the conventional ones. In 1971, a tree stimulant was developed
that resulted in an average increase of 30% in latex production with no
apparent harm to the trees.

The composition of latex sap consists of 30-40% rubber particles, 55-65%
water, and small amounts of protein, sterol glycosides, resins, ash, and
sugars. Rubber has high elasticity and a polymer molecular structure. This
structure consists of a long chain made up of tens of thousands of smaller
units, called monomers, strung together. Each monomer unit has a molecular
size comparable with that of a simple substance such as sugar. Other
special chemicals are used as preservatives or stimulants during the
harvesting process.

Both synthetic and natural rubber production require the use of
vulcanizing chemicals, primarily sulfur. Fillers such as carbon black are
also added to provide extra strength and stiffness. Oil is often used to
help processing and reduce cost.

Growing and processing natural rubber is one of the most complex
agricultural industries and requires several years. It combines botany,
chemistry, and sophisticated machinery with dexterous skills of the people
who harvest the trees. Contrast this with synthetic rubber production,
which involves chemical reactions and sophisticated chemical processing
machinery that is automatically controlled by computers. The production of
natural latex is described below.

5 To prevent most of the liquid latex from coagulating before it can
be conveniently pooled and transported, the tapper adds a preservative
such as ammonia or formaldehyde to the collection cup. Both the liquid
and coagulated latex is sent to factories for processing.

A number of quality checks are made after the latex is harvested. After
tapping, the latex is checked for purity and other properties. After each
step of the production process, technicians check physical properties and
chemical composition, using a variety of analytical equipment.

The production of natural rubber has failed to meet the growing demand for
rubber, and hence, today two-thirds of the world's rubber is
synthetic. However, developments, such as the invention of epoxidized
natural rubber which is produced by chemically treating natural rubber,
may reverse this trend. The synthetic rubber industry is also continuing
to make processes more efficient, less costly, and less polluting, as well
as developing new additives, compounds, and applications.

Though there are as many as 2,500 other plants that produce rubber, it is
not made fast enough to be profitable. United States Department of
Agriculture researchers are looking at ways to speed up the process by
genetically engineering a plant to make larger initiator molecules. These
molecules start the rubber-making process, and if such molecules were
larger, rubber could be produced up to six times faster.

Amato, Ivan. "History of Rubber Production and Use."

News Service of the American Chemical Society.

"New Ways to Make Rubber Tried."

The Associated Press News Service,

March 24, 1995.

Firestone Synthetic Rubber & Latex Company, PO Box 26611, Akron,
OH 44139-0008.

http://www.firesyn.com

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CEMENTEX Latex Corp., 121 Varick St., New York NY 10013. (212) 741-1770.

http://www.cementex.com

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—

Laurel

M.

Sheppard

by Joe Auer | Updated: April 27, 2022
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Ever wondered where the natural latex on certain mattresses comes from? Natural latex is a milky sap that can be harvested from rubber trees like Hevea brasiliensis.
A government publication from 1990 claims there are more than 12,000 plant species that yield latex containing natural rubber , though in many of those species the natural rubber is not suitable for commercial use. Suitable latex that contains rubber can be used to make items like mattresses, balloons, and gloves.
Rubber trees are native to South America but were imported to countries around the world in the 19th century. In the wild, they can reach up to 130 feet in height, and live for 100 years . According to The Rainforest Alliance , rubber trees do best in “low-altitude moist forests, wetlands, riparian zones, forest gaps, and disturbed areas.”
Brentwood Home’s Cedar Mattress is made with eco-friendly materials, including natural latex. Read our review, here.
To harvest latex from trees, you need to “tap” them — a process similar to tapping trees for maple syrup . The Alliance Rubber Company explains: “To ‘tap’ the substance, rubber harvesters cut a wedge in the bark. They must reach the latex without cutting into the sap vessels. After workers make a cut, latex oozes out and collects in a container attached to the tree.
Tapping takes place every other day and each tapping yields about 2 ounces (56 grams) of the substance. After tapping, the cut dries, and latex stops flowing in an hour or two.” The tapping process should not harm trees when conducted properly. According to Alliance, you can tap trees starting when they are six years old and continue to tap them for up to 28 years.
So, what exactly is the point of having latex in your mattress — and how does it get there? Latex is used to create latex foam, which helps make mattresses springy and comfortable. There are two processes that turn latex into foam: The Dunlop method, or the Talalay method. Both methods involve washing the latex foam to remove impurities and additives, but otherwise there are a few difference between the two processes.
“Dunlop is the name for the original process – named after the inventor – which basically heats up foamed liquid latex with the addition of sulphur, turning it into a flexible, resilient block of foam (Vulcanization),” latex expert Andrea Karsten explained in an interview . “The Talalay process is based on the Dunlop process but adds a freeze/vacuum step before vulcanization which results in a more open and interconnected latex structure.” Karsten further explained: “Dunlop tends to feel more solid and offers very stable support, whereas Talalay can be made in softer grades and tends to feel softer and more yielding.”
Fans of natural latex bedding products note that natural latex is resistant to mildew, mold, dust mites, and bacteria . If you’re in the market for a mattress made with natural latex, be sure to research whether the product contains 100 percent natural latex or a blend of natural and synthetic latex. If you’re worried about allergies, make sure to read our latex mattress allergies article.
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