Comfort mattress damage & replacement cost, foam replacement available?

Campervanpup21 · Jan 23, 2024

A trip to Tesco in the Cali May have cost us £538.70!!
Shopping went in the boot but on top of the ‘comfort’ mattress as the bottom was full. Arrived home 40 minutes later to find a beer can had a slow leak and went through the bag onto the ‘comfort’ mattress cover and through to the first panel of foam. Too strong a smell in the foam to live with it. Plus a can of beer wasted!
Tesco are going to see if their insurance will pay…. I doubt it at £538.70!!
We may have salvaged the cover but any idea if you can buy a VW foam replacement? We want to keep our van as original as possible.
There’s a lesson to be learnt here!!!

andyinluton · Jan 23, 2024

Campervanpup21 said:
A trip to Tesco in the Cali May have cost us £538.70!!
Shopping went in the boot but on top of the ‘comfort’ mattress as the bottom was full. Arrived home 40 minutes later to find a beer can had a slow leak and went through the bag onto the ‘comfort’ mattress cover and through to the first panel of foam. Too strong a smell in the foam to live with it. Plus a can of beer wasted!
Tesco are going to see if their insurance will pay…. I doubt it at £538.70!!
We may have salvaged the cover but any idea if you can buy a VW foam replacement? We want to keep our van as original as possible.
There’s a lesson to be learnt here!!!

2 choices:
1. keep looking on here for a secondhand one for sale.
2. Any half decent upholstery shop can sell you some memory foam as a replacement.

Am I right in thinking the covers are zipped on?

Corradobrit · Jan 23, 2024

Campervanpup21 said:
A trip to Tesco in the Cali May have cost us £538.70!!
Shopping went in the boot but on top of the ‘comfort’ mattress as the bottom was full. Arrived home 40 minutes later to find a beer can had a slow leak and went through the bag onto the ‘comfort’ mattress cover and through to the first panel of foam. Too strong a smell in the foam to live with it. Plus a can of beer wasted!
Tesco are going to see if their insurance will pay…. I doubt it at £538.70!!
We may have salvaged the cover but any idea if you can buy a VW foam replacement? We want to keep our van as original as possible.
There’s a lesson to be learnt here!!!

Can down. Can down. What a waste of good beer......oh the humanity.

Seriously, the covers are removable which means you can replace the foam insert. Just get the appropriate thickness from Amazon Basics. Cut to shape and refit.
Alternatively you could wash the beer out of the foam and leave it in the sun for a day to dry. Should be salvageable.

Campervanpup21 · Jan 23, 2024

andyinluton said:
2 choices:
1. keep looking on here for a secondhand one for sale.
2. Any half decent upholstery shop can sell you some memory foam as a replacement.

Am I right in thinking the covers are zipped on?

Yes each individual one is zipped in but unable to separate each cover so 1 cover, 3 zips & 3 foam inserts. Thanks for your help

Campervanpup21 · Jan 23, 2024

Corradobrit said:
Can down. Can down. What a waste of good beer......oh the humanity.

Seriously, the covers are removable which means you can replace the foam insert. Just get the appropriate thickness from Amazon Basics. Cut to shape and refit.
Alternatively you could wash the beer out of the foam and leave it in the sun for a day to dry. Should be salvageable.

Not sure we can wait for the sun . Good call though & worth a try

Kernowboy · Jan 23, 2024

Ditch it and replace with a much more comfortable after market mattress. And subsequently thank Tesco’s for their part in helping you ’see the light’….

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Camperfamily · Jan 24, 2024

Have you tried washing it with a Rug Doctor type cleaner (with appropriate handheld tool installed, not the standard carpet brush of the machine…)?

Works wonders on a cloth sofa, so can’t see why it wouldn’t work for this

Keith Picture · Jan 26, 2024

I have a brand new mattress you can have, will accept any reasonable offer if you can collect.

Corradobrit · Jan 26, 2024

Keith Picture said:
I have a brand new mattress you can have, will accept any reasonable offer if you can collect.

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Very generous offer.

Campervanpup21 · Jan 27, 2024

Keith Picture said:
I have a brand new mattress you can have, will accept any reasonable offer if you can collect.

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Hi, thank you for the offer. Where abouts are you based? Is this the mattress that is exactly the same as for a 2022 T6.1?

Campervanpup21 · Jan 27, 2024

Camperfamily said:
Have you tried washing it with a Rug Doctor type cleaner (with appropriate handheld tool installed, not the standard carpet brush of the machine…)?

Works wonders on a cloth sofa, so can’t see why it wouldn’t work for this

Thank you for this. It looks like we have managed to get the stain & smell out of the cover with good old fairy liquid & elbow grease but the foam has stained and smells. Looking at replacement foam options or complete replacement possibly depending on £££.