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When Car Seats Didn’t Have Foam Rubber

September 9, 2020 By Nadeem Muaddi 1 Comment

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With how often trimmers work with foam rubber, it’s easy to take it for granted. But this old New York Times article reminds us that shops didn’t always have the luxury of working with the material.

The article, titled “Foam Rubber Gain Seen,” was published on November 6, 1938 — shortly before foam rubber became an industry standard.

The Hog Ring - When Car Seats Didnt Have Foam Rubber

Here’s what The New York Times wrote:

“Although regarded as a highly important development for the rubber industry, latex foam rubber, introduced this week as a seat padding in two automobile lines, has as yet a comparatively small output, according to estimates in the trade yesterday.

Whereas some 543,600 long tons of crude rubber were used in this country in 1937, it was regarded as doubtful if the production of the latex foam types exceeded 500,000 to 750,000 pounds this year.

No one would estimate what the possible production for the forthcoming year would be, but agreement was unanimous on a sharp increase. Five of the leading rubber companies in the country have been licensed to turn out this latex foam rubber and strong emphasis will be placed on research to extend the current markets for it.

Upholstery, bedding, auto sets and all types of padding, for which the product is now being used, are only the beginning of its possibilities, it was said. For instance, if it became standard equipment on all cars, production for this market alone would be about 90,000,000 pounds a year.”

Fast forward 80+ years and foam rubber is ubiquitous — and interestingly enough, on its way out. For years now, automakers have been experimenting with soy and other sustainable sources from which to create seat padding.

Crazy how times change!

Filed Under: Archive, Industry History Tagged With: Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Foam Rubber, New York Times

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  1. Derek Wiltshire says

    September 25, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    Except that Latex Rubber (as spoken about here is no longer used in the car industry and very rarely in the domestic Upholtery industry) is sustainable, it requires the planting of trees and their upkeep and to tap the latex from the bark of the tree. And all natural product that is likely far better for our ecosystems than anything else that might replace it.

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