Best padding material for covering weight bench?

[mart]

Does anyone know what the material is called that is used to cover weight benches in professional gyms-the stuff that is really firm and does not sink in. Is it some sort of rubber material?

 

[Fazerruss]

Neoprene?

 

[BrokenBiker]

do you mean to cover the actual metal? or to cover the seat?

for the metal I have used neoprene as mentioned above, for the seat I used high density foam on a bit of plywood with leather wrapped over it and stapled to the plywood underneath

 

[mart]

I mean the padded parts i.e seats. The foam type material that goes next to the plywood. I will be covering the finished job with basic vinyl material.

The edges of the plywood dig in to my arms at the moment. I`ll phone around and look online now that I have the name of the correct material-high density foam

Thanks

 

[Paul99]

Plastazote foam?

One possible source depending on how think you want it: http://www.yogamatters.com/product/716/blocks-bricks-wedges.htm

 

[graffian]

Plastazote foam?

One possible source depending on how think you want it: http://www.yogamatters.com/product/716/blocks-bricks-wedges.htm

Company near me used/made/supplied [I have no idea which] Plasterzote, they are in the Holmethorpe estate in redhill, Kewell Converters Ltd[?]. I used to use it for pads on bike seat unit's. We started using it after a nurse gave me a piece of it to glue to a seat unit, she moaned about sitting on a painted glass panel;-) The nurse got it from work, they used it for something to do with splint making I think, something like they wrapped you arm in it and stuck it in an oven and it goes hard; ok maybe not;-) It's pretty high density.