STLBeds is offering you something new in lieu of typical 4th of July Mattress Sale or a 4th of July Furniture Sale. Sure they all say that their sale is going to be this weekend only, and then come Monday every sale will be extended through who knows when.

Think we’re wrong? Just turn on St. Louis TV or listen to the various Saint Louis radio stations or opens your local paper this week and you’ll here about the great 4th of July events and sales that are taking place this weekend only. Just off the top of my head I know it’s safe to say that I have seen a dozen or more ads and commercials from furniture companies like:

JC Pennys
Weekends Only
Rothman Furniture
Ashley Furniture
Macy’s

Their all great stores however, todays blog from STBeds is to let you know that we do things different from these and the other stores. So how does this affect you? STLBeds is asking you to forget about the other stores holiday sales hype, their saving, and their deep discount offers no matter how tempting they may be. This is because everyday at STLBeds we guarantee you the lowest prices on the products you are looking for like:

Bedroom Furniture
Mattress & Boxsprings
Memory Foam Mattresses
Organic Mattresses
Latex Mattress
And all related accessories

How can STLBeds buck the trend and close the 4th of July when all the other stores will be open? This is because we don’t think you should have to wait for a sale. We believe that just like us you would rather spend the holiday relaxing, eating BBQ, and doing what families and friends are supposed to do on 4th of July weekends? What a concept, happy employees, lowest prices and best selection every day, not just holidays.

STLBeds respects their employees and their families’ leisure time that is why we are already closed on Sundays. Please remember to support stores like STLBeds, which promises you the best and lowest prices on the furniture an mattresses you are looking for everyday and respects national holidays.

Think you have found a better deal? Visit STLBeds and we’ll show you why low overhead, the purchasing power of a group, and a large selection can save you $$$$$.

BONNELL-EVERFLEX™
EVERFLEX™… This coils system really has been the mainstay of mattress springs. Leggett & Platt, makes available to you the finest quality Bonnell coil units made today. Every one of Leggett & Platt’s Bonnell coil spring mattress systems is produced using a generous amount of special Leggett & Platt wire for added mattress durability and strength and is manufactured on high-speed automated equipment.

This hour glass shaped coil spring unit is stress relieved through a tempering process, efficiently packaged, and then shipped nationwide the leading manufacturers of mattresses. Everflex™ coil springs are manufactured in a variety of gauges, which is the thickness of the wire, and are available in a full complement of mattress sizes including twin, full, queen and king.

Today you can find Leggett & Platt’s EVERFLEX™ Bonnell Coil springs in some of America’s most economical mattresses. Salesman, consumers, and mattress manufacturers not only underrate them, but fail to appreciate them. This is because of newer coil spring technologies that are now squeezing them out of the market place, leaving the one time workhorse (bonnel coil spring unit) to antiquity. The truth is many of the mattresses built in the past utilized Bonnel coil springs. The beds were nice and firm, weren’t so thick, and held up for years without showing signs of wear like body impressions.

It is unfortunate, but with so many mattress manufacturers trying to keep down wholesale and retail costs, this old mainstay may just be yesterdays buzz. That truly is ashamed and we hope our readers will consider todays imformational blog when they shop for their next mattress and boxspring. Sure there is not a lot of bells in whistles in these old beds, but the shopper gets a lot of shear bang for their buck.

The Bonnell EVERFLEX™.Coil Spring from Leggett & Platt Bedding Group. The top manufacturer in bed springs. Located in Carthage Missouri. You can find Bonnel Springs near St. Louis MO at STLBeds located in Arnold MO.

At STLBeds we get asked the following questions probably more than any others so we decided to seek out the answer.

Does Walmart sell waterbed mattresses?
Does Walmart sell waterbed conditioner?
Does Walmart sell drain and fill kits for waterbeds?
Does Warmart sell waterbed heaters?

I can only speak about the WalMarts in the St. Louis Missouri market, the answer is no. At the time of publishing I have not seen Blue Magic Waterbed Products on their shelves. As a matter of fact, I personally have not seen them on the shelves for a few years now.

Good News:
There are still a good number of online retailers and brick and mortar stores here in the Saint Louis Mo area that are selling Blue Magic Water Bed products including:

The Bedroom Store
STLBeds (Our Favorite of course!)
Waterbed Doctor
ABC Waterbeds
Waterbed.com
airbediq.com
Ebay
Mattress Outlet
Mrwaterbeds

Along with many many more simply Google Blue Magic and Waterbed or Water Bed

As much as I hate to admit it, Wal-Mart dominates or should I say dominated the replacement waterbed parts and accessories business. They did this by selling the highly popular line of Blue Magic Waterbed Products. Blue Magic for years was and is quite frankly still a favorite of water bed shoppers simply because so many people recognize the name of this one time giant of the waterbed industry. Blue Magic is still a giant, just a giant of a much smaller waterbed industry.

I have spent some time looking on line, but have found very little information concerning Blue Magic. If you visit their old URL or website address http://www.bluemagic.com/ (what used to be the Blue Magic website) it apparently no longer exists or has not been indexed by the search engines for some reason. Perhaps someone could fill in the blanks, and tell us what has happened to the old website.

Maybe we’ll never know the answers, but nonetheless Denny Boyd owner of several wholesale and retail companies involving bedroom furniture and specialty sleep products bought the rights to the company’s’ name and their patents after Blue Magic filed for bankruptcy several years back. Why this happened is anyone’s guess, my guess is that they weren’t making any money, duh.

So I am going to throw a couple questions to our readers and e-mailers.

What do you think is the reason many of us cannot find Blue Magic Products at Wal Mart?

Our readers and STLBeds would love to here from you if your Walmart is currently selling waterbed parts and accessories.

First off what is a baffle? It is a term used to explain waterbed mattresses inside wave control and support systems. Some are better than others so be sure to speak with a sales associate or continue to follow our blogs.

Most water bed mattresses use layers of fiber which are inserted to not only reduce motion but when strategically placed will add extra support for the body. To eliminate stress on the vinyl bladder many systems are not tethered or tied to hold them in position. Even models that are tethered in place can shift so do not be fooled. A simple pickup of one end of the mattress to assist and speed up the draining process can cause the baffled insert to slide out of position.

Fiber baffling shifts typically in 2 ways
•It gets accordioned to one end
•Bunches up in a big ball, wad, hump, or pile somewhere inside the water mattress.

You can drain the mattress with an electric pump, drain and fill kit, or gravity siphon. The mattress must be flat and light. You can even finish draining with a wet dry shop vac. To straighten a bunched up fiber or baffling system the mattress must first be drained thoroughly and completely to the comparable weight when purchased new approx. 50-60 pounds or less. Ideally two people will make the job easier due to the size and weight of these mattresses.

Once the mattress has been completely drained, remove the cap and plug or remove your draining device. This allows the air to reenter the mattress. You may need to add additional air by way of a shop vacuum or blow dryer. You will then need to locate the ends of the fiber layers either at the head or foot end of the mattress. Grab the vinyl and grasp the end of the fiber and lift as high as possible. This will allow gravity to do its work and the fiber should stretch back into its original position.

If the fiber is balled or wadded up in a big pile the job is one that may never bear the results you are looking for. This means the layer of fibers have not only shifted out of place but most likely have come apart and folded over and knotted amongst themselves. This can sometimes be straightened by using the valve as a periscope to look inside the mattress. Pieces, layers, and corners must be located and pulled back into their original positions. The more layers the more complicated this can be. To do this grasp the vinyl and the locate corners and edges of the inserted baffling. The insert should feel and look totally flat before filling the mattress up back up. This method of repositioning is slower and more tedious and usually bears results that are much less than acceptable to sleep on. If baffle delimitation has occurred and the layers have separated from one another inside the mattress, honestly you are looking at the need to purchase a new mattress.

If you live in the St. Louis Mo area and have had this happen, we can provide the service of fixing a messed up baffling system or giving you an honest evaluation of the damage. Call us at 636-296-8540 to schedule an appointment and get rates or visit STLBeds.

Need to know how to use a drain and fill kit?

If you recently drained your waterbed mattress and you were left with a large wad of baffling bunched up in the middle or it has shifted to the end of the bed, you may very well ruined you waterbed mattress. The shifting of the fiber or baffles is caused when a waterbed mattress is drained incorrectly. The material can accordion to one end or if handled improperly can bunch up and ball up in a big mass or hump.

In order to fix the baffling you must first know how these mattresses are put together. Most of us realize that a free flow mattress is nothing more than a big rectangular vinyl balloon filled with water. When we add fiber, baffling, or pod baffles, and coils we are creating wave breakers. Whichever baffling system is being used, the principal idea is the same, stop the motion and increase mattress support while giving you a more relaxing night of rest on your waterbed.

We will not go into each baffling system specifically because we are talking about all wave control systems that are free floating, meaning they are not attached to the vinyl mattress. This may not mean much to you at the moment but if you would picture 10 sheets of notebook paper lying in your hand with your palm up. You will notice the pieces of paper are stationary and stay in place, however if you were to slightly tilt your hand more and more the pieces of paper would shift out of place. A fiber filled mattress uses sheets of fiber that act much like the notebook paper and will shift out of position also. The problem is that the fiber acts like a giant sponge and most people do not get the bed drained enough before handling it and this is where the shifting problem evolves.

The draining process is key to being able to move you baffled mattress properly. Overlook this step and you may very well be purchasing a new mattress. The most important thing to know about these waterbed bladders is that they must be vacuum packed. The vacuum not only squeezes the excess water from the baffled insert collapsing the top and bottom of the mattress around the inserted baffling. When drained it looks exactly like a package of beef jerky that has been vacuum-sealed. When the top and bottom of the mattress collapse around the baffling it locks the inserted materials into place keeping everything in its original and correct position. When lifting one end of the mattress and it is not possible to vacuum seal it, you must grasp the baffling through the vinyl to help hold it in position.

Follow our up coming blog, How to fix a baffled mattress or How to Straighten Out a Baffled Mattress. Coming Soon
Not sure how to drain a waterbed correctly, click on the link and STLBeds can walk you through it.