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We all know the evils of waterbeds. Stuff won't stay stuffed under it. Sheets always manage to come undone while you're sleeping and wake up with your face glued to the plasic.
The waterbed sock does just as its name implies. Resembling a pillow cover, it's custom made to fit your mattress, it
slips over it and is made from soft, cushy, breathable, cool cotton. The opening has several buttons to keep the sock from migrating down to the other end. These buttons are also tucked on the underside of the mattress to keep you from seeing them or feeling them while sleeping. Eyelets on the opening attach to the bed frame to ensure nothing comes loose and bunches up. Compatible with all non-newtonian waterbeds.
An Available Tuck-Keeping Thing
http://www.abcwaterbed.com/simply.htm
.. on most w.b. sites .. [bpilot, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
And Another
http://www.abcwaterbed.com/sheetcon2.htm
[bpilot, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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"...it slips over it..."
More easily said than done, I'll wager. |
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I feel a modern day fable remake coming on.
The princess and the waterbed sock button. |
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//More easily said than done//I'm afraid everything concerning waterbeds falls in this category. I'm sure it would be easier to drain some of the bed to do this, or have it included in all waterbed purchases as an option. |
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Having never owned a waterbed I can't determine how annoying the whole 'waking up with your face glued to the plastic' ordeal is, but I can imagine it would be fairly bad. The sock is a good idea, but, as said above, good luck getting it on |
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Yes, YES. Perhaps it WOULD be difficult to put on, but use common sense and put it on when it's not full of that heavy sloshy stuff. |
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why cannot you have over-sized sheets that drape well onto the floor and weigh them down with dogs or halfbricks or something |
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Because I like fish carcasses and my ideas get fish carcasses. |
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"use common sense and put it on when
it's not full of that heavy sloshy stuff" |
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That's a nice idea. But you see, civilized
people change their sheets periodically.
Unless you want to drain and refill your
waterbed with the same frequency as
you change your sheets (i.e. you're an
unmarried guy with no interest in
getting laid), the waterbed sock will be
problematic. My understanding of
waterbeds is that you fill 'em up when
you move in, and drain 'em either when
you move out, or when they spring a
leak. |
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Sheet slippage does appear to be a
legitimate problem, but it's not hard to
think of more practical solutions than
The Sock. For example, you could glue
a strip of Velcro® hooks all around the
bottom edge of your mattress. Sew the
loopy side of the Velcro to the edges of
your bottom sheet. Velcro has HUGE
sheer strength, and the weight of the
mattress will only help matters. At the
same time, it should still be relatively
easy to push the edge of the sheet
under the mattress and stick it to the
Velcro. |
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Likewise, you could glue 4" strips of
150-grit sandpaper to the bottom of
the mattress. This should increase the
friction between mattress and sheet
enough to hold the sheet in place, and
again, the weight of the mattress will
help hold things in place. The
sandpaper may be a little tough on the
sheets, but that may be preferable to
haivng to sew Velcro to every new
bottom sheet you buy. (On the other
hand, depending on the
aforementioned sheet-changing
frequency, you may only have to do that
once.) You can buy rolls of adhesive-
backed sandpaper from any serious tool
supplier. |
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Staples and sandpaper...*sigh* The Velcro idea's not bad, though. I suppose if one is desperate enough to staple sheets to the bedframe or use the friction of sandpaper, then one wouldn't mind taking the time to sew a few Velcro strips here and there. |
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There's no reason why the waterbed manufacturers couldn't market ready-velcro'd sheets. If it's too much like hard work, you can always pay someone to do it. |
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I'd like velcro held sheets on my standard sprung mattress. The fitted (elasticated) sheets I have keep popping off the corners in the middle of the night. |
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Or you could use tent pegs and guy ropes in a big circle around the bed, holding the sheet taut and stationary. |
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See link for waterbed un-tucking
solutions. I thought there were also sets
where the foot end of the top sheet
velcros to the fitted sheet (to keep it
from slipping out) but I can't find a
reference. |
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[bpilot] [+] for the links |
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I like this beause it uses less duct tape then I would use.
So for saving me some trouble...+ |
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