# How to remove bad memories from memory foam **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 20, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910 "2014-10-20T13:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anita\_Dayoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Anita\_Dayoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Dayoff)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/1 "2014-10-20T13:28:34Z")
or do I just throw it away? ---
**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/2 "2014-10-20T14:34:30Z")
No - the best is to send them via FedEx to Heywood Jablome. I forget his address, so google it. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/3 "2014-10-20T14:39:43Z")
Portable steam cleaner ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/4 "2014-10-20T15:25:53Z")
> [@Anita\_Dayoff](#): > > or do I just throw it away? Must have been an interesting night. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/5 "2014-10-20T15:28:21Z")
Fire. Cleanse it with fire. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/6 "2014-10-20T15:42:54Z")
You need a comforter, possibly even a king-sized one. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/7 "2014-10-20T15:48:06Z")
If you flip it over, sometimes the bottom forgets. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/8 "2014-10-20T15:50:54Z")
Mine was permanently traumatized after I foolishly put a counterpane _and_ a pane over it. What ensued was too savage to describe. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/9 "2014-10-20T21:09:13Z")
90° turn every 2 months. Makes it forget everything. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/10 "2014-10-20T21:45:16Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > If you flip it over, sometimes the bottom forgets. The bottom _never_ forgets. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/11 "2014-10-20T22:01:03Z")
I always choose to pound it out. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/12 "2014-10-20T22:23:21Z")
I have to use memory foam pillows. Feather ones just get me down. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/13 "2014-10-20T22:35:14Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > 90° turn every 2 months. Makes it forget everything. Clockwise? Counterclockwise? Edgewise? Into the 4th Dimension? Detail, man, details! Do it wrong and the memories will be INDELIBLY ETCHED. INDELIBLY! ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/14 "2014-10-20T23:08:02Z")
Please keep posting. Actually, a Twitter account may be more suited to these thoughts, but I like the cut of your jibe. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/15 "2014-10-21T00:04:21Z")
Maybe we should all just sleep on it? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/16 "2014-10-21T05:24:30Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Clockwise? Counterclockwise? Edgewise? Into the 4th Dimension? > > Detail, man, details! Do it wrong and the memories will be INDELIBLY ETCHED. INDELIBLY! Counter clock even if it isn’t wise. 🆒 The cat would be OK with edgewise but we wouldn’t… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/17 "2014-10-21T05:47:28Z")
Just sleep it off. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/18 "2014-10-21T05:59:06Z")
To contribute one serious suggestion - I shoot concerts, and I have little sewn “pillows” of memory foam that I put under the legs of my tripods when I’m shooting in locations that have wooden floors, like Chicago’s beloved Schuba’s. If I didn’t have my little memory foam pillows, the tripods and cameras would shake with each bass note. So, if the OPs memory foam mattress is too stained or smelly to sleep on, consider cutting it into squares for temporary vibration suppression. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/19 "2014-10-22T18:09:24Z")
I’m afraid her point was that it’s already giving off bad vibes. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-remove-bad-memories-from-memory-foam/701910/20 "2014-10-22T19:44:15Z")
Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.