Satin Waterbed Sheets

Satin waterbed sheets are not hard to find. It is a common misconception that waterbed sheets are much harder to find and are more expensive than regular sheets. In fact, water bed sheets are not that much different from regular bed linen – they only have extra pockets or elastic to help keep them on the bed. This is because waterbed surfaces are usually more slippery than conventional mattress surfaces. Sheets for these beds have to be designed to be able to fit snugly around the mattress.

Waterbed sheets are usually available wherever regular bed linen is sold – department stores, home furnishing stores, and so on. Although perhaps not available in the same wide variety of designs, fabrics, and colors as conventional bed linens, sheets for waterbeds are still available in a respectable amount of variety. Its usually not an impossible task to find a sheet that will go well with your current interior decorating scheme.

While specially designed waterbed sheets may prove convenient and effective, they are by no means necessary. Good fitted sheets can be just as effective. Choosing normal bed linen with soft side waterbeds, or those that have foam edging instead of using hard wooden supports can often work well. Soft sided beds are usually available in the common mattress sizes – single, double, queen, and king – unlike hardside waterbeds. Hard side beds may require special sized sheets depending on the type of support that they use or the manufacturer that has made the bed.

For awkwardly sized water beds, oversized sheets can provide an easy solution. You can drape these over the mattress and the bed frame if you are using one, and just secure them between the frame and the waterbed. If this proves not to work that well, making knots in the corner of the sheet can create makeshift pockets, or corners, to fit over the corners of the waterbed mattress.

When buying any kind of bed linen or blankets, whether specifically for use with a waterbed or not, one factor to look at is the listed thread count. This thread count actually refers to the total number of both horizontal and vertical threads in one square inch of the fabric. This number can range from as low as 80 to as high as 700, but most stores carry sheets in the range of 150 to 300 threads per inch. A higher thread count will translate to a softer, finer fabric.

Sheets with higher thread counts are usually more expensive, because finer thread needs to be used, leading to a softer, better-feeling fabric. However, thread count should not be your sole criterion when choosing sheets. The most important thing is to feel the linens for yourself – if it feels good and looks good then it might be the sheet for you, regardless of thread count. Higher thread counts can often also mean exorbitant prices that are not really worth it. Satin waterbed sheets can often provide a good compromise between percale (the finest weave) and flannel, which is usually heavier.

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