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Richard Lipkus Apr 6 2000, 12:00 am show options
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From: Richard Lipkus - Find messages by this author
Date: 2000/04/06
Subject: Re: Sound proofing
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Expanding foam is something you have to be VERY carefull of. We use it
alot in the car audio circles, but this stuff can expand with enough force
to pop rivets and bend sheet metal. A MUCH better material to use is made
by McMaster Carr. It is very similar to ICE Sheild, which you can buy at
home depot, (which by the way works very well too) Its a couple bucks per
square foot, and once heated and applied is not going anywhere. You can
put this in a few places.

1) remove your door skins, and put this over the metal. Lay it in strips.
The idea is not to sound proof the door, but to add weight/density to the
door.
2) Take up the carpet, and again put down a few layers. Use a wall paper
gun to get it sticky. Put this in the trunk or where ever else you want to
deaden, even under the headliner. It is quite cheap, easy to work with,
and works very well for sound deadening. "