Taking off the jeans...
- Thread starter Capt Hair
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been using the ultra touch for the last 5 years, works great, here's an old post(2nd from top) with a quick mention of my absorbers:
https://homerecording.com/bbs/gener...hat-does-everyone-here-use-bass-traps-222470/
https://homerecording.com/bbs/gener...hat-does-everyone-here-use-bass-traps-222470/
Capt Hair
Jeff
Alright guys, here we go, still don't have them wrapped yet, used the last of my fabric on some rockwool panels I was doing as well.
One thing I noticed was that when unwrapped the ultratouch was a little less than 48" in length and a little less than 18" wide. so I adjusted accordingly. So the adjusted frame is 46 3/4" x 17 1/4"
Compared to a standard 2x4' piece of rockwool in panel.
The free wood
Thickness comparatively to rockwool.
Wood cut. Sorry for the side shot
Frame put together!
Frame on top of a rockwool panel to compare
The ultra-touch in the panel
Using some adhesive to help make that biatch stay put.
I'll post the final panel when I go get some more fabric, and god I feel extremely homo saying that
One thing I noticed was that when unwrapped the ultratouch was a little less than 48" in length and a little less than 18" wide. so I adjusted accordingly. So the adjusted frame is 46 3/4" x 17 1/4"
Compared to a standard 2x4' piece of rockwool in panel.
The free wood
Thickness comparatively to rockwool.
Wood cut. Sorry for the side shot
Frame put together!
Frame on top of a rockwool panel to compare
The ultra-touch in the panel
Using some adhesive to help make that biatch stay put.
I'll post the final panel when I go get some more fabric, and god I feel extremely homo saying that
Yeah, I would never use fiberglass again, more expensive, greater health risk. How is that glue holding up? I used a couple 1X2 wood slats front and back, works good.
The fabric store... It's like going to a different planet. What are you going to use for wrapping? My first one was covered in burlap, but what a mess, all others I ended up going with some nice Muslin fabric, only problem is it was an off white so you can sort of see the blue though it.
Here's where I got my UltraTouch It's on my way home from my parents so I just stopped in and picked up a Big roll of the R-13 or R-19 (It's been so ling I can't remember) each piece is 8'X2'
UltraTouch acoustical - thermal insulation for walls & ceilings - Green Product
Lets see the finished product
Capt Hair
Jeff
HA I know, I was getting so many looks when I was in there, got to joke with the cutter lady saying I was getting the fabric because I was going to be a "black" ghost for halloween lol. I'm using black cotton suede ($4.50 a yard) works and looks great, I have it on one of the rockwool panels up top^^^. It's a little thicker than regular cotton so you can't see through it and it holds well. I've sold some of the rockwool panels I've done locally and people love the look and feel of it.
The glue is Tubetak from auralex and it works great!. I got a bunch of foam panels and 2 tubes of tak as a "gift" when I got my interface on musicians friend last year. Finally had a use for it lol. The idea was to just have something holding them in there and didn't want to use any of my wood, so I used that since it was just lying around gathering dust.
Other thing I do is put some DOW protection board on the back of my panels to protect the walls from being damaged. That was one of the things I was concerned about when I was going to sell some of my panels locally, didn't want people banging up there walls when hanging the things. Works great, they actually come in 2x4' and are slightly oversized so they fit perfectly!
And I'll post up the final thing when I can get to the fabric store this weekend.
The glue is Tubetak from auralex and it works great!. I got a bunch of foam panels and 2 tubes of tak as a "gift" when I got my interface on musicians friend last year. Finally had a use for it lol. The idea was to just have something holding them in there and didn't want to use any of my wood, so I used that since it was just lying around gathering dust.
Other thing I do is put some DOW protection board on the back of my panels to protect the walls from being damaged. That was one of the things I was concerned about when I was going to sell some of my panels locally, didn't want people banging up there walls when hanging the things. Works great, they actually come in 2x4' and are slightly oversized so they fit perfectly!
And I'll post up the final thing when I can get to the fabric store this weekend.
Capt Hair
Jeff
double layer or get the r13 or 19, those are 3.5 and 5.5 inches thick respectively. Haven't been able to find any locally though only the r8 which is as you can see is much smaller compared to the others. And since it comes in the plastic wrap like pictured, it really compresses the stuff making it a little under labeled size.
Capt Hair
Jeff
Final product next to a rockwool panel, I think cost to coverage you would get more with the ultra-touch than anything else. You can make 2 ultra-touch panels for the price of 1 rockwool panel.
Had a cute little girl in the fabric store today, she got me her store discount, 40% off! Saved like $30
Had a cute little girl in the fabric store today, she got me her store discount, 40% off! Saved like $30
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
hahaha actually did ask her out so no worries, though I guess that means I won't be saving $30 after all, will probably, no most definitely... end up spending more
To guote the late-great George Harrison....
But it's gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
It's gonna take plenty of money
To do it right, child
Capt Hair
Jeff
For some reason I can't edit my original post, wish I could consolidate some of the info on the other pages and put it on the front, but anyways. Found a pretty good deal on the Ultra-touch for anybody who may be considering making panels or bass traps, Here.
It's the 3.5" x 16" x 94" and comes with 10 rolls for $109. You could cut those in half effectively having 20 panels worth of the stuff, if you would even need that much lol. Could probably make something similar to super chunks using two rolls as well.
It's the 3.5" x 16" x 94" and comes with 10 rolls for $109. You could cut those in half effectively having 20 panels worth of the stuff, if you would even need that much lol. Could probably make something similar to super chunks using two rolls as well.
diggy_dude
Now 169% diggier!
How much is shipping? A lot of online outlets will offer a great deal on something, then the shipping costs defeat the actual savings.
jimmys69
MOODerator
I really hope this is an economical solution to room treatment. Please take before/after measurements in a 'real world' situation, to prove that it works. Many products have been already proven to work. The use and placement of materials in a particular room, are the determining factor in the end. Without proven results, performance is based on the room just sounding better. Even then, it is relative to the room it is used in. Forever struggle for the perfect room treatment.
Foam= RIP.
Foam= RIP.