best batting for "sound proofing"
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 410
I think that a large quilt will help in the same way that curtains help. I removed the carpeting in my living/dining room once and had the hardwood floors underneath refinished, and it took me weeks to get used to the new sounds in the house - everything echoed. I realize the area of the carpet is much larger than a quilt, but every bit helps.
Maybe the person could put up something really good for soundproofing and have it hidden behind the quilt.
Sorry, I have no advice on the best kind of batting. Probably whatever is the most dense.
Maybe the person could put up something really good for soundproofing and have it hidden behind the quilt.
Sorry, I have no advice on the best kind of batting. Probably whatever is the most dense.
#12
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 851
I have experience with this. When I was a middle school librarian back at the beginning of computer integration into schools, the "powers that be" decided to whack off a corner of the library for our first computer lab. That meant lots of traffic and noisy middle schoolers. I loved them dearly and wasn't a "quiet" librarian, but something had to be done. So my students made tied quilts! Lots of them! They covered the walls of the lab and they really did work nicely. I am sure that we used the cheapest poly batting available and they were tied. Can't get more basic than that! Plus the kids loved their work on display. Yes, back then, I taught the computer classes and ran the lab too. Of course, librarians had nothing much else to do back then! LOL!
PS. I got my cataloging caught up only twice in 25 years! I was also the computer network administrator for the school.
PS. I got my cataloging caught up only twice in 25 years! I was also the computer network administrator for the school.
Last edited by mhollifiel; 09-22-2019 at 04:06 AM.
#13
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,397
ETA: Ok gang I just asked my husband. He makes high-end speakers, and uses batting inside the speakers. Originally I was asking him what kind of batting is best, but once he figured out what the conversation was about, he said the OP should use Rockwool. It's a sound-proofing material they use in commercial buildings. Here's one of many YouTube videos that show how to use it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnN-AttTyoc
Here's another, more detailed how-to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLk6fQVcoSw
You could easily cover it with decorative fabric or a quilt top, or just make the panel and hang the quilt in front of it.
Last edited by Peckish; 09-22-2019 at 10:48 AM.
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