in that way of thinking, latext paint is rubber. Numerous coats of latex on the drywall should do the trick. Don't want anything that will actually collect dust like rugs.
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, clifford wrote: > Dear Dan: > Sheetrock finished smooth will cause sound to reverberate within, and if > you can either put a very rough finish on it, or cover it with a material > that is rough in texture, or hang some oriental rugs on the wall, the sound > level in the room will be decreased, and in turn, reduce the amount of sound > that escapes to other parts of the house. > My first wife and I have just removed wall paper from a bathroom, and > painted the refinished sheetrock which was exposed, and the echo in the small > room is increased, even though the wall paper was smooth. Your shop might > look a bit dainty, but find a bargain in flocked wall paper, and apply > liberally. > > Yours Truly, > > Clifford Wilson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:34 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Noise reduction. > > > So, in the fantasy world in which I live, one of my projects is to wall > off one end of my basement to make a shop where I can go and make dust and > noise without getting dust and noise all over the rest of the basement and > house. I realize I won't make a sound proof room, but I would like to > take some steps to reduce the amount of noise that will bleed out of the > shop area. > > Here are some of my thoughts, any corrections, additions, or ridicules > will be accepted. > > The wall will have a footer and header that are 2X6 instead of 2X4. Then > there will be studs staggard two one edge or the other. Thus, there will > be no stud that reaches from edge to edge, so no bridging. The cavity > will be filled with fiberglass insulation. The dry wall on the shop side > will be mounted to Z bars instead of directly to the studs. > > Lots of fiberglass will be stuffed up into the joist bays overhead and > then acoustic tile as a ceiling. > > One major question I have is dot dot dot. > > The wall runs parallel to the joists, so should I run the top of the wall > up between two joists, but not fix it to joists or floor and then stuff > lots of fiber glass around the top edge, or do I absolutely have to fix > the top of the wall to something. Obviously, there is a rigidity issue if > I don't. The ends of the wall can be fixed to the cement walls of the > basement, if that is enough of a substitute. > > Most of the sound will be high frequency sounds so doesn't fiber glass > batting and sealing up cracks take care of most of that sound? > > Without trying to make a sound proof room, are there any other things I > could do to reduce the sound bleed? > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 3733 (20090102) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
