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Acoustic Panel Fabric Suggestions?
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Rick Riley
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:15 am    Post subject: Acoustic Panel Fabric Suggestions? Reply with quote

I’ve made my own acoustic panels in the past from OC 703, framed in Oak with black fabric used for speakers as a covering. But now I would like to make some panels that are a little more decorative. Is there a specific fabric to use as covering that I should be looking for?

We have a store called Fabric Depot here in Portland, which is pretty much the largest fabric store in the free world. So whatever it is, I should be able to get it or order it.

Anyone have any experience with one fabric over another that allows for better sound transmission?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would say any loosely-woven fabric will do --- do the "can i breath through it" test & pick any paisley pattern you like.



*i could be completely wrong on that ---
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ask because Guilford of Maine seems to be the go to for fabric over panels in recording studios. They have tested specific fabric and you can order a number of different styles from them. Just wondering if specific is really ‘specific’ for an acoustic application or if any breathable fabric will fit the ‘specific’ category.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used upholstery fabric because it looks super sweet.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

People like Guilford will sell you fabrics that are "fire rated". Most of us probably don't worry much about that in our little home based studios. The folks that I converse with who are debating building their own or buying ready-make acoustic panels are folks doing house-of-worship treatments. These are public spaces and now your local fire marshal may get involved. When doing public/ commercial spaces that is a big issue. In a home studio, there are other furnishings that may be more to worry about in case of fire... like the big over-stuffed sofa I have over on the spare space side of my room... or the off-season wardrobe rack over in the back corner. (I assume both of those 'foreign objects' are making a good contribution to the acoustics.)

For the panels I built, I used burlap from the local fabric store. We didn't have a fire rating discussion. Some of my panels are in "gunny sack tan" (what I always assume to be that native color of burlap, having grown up on the farm) and some are in black.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can also get pretty much any design your heart desires from sites like these:

http://www.fabricondemand.com/

http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm guessing holes in the fabric are important for letting the sound through to get trapped, but if you're hanging your panels a few inches away from your walls and ceilings then a totally exposed backside of absorbent material will do a lot of your trapping for you.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bruce wrote:
if you're hanging your panels a few inches away from your walls and ceilings then a totally exposed backside of absorbent material will do a lot of your trapping for you.


In this particular area, I'm not.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

None of the fabric covered surfaces in my booth needed to allow the sound waves to penetrate them, so this may not apply to your situation. But I went to the fabric store (where unaccompanied men are often ignored in the same annoying way unaccompanied women are ignored at car dealerships or Guitar Center) to price some decorative fabric. Even the relatively cheap stuff seemed awfully expensive for my needs, so I went to Lowe's and bought a painter's drop cloth -- a canvas one with no plastic. It was way cheaper than what Jo-Ann would have charged me for something similar.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lee Gordon wrote:
I went to Lowe's and bought a painter's drop cloth -- a canvas one with no plastic. It was way cheaper than what Jo-Ann would have charged me for something similar.


I appreciate your thriftiness Lee, but I want something that looks like your shirt.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll have to go to SteinMart for that. Gasp
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Because upholstery cloth is supposed to breathe I'd be sure to check that out for its holiness.


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

for mine i bought the cheapest cotton sheets wal-mart had --- 1 twin sheet makes two 2'x7' panels.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did the same thing Todd did, except I went to K-Mart instead of Walmart.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bragger.
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