Putting up some foam

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Faze 2 Studios
Member Since: Aug 15, 2005

OK so im reduring the foam in my room. I have a bunch of foambymail foam which works great for standing waves and generally just taking care of room problems. I tried to glue it to my walls. and after about a year of find a new peice of foam that had fallen off during the night ive decided to take it all down and start over.
I have a new idea that i was hoping to get your wisedom on, because i relaly dont wnat to go through this again.

I plan to attach the foam to bed sheets (probably glue them to the sheets) and then just hang the sheets from hooks on my walls. As for the roof, i was just going to hang a sheet fom it (leaving some space betweeen the roof and the sheet) and then just pack the the extra room with foam, no glue or staples needed.

Does this sound like a good idea? do you guys have any better ideas?

sorry i havent been on a lot lately, been ver busy, but now im back to reording again.

thanks a lot
melty

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Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002


Aug 05, 2007 12:33 pm

melty, what type of glue, and what were the walls made of?

There are specially made glues for hanging that stuff up. Most are available at the hardware store or what ever.

Member
Since: Jul 01, 2007


Aug 05, 2007 01:53 pm

As for the hooks on the walls I would do it so that the hook is about 3-4 inches out from the actual wall. This will create some trapping too unless of course you need to hide crappy looking walls :))

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Since: Apr 03, 2002


Aug 05, 2007 02:09 pm

Putting the foam in solid wooden frames and hanging them would be cool, then, if you need to you could flip them around and have a reflective surface. When the foam is facing out, you could space them out from the wall a couple inches and have a quasi-basstrap sort of effect too.

Additionally, they are then easy to move around, take down for use as a gobo, move to a corner for a vocal booth sort of use...

But, don't make the mistake of putting foam everywhere, that gets nasty, you need some reflecting, some absorbing and some diffusing surfaces...

www.TheLondonProject.ca
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Since: Feb 07, 2005


Aug 05, 2007 02:11 pm

I have the same foam and it was a bit tricky getting it to stay in place. I've had mine up for about 3 years now.

The trick is to use 3M 777 spray adhesive. I opted to be able to remove the foam if I decide to move it for what ever reason. Since I wanted a temporary bond, I only sprayed the foam and not the wall. The first coat will seep in so you have to let that coat dry and then spray it again. Even a third coat may be required. It will then feel tacky like a post-it note and can be pressed into place. If you want a permanent bond then spray the wall as well (don't expect to get it off in one piece though).

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002


Aug 05, 2007 08:59 pm

BH, that is what I usually recomend to do. Even the Auralex foam which is almost like a solid back as it is much more dense still will absorb the stuff. I used their canned stuff which is probably the same as the 3M stuff and ended up doing the same. My Auralex has been on these walls without falling for about 9 years.

Faze 2 Studios
Member
Since: Aug 15, 2005


Aug 07, 2007 02:21 am

Yeah, i got some of auralex's spray foam adhesive. it sort of worked. i kept having corners start to peel off making it look very unprofessional in my studio.

The idea im thinking of is very much like your idea DB, except instead of wood, im just using cloth. My room has monsterous standing waves problems, and i figured having a cloth backround would just be like having some more foam (spet only taking away from the top end.) Plus i felt cloth would be much easier and flexable compare to hard wooden mounts.

the reason i dont want to glue it directly to the walls, is mostly becuase i like the idea of being able to take it down if i want you know? like if i need to redue it or something i dont have to worry about glue damage to the walls or anythign just unhook and walk away with it.

im just wondering if there are any huge sonic differences...

thank you guys so much for your help, very apreciated.

anymore feedback?

-Melty


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Since: Jul 01, 2007


Aug 07, 2007 11:43 am

I think you would do better to have a trapping effect by not putting them flush up against the wall. I have (in a 11X12 room) five 2'X4' 4" Traps and three 2'X4' 2" HF traps. All of them are about 3-4" away fromthe wall. You talk in this room and it feels like you have no air comin out of ya! :))

Prior t0 this I had lots of flush mounted foam and it was not as sonically pure as my current setup.

My current setup allows me to pretty much nail everything from tracking to mixing to mastering in one shot!

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