Posted: 1/6/2010 7:58:17 AM EDT
| I'm thinking of tearing apart the interior of my Explorer and applying something to quiet it down. Before I do though, is Dynamat the best stuff to use for this, or is there something else out there you folks have used? |
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The Peel&Seal is great for the floor. However, non car specific mat can get ugly when the first hot summer day melts the black stuff and everything slides down into a gooey heap. I'd use Rammat or B-Quiet for vertical surfaces. Dynamat Extreme always gets top reviews but is insanely expensive. That would be good for the roof where max adhesion and temp stability is required.
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/ http://www.b-quiet.com/ http://www.fatmat.com/ http://www.raamaudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=56 TYCOM |
| Dynamat if you can afford it. I use fatmat, good quality and you can get 100 sq ft for like $140 shipped. Dynamat is over $200 for 32 sq ft I belive,plus the fatmat comes with the roller and a razor knife, you don't get anything with dynamat except a lighter wallet. |
| I was told at a pretty high-end car stereo shop that what they recommend are the plain old asphalt squares you can get from JC Whitney. Hardly anybody wants that CHEAP stuff, though, because it CAN'T work as well as the expensive Dynomat. Not so, according to the stereo guys. Asphalt converts the vibrations from noise into heat and slowly dissipates the heat. |
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I was told at a pretty high-end car stereo shop that what they recommend are the plain old asphalt squares you can get from JC Whitney. Hardly anybody wants that CHEAP stuff, though, because it CAN'T work as well as the expensive Dynomat. Not so, according to the stereo guys. Asphalt converts the vibrations from noise into heat and slowly dissipates the heat. This stuff? |
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I was told at a pretty high-end car stereo shop that what they recommend are the plain old asphalt squares you can get from JC Whitney. Hardly anybody wants that CHEAP stuff, though, because it CAN'T work as well as the expensive Dynomat. Not so, according to the stereo guys. Asphalt converts the vibrations from noise into heat and slowly dissipates the heat. This stuff? The stuff I was referring to didn't have the foil facing, but that appears to be similar. I did a search for "asphalt" and that product is what came up, maybe "viscoelastic polymer" is the modern name for "asphalt." LOL |
| To put your mind at ease when buying the cheep stuff. Keep in mind that these materials work on the principal that deadening vibrations will result in lower db levels. All your doing is adding dead weight to thin metal to keep it from vibrating. Sound travels in waves, stop the wave, stop the sound. |
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How well does it work FatMan? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile +1. I like the cheapness of it, but how effective is it? It is as effective as Dynamat. As stated below, it works by dampening the vibrations in the metal. With clean metal and a hand roller to really stick it down, I've not had any problems with it "falling off into a sticky gooey mess". |
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Dynamat is a fortune. Go to Lowes and get: http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/jiminradfordva/Truck%20Project/insulmat007.jpg It's about $15 per roll and I used 3 rolls to do the entire interior of my '86 Dodge Ram50 pickup. Clean the substrate, peel, press and roll it down with a cheap wallpaper seam roller. Looks like this: http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/jiminradfordva/Truck%20Project/insulmat010.jpg Hows' the smell with this stuff? Did it smell like roofing tar? |
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Rammat seems to be the current choice from what I've been seeing due to price and quality. If you look around there was a site dedicated to reviewing all the offerings out there. I lurk at this site off and on. http://www.diymobileaudio.com/forum/ |