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Post Subject: The foaming room dilemma.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 8/17/2010

I did not expect that I will face a problem with it but it looks as more I educate myself on subject as more I see problems.

Looking and listing my room I have designed the foaming pattern of my room that will do fine acoustically and will not round the room look and fell. It will be done by placing some foam at the “strategic” location on the ridge of the cathedral ceiling and at some locations on the wall. I use my current chuckle foam and the Tenor Test to confirm that it will be sufficient and I hope it will. The problem is where to get the foam.

The Foam Factory do not offer as good prices as I initial thought and the quote price for individual 72” sheet. Thiers prices are similar to anybody else. The problem is not with prices however. The problem is with the fact that the companies that do manufacture white 2“pyramid foam admit that their foam turned brown in a year or two. Some of the companies claims that this white foam stay while but they sock foams in the chemicals that the smell so bad that I will turn brown if I put the foam a in my living room.

To buy non-white foam and to paint it sounds to me problematic as well. Paining of foam would clause the foam sells and will reduce the acoustic effectiveness of the foam. Alternative might be dyeing the foam in some kind of hair dye or fabric dye. I do not have experience with dyeing and I need to investigate it.

A good option would be to have panels where foam (or whatever) will be encapsulated in a frame and covered by a fine cloth. The problem is that those things need to be made by custom sizes and size I need around 100” of foam it become quote a project. I am still weighing the options.

Rgs, Romy the Cat

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