Proper Door Sound Deadening and You

[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

well with all these hurricanes it will not be good times for fiberglassing. yes thats right its not sunny after all in san diego.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[lil azn 06 10+ year member]

i cutted the mdf woods and bought non hardening clay (1 lb for 2.99 x 3)so i was wondering if...

- for the hole of the mdf ring, should i make it a perfect circle or does it not matter? (it is somewhat uneven, but non the less a semi circle.

- I put clay bwt the door and mdf ring and clay bwt the mdf ring and the speaker correct?

- I also put clay surrounding the ring correct?

- How thick should the layer of clay be for contact bwt the mdf/door and mdf/speaker?

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

I don't understand what you're saying, MDF is a specific kind of wood, medium density fiberboard.

thanks for putting it in perspective now, i thought it could be anywood but thanks now

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

the guys at home depot doesn't seem to know what MDFs are . what do you guys think about using plywood instead?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Baltic birch plywood would work as well...although I highly doubt they don't stock MDF.

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

i cutted the mdf woods and bought non hardening clay (1 lb for 2.99 x 3)so i was wondering if...
- for the hole of the mdf ring, should i make it a perfect circle or does it not matter? (it is somewhat uneven, but non the less a semi circle.

- I put clay bwt the door and mdf ring and clay bwt the mdf ring and the speaker correct?

- I also put clay surrounding the ring correct?

- How thick should the layer of clay be for contact bwt the mdf/door and mdf/speaker?

1) Are you talking about the speaker cutout? If so, it should be a relatively snug fit for the speaker. When you look through the mounting holes, you should only see wood.

2) yes

3) yes

4)~2-3mm.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

If they dont know what MDF is then they are in the wrong store....

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

the guys at home depot doesn't seem to know what MDFs are . what do you guys think about using plywood instead?

Did you go in there asking for MDFs? Because they arent going to know what you're talking about. Ask for MDF, or medium density fiberboard, not MDFs lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif .

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

LOL ...ill go do that this weekend or something

where the holloween party @ ?

 

[Decado 10+ year member]

where the holloween party @ ?

???

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

screw it, just buy a sheet of OSB, 1/2 the price of MDF and it smells better

 

[civicgirl]

Does anyone know how much sound deadener it takes to do a whole trunk of a 2000 Civic coupe? I want every inch of the trunk sound deadened. I am planning on using Dynamat Xtreme and I need to know how much of it I should buy. The bulk pack has 36 square feet. I also have 2 cans of the dynashield spray by dynamat.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Does anyone know how much sound deadener it takes to do a whole trunk of a 2000 Civic coupe? I want every inch of the trunk sound deadened. I am planning on using Dynamat Xtreme and I need to know how much of it I should buy. The bulk pack has 36 square feet. I also have 2 cans of the dynashield spray by dynamat.

Dynamat Xtreme = way too ****ed expensive.

http://www.raamaudio.com //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Great deadener, at 1/4 of the price.

I'd get atleast 60sqft, should be enough to do 1 full layer and some 2nd layer in the resonant areas. IIRC I used ~30-40sqft to do 1 layer on my trunk, and it's pretty decent sized.

 

[civicgirl]

Dynamat Xtreme = way too ****ed expensive.
http://www.raamaudio.com //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Great deadener, at 1/4 of the price.

I'd get atleast 60sqft, should be enough to do 1 full layer and some 2nd layer in the resonant areas. IIRC I used ~30-40sqft to do 1 layer on my trunk, and it's pretty decent sized.

Thanks squeak. Where else should I put some sound deadener. I already have some installed on my car doors and rear deck. I am getting 1 12in type R. Well I already have it but it will be installed this weekend.

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Thanks squeak. Where else should I put some sound deadener. I already have some installed on my car doors and rear deck. I am getting 1 12in type R. Well I already have it but it will be installed this weekend.

Doors, trunk, wheelwell, dash, rear deck, under carpet, under the hearliner.