Installing Acoustic Foam WITHOUT DAMAGING YOUR WALLS! || HOW-TO
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- In this video, I show how I installed acoustic foam throughout my room in a way that guess what: DOESN'T DAMAGE YOUR WALLS! Check out the entire video to find out how!
Stuff Mentioned in Video:
+ Blue & Charcoal Acoustic Foam 24 Pack: amzn.to/2umWvZs
+ 5LB Industrial Strength Velcro I Used: www.walmart.com/ip/VELCRO-Bra...
+ Command Strips I Used: amzn.to/2eEchey
⚠️PLEASE NOTE⚠️: I realize I was NOT the first to mount acoustic foam in this manner but people who used similar methods made the entire process a bit more difficult in some aspects than it should have been. Because of this, I just wanted to show you how I managed to do so in my process.
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Wondering how well everything is holding up 1 year later? Figure out here in an update video + install of even more acoustic foam from Arrowzoom! Find the video here: ruclips.net/video/aVts_HDvK_s/видео.html.
This video was very helpful thank you. I just bought some foam myself and I wanted to find a way without using spray so thanks for this very informative video😁
couldn't you just use 2 command strips instead of using velcro as well?
@@tomwhyte I did that, see how long it holds up :)
The command strip adhesive is just not really meant to stick onto the foam. It’ll fall off most definitely eventually whereas as I speak all the panels I hung up using this method are still up!
Worse than Blair Witch Project.
Me: it’s here
My mom: why did you order foam
YeeteR YanG my mom said the same
Dad asked not my mom I just looked at him and said you dont want to know
Haha my mom bought it for me so she doesnt have to listen to the music.
lol my dad said that
diddlydankmemes Did it work? Lol 😂
I just recently hung 96 panels like this in my basement studio (18'x30' room with cinder block walls, and a concrete floor), along with some much more expensive panels for the real problem surfaces.
I took cardboard, and cut it to 93"x20" and used spray adhesive to attach the cardboard to the back of the foam panels. I undersized the cardboard a few inches so that the cardboard never peeks out from behind the panels. Then I used 6 command strips on each cardboard panel, to attach them to my wall. Worked great.
Great idea with the cardboard!
I got motion sickness from watching this.
😭
You are not the only one getting motion sickness
Same. I want the guy to stop talking too much and being a huge nerd. I hate that!
@Haha Bazokadonkas then leave the video
Motion sickness sucks !!
Great tip, tried this on one of my studios, about 30 tiles & they're still up a year later.
Thanks! Great to hear that!
My Velcro didn’t attach to my panels
@@Locql Same, they keep falling down. I think I'll figure this one out myself. Terrible advice. Should have watched more than one video.
Hey if it doesn’t work you can use hot glue to reglue the velcro to the foam
@@gokuonplaystation2330 they're still up
Good tip on the Velcro n contact strips man nice one, I ended up here after having to sand and repaint the walls in my last place hahaha
Velcro will hold an elephant to a wall, however, the adhesive on the back on the Velcro will not hold the foam. The other side's adhesive may fall off the wall also. Meanwhile the hooks and loops will stay together fine! Velcro needs to be sewn or stapled to something. It will fail at the weakest link, so this Velcro may as well just be double-sided tape.
Thanks bro I really needed this with my new setup people like you are great!
I'd imagine that the weather would determine how well the foam stays up. If you live in a cold country like me and need your heating on a lot then that might determine how well the foam stays up as the heat in the room builds up.
Your back, after watching for a minute I realize, I came back to your channel by accident. I’m putting up sound foam again, after moving.
Never thought of using velcro. I had it on using just the command strips, it didn't last too long. After about a month they started falling
Ahahahahaha I was TOTALLY thinking “Aren’t they just going to fall down?!” Way to call me out RUclipsr!!! 🤣
Bro,when i subscribed I was amazed of what you can do!!I am sad vecause you don't have more subscribers....I was thinking that you have 8 m sub but you have 8 k...I like you videos!!You are the best!!!
Lower them to source level (i.e. your mouth, speakers, etc.) for better results.
Reflections can bounce high in a room too. I agree about placing some mid level, but high up is fine as well.
@@Syklonus No
I definitely hear an echo sooo ... no
Definitely needs to lower them
Acoustic Foams are used for Echo & Acoustic Curtains are used for Soundproofing SoundProof-Curtains.me
The painted wall looks fantastic! It looks really difficult. Do you have a video tutorial for that?
You went straight to the point. Everything you listed is also very cheap thank you for this great and straight to the point video.
Thank you so much :)
Jedidr Cheap foam on Amazon is highly flammable. Don't go to crazy with it.
I tried this but the velcro won't stay glued to the foam for very long ( I had some falling off after 1 day ) . Tbf , I tried this with bass traps and column foams ( I used two 1 inch for smaller bass traps/columns and 2 2-inch pieces for bigger bass traps ) and I didn't use the command strips, but the issue was with the velcro pieces that went to the foam, the ones that went directly to the wall were totally stuck. Any suggestions?
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It looks like fixing cardboard on the back of the foam may make the sticking and resticking of the foam tile a little easier. Thank you for this video. It was very helpful in assisting me come to that conclusion
Chris, yes! Great idea. Since I made this video, I’ve actually done similar to that but by combining numerous panels. What I mean by that is I found large enough pieces of cardboard to hold 4 or 6 of these panels & then I just hot glued the panels to those cardboard sheets. Then, all I had to do was 2 command strip hooks and then hook the cardboard sheet up to the wall with the panels on them! Super minimal solution that has even less chance of damaging walls for larger amounts of panels than even this method shown here! That cardboard solution has been up now for a little over 9 months and I haven’t had any issues. Only issue I’ve had is one time wind came howling through my room and that caused the cardboard sheet to come misaligned, so all I had to do was move it a little right/left (as you would a crooked picture frame) and everything was all good. Cheers!
that kind of breaking the sound is total? or is it partial thanks now I learned eternal health
Found out it was very hard to remove the command strip from the velcro. Wound up using just the command strips and it worked fine. Panels stuck to the wall without any problem.
Acoustic Panels controls echo's but there is another role of acoustic curtains in same way.
Soundproof-Curtains.me
3 years later and this is still my favorite video.
Thanks for the tips and instructions! I do have a question, is this setup effective for absorbing noise coming from outside of the room?
No problem! I'm glad you've found it helpful :). This setup sadly is not very effective in absorbing noise on the outside of the room it's placed in. That type of absorption would require sound PROOFING rather than just acoustic foam. Hope this helps!
@@carsonmtech Thanks, your reply helped me (trying to block out loud tv noise from invading my bedroom).
Would this specific method be able to hold 2.5 foam?
So far this has worked out perfectly for me. I’m using 12” foam but even the bigger squares are so light that it wouldn’t make a difference. You just have to be sure to use the velcro rated for 10 lbs or some shit. The glue on those stuck remarkably well to the foam. I used about a 1” square in the center of the foam. Tried to peel a test piece off and the foam wanted to rip so I knew the adhesive would hold. The Command strips with the hook style fastener on one side stuck better to the velcro on the foam better than what came in the velcro package! I put the command strips on the velcro first then the wall. This was a great solution and thanks for the video. Good job 👍🏻
After having fucked up my last room completely with acoustic glue and double-sided tape, I'll give this a shot. Sounds promising and if the strips will actually stay on the Basotect/Melamine foam it would be the perfect solution. Just the bass traps in the corners are gonna be very difficult becuase they're partly hanging down and also heavier and I'm not so sure if the strips can support that even when using more than one. Thanks for the advice, I'll report back!
It’s been 2 years. How did it work?
My mom won’t let me get any because “It would make my room like like an insane asylums room, and she doesn’t want “junk” in the house. I tried, Rip
my mom said she can't wait till i get them because i shout too much when playing siege
@@user-lz4pt9my7p it be like that
Qoepi I need pretty thick foam then these won’t cut it
@@user-lz4pt9my7p you need soundproof not acoustic equipment
apparently she knows what one looks like wtf
What is on your other wall with the geometric shapes? Is that wallpaper? Or are those individually cut pieces of something?
thanks, I subbed. Just what I needed
Thanks for the video, good idea, better than glue but did it work cos it’s echoing
Did the panel's come with the stickey things to stick them on the wall
So the command strips won't rip off the paint when you take then down?
Can I use only the command strips or do I need both Velcro and command strips?
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Carson Miller oh yea i forgot in america you guys are starting earlier than us in canada
CaptainJJz lol i start in like 2 weeks
Me: seeing they cost 23$
Also me: Realises the shipping is 82$ to sweden
Dont u have acoustic foam in ur country? Bet if u do have it in ur country, it will be less than $30.
@@bucketeer7087 well I have tried to find but there is only like 10-40$ with 40-100$ shipping I found one that was 10 with 20$ shipping but it was only 10x10 cm is that good?
@@dadommen3068 man 30 dollars in total for 10x10? Where im from they sell 50x50 6pieces for $36.
I'm wondering if this would work on my kids rooms with TV video etc it just seems so noisy sometimes
try hanging a relatively thick carpet (rug) on the walls. It works just as good and looks a lot better. It's probably cheaper too, unless you choose a Persian rug.
Don't forget to add some acoustic dampening material to the ceiling. You'll be surprised how much sound reflects off the ceiling too.
Approximately how many would you need to fit a back wall of a room?
Great video. I'm looking to install acoustic foam too. SUB and LIKE added!
I have a question. I am studying opera music and I really want to do something like this instead of renting a small studio all the time when I need to practice singing. How do you KNOW that this works. I don't want to put all this stuff up only to find out that my neighbors still can hear me sing. And also I don't want to disturb my neighbors either.
Hi there! The method shown in this video is to reduce reverb and echo in a room when recording audio. Acoustic foam is not meant (and does not work very well) as soundproofing which is what I believe you’re looking for. Soundproofing even a small room typically costs thousands of dollars as special types of insulation and drywall are required to reduce sound passthrough into other rooms. If you’re just looking to cut down reverb in your room when you’re recording, the method in this video should overall do just that, very well. However, you probably will have to continue renting out that small studio unless you’re willing to pay a contractor to come into your space and truly soundproof your room.
I really hope this helps explain things well. I hope I could help!
Thank you It sure does help! I appreciate you taking the time out to reply.!
A Whole lot of Stuff You can also hang blankets over things. Buy name brand foam. Cheap foam is not fire resistant and is extremely flammable.
You should look getting a small custom vocal isolation booth....from all the money you spend renting it may be worth it to do that instead.
Thank you for the tips
Question,can you just use the Velcro strips or do you need the command strips
What happens when they are flatend and you have to soak them and let them dry to make them grow to size. How do I do that
Smart idea. Thanks a lot dude
Hi Carson, are you only using one side of the Velcro to attach to the acoustic panel and then discarding the opposite side (the Vecro that would normally attach to the opposite Velcro)?
Yep! Although I didn't necessarily discard of the other side, I kept it if I ever needed it in the future for something :) But no, I didn't use it for the installation of the foam.
OK cool thanks, I'll give it a shot! Out of curiosity are they still hangin' in there?
Hi people shouldn't these panels be like 1 inch away from the wall for optimal effiency?
Good job bro. "preciate the help
I don't understand why velcro is needed WITH the command strips. ?
the only thing im waching this is because when I play scary games I scream real loud
I friggin' literally lol'd at your comment!
No paint on the wall is coming off when you remove the tape?
HI SWEETY I'M VERY PLEASED WITH YOUR DEMONSTRATION IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR (EXCEPT) I HAVE PAINT THAT IS ALITTLE BUMPIER THAN FLAT BUT GREAT WORK😜🙋♀️VERY NICE
can you do the same thing to the ceiling?
Good Video really helped me!
Don't command strips still damage the wall? For example, would it tear off wallpaper? If so this solution doesn't help me as I am renting a place and I can't put things on the wall that may damage them.
Is there a way of attaching the foam to something else and leaning it against the wall?
Surely! You could get a piece of plywood or thin sheet of wood and mount the pieces onto that and then lean that up on the walls of choice
@@carsonmtech yeah. What my plan is now is to use A1 monting board to attach my foam to, then attach the board to the wall using command strips
Yeah the command strips last a few weeks then the tiles just fall off. I predict the door ones last a few days due to constant movement.
Nice decorated the room but what for? for suppression of high frequencies in the reflection?
Yep
cheerio is da name Thanks! I actually painted that myself. All I did was paint a base layer, waited for that to dry then taped up some weird geometric shapes, sealed up the edges of that tape with the base layer by painting a VERY LIGHT coat of it over the tape (let that dry). Then, I painted in the spaces as I saw fit. Because I painted the base coat color over the tape before putting the darker colors in, it resulted in incredibly clean lines since the tape was sealed up to the wall. I only had 1 touch up that was required! I was super happy with the result :-).
Mounting tape works best alone
If you try to take it off it will probably rip
Thank you so much man!!!
Good vid. I would even staple the Velcro to the foam. Sounds good. Remember to replace the foam after a few years so that you don’t breathe it in. Best of luck ;)
Is the foam off-gassing? Why would you need to replace the foam...?..
Acoustic Foams are used for Echo & Acoustic Curtains are used for Soundproofing SoundProof-Curtains.me
how much command strips are in one pack ?
How do you figure velcro isn't going to damage the walls?
i feel like the foam is to high and should be closer to your mic but good video man thanks!!
Man I used the Velcro stuff and my foam still keeps falling
Thanks for this ❤️
was this filmed with the panasonic g7?
Yep, it was!
LOL about the posibility of the foam ripping if you need to adjust. "If you peel from the wrong portion, you're gonna have a baaaaad time."
How did you paint your wall?
I tried this but, the velcro 'glue side' will not stick to the foam.
Nice!!! You did good!!
Hey Carson, have a question. if say you have to move or so, after having the the foam and command strips up, Does the comman strips peel off the paint on a wall, or no?
Nope! Command strips are meant to not damage paint. That’s not to say it CANT damage paint, because it definitely can! You just have to be careful when removing the command strips and you’ll be all good and safe!
@@carsonmtech thanks, good deal really, I am renting from My cosins husband and I record music alot, but some times doing videos on like displaying flutes I made . if you like, check out myu channels.
The Foam Factory is a good choice. They know all about foam
Great Info!
Great tip on using Velcro but having acoustic treatment that high is the most un-effective positioning I've ever seen. Of course there will still be reverb
Thanks! Also, if you’re listening with headphones, there actually is a really large difference between when the treatment was not up to when it was. Of course, it’s not as effective as placing it lower near ear level but it helped with the reverb enough for my uses as it’s not like I’m using my room as a recording studio 24/7 xD. Thanks for watching though!
Carson Miller. My man.
I advise to do the mirror trick rather than blindly just playing them anywhere. Basically run a mirror across your walls until your speaker cone become visible then place the foam down accordingly covering all the areas. Don't forget to place bass traps in the corners of your rooms if needed. :)
Oh like the point before you see it you can figure out the measurement? Or…
Can you explain differently, please?
Can you put this on your door?
hey do you think if you foam your whole room it will make it sound proof ?
"Sound proofing" is actually not what most people think. This is sound dampening. It is unlikely that a room that large can become 100% quiet with just foam. "Sound proofing" to get a near quiet space may require some additional contruction. A lot of artists and talent like to use a whisper room or build a small recording booth to achieve a similar effect. A true recording studio has specific technical specifications. So no, covering his whole room in foam would most likely just make it a fire hazard without adding the benefit of making it totally quiet. Look up the law of diminishing returns. It fits this situation well.
Someone tell me will this stop sound from leaking out into other rooms of the house
No.
Not really if you want that it will be expensive
Use the foam the use clothes line and hang your jeans behind speakers and jus throw a sheet or rug (rug is better) over them so it looks somewhat nice
Will Walmart deliver them in EU?
Is it ordinary form?
The acoustic foam on the door are at the correct level and your voice is hitting the reflection points in the room at mouth or ear level . All the other acoustic panels are placed too high.
Okay so I tried this method out, didn’t work when I used one piece for each. Also didn’t work when I taped up all corners...Idk if it’s the velcro or the foam but either way that’s lost money I’m not gonna be able to get back....💢
Also tried replacing a velcro piece but even then it still falls off.
those 1 inch foam aren't that useful for a wide frequency range. They are only good for upper frequency absorption. Also, that foam is rebranded panels from the Foam Factory. It's cheaper to buy it direct. In fact it's cheaper to get the proper 2 inch foam panels than how much you payed for the 1 inch ones.
GREAT VIDEO !!!!
Do you think sticking a thumb tack or double sided tape would be fine?
I read about that. I bought these foams and will try the thumb tack. I’m renting the studio, so the last thing I want is to damage the wall.
I've a quick question for you. I'm in the entertainment business and understand how you're using the acoustic foam. I'm also involved with pyrotechnics and both these items bring to mind The Station nightclub fire of February 2003. Out of curiosity, have you broken a small piece of this stuff off, taken it outside and put a match to it. If it's untreated, you may as well have towels soaked in gasoline hanging on your walls. You'll know if you have the untreated foam as it will go up almost instantly. While I know you're not covering your walls in this stuff, 2-3 of the untreated squares will but out enough CN and CO to kill a person very quickly. Please know what you're dealing with and if I'm overreacting, please accept my apologies for the intrusion.
Hello. Can you elaborate on this more please. I'm planning on purchasing soundproofing wall panels.. How do you treat the foam? Or do you have to specifically buy treated foam?
jim jones Spend the money on foam. Yes you can buy cheap foam on Amazon but it's not fire resistent.
Namine Valkyrie Buy name brand foam. Any cheap foam on Amazon is not fire resistant. This is the main price difference.
'Quick'
847MicRoss why would I need it to be fire resistant? Are you plannings to light your house on fire or something
I just have them because it looks cool
we get it bro
Are these still up??
thank you
Upload more .... drone vids / dropping things from drone
Dude how'd you get your mirror that clean holy shit. Drop the link to what you use.
Thanks
Lol amzn.to/2NG29Qc
My foam always fall down
Cool....
Carson I love watching your video. And I would really like it if you can do a video on the litchi app for the dji drone
Carson, I have a question for you. Took my Phantom 3 Std out this am for the first time in about three months. Fully charged a Batt and Controller and took it up to about 300 ft and ran the camera a little and went a little higher and back to me and brought it down and It would not come down when It reached about 20 feet and just sat there. would not go up or down it would rotate and fly in any direction. I hit auto land and It landed and would restart and go to 4-5 feet and that is all I can do with it.. What do you think ? JOE
i feel like ive seen u on setup wars
The Velcro over time detached from the foam
Could try another adhesive on the foam
I’ve noticed a little better sound quality ..
Are you at any time using the rough velcro or just the felt?
Just felt
Out of curiosity, why not just use the other side of the velcro strip on the wall instead of the command strip? would the velcro damage the wall where the command strip wont? Also, I know you painted that wall, but why skip putting panels on it as it is one of the bigger walls in the room?
Yeah the velcro is really incredibly strong and definitely could rip off some drywall😂 The Command strips are made to be put on and removed from walls so that is why I used them instead of the other half of velcro. As for why I didn’t place any foam on the other wall is because that wall was meant to be the back ground for videos and I found that the foam on all the other walls was adequate enough for sound reduction:)
Thanks for the well thought out response. So in that case, why not stick the foam panels straight to the command strip instead of adding the velcro? Would they not stick in that way? Basically just seems like an extra step in the process that doesn't seem necessary, but I did not do the project so I cannot speak to its requirements.
No problem! The adhesive on command strips is by no means strong enough to stick the foam directly to the wall. With the industrial strength velcro, the adhesive is much more tactile and is much more sticky than the command strips. Also, with there being velcro, it leaves for ease of movement of the panels if you ever plan to do so.
Jacob Person I’be tried this in several attempts. The command strips DO NOT hold the foam. They stick on the wall just fine, but not foam.
I have found that even the Velcro with its extra stickiness won't stick on mine, and I put a square in each corner! I am going to have to try gluing cardboard to the back of mine, it is going to be a bigger job than I thought @@carsonmtech