Fatmat liquid body armor?

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I'm looking at this for coating on my car's floor...anyone have anything they can tell me about it? it seems legit? I can get one gallon of it for $50 shipped that's why.

[Julian 641]

As a deadener its useless, it's not dense enough to deaden your panels.

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ok thatnks julian, but all I'm gonna use it for will be the floor, do you think it will deaden road noise? It must!

[Julian 641]

Not dense enough.

[Rudeboy 152]

You won't believe how thickly you have to apply liquid products to get enough mass to block much sound. Then, after many coats, with drying time between each, you'll have a very thick layer of latex paint on your floor - a real PITA if you ever need to get under it. You also run the risk of the hard coating unifying all of the floor's components. It's completely possible - I've done it - to end up with a body that is resonant in a much more troublesome range than it was before.

[Julian 641]

You won't believe how thickly you have to apply liquid products to get enough mass to block much sound. Then, after many coats, with drying time between each, you'll have a very thick layer of latex paint on your floor - a real PITA if you ever need to get under it. You also run the risk of the hard coating unifying all of the floor's components. It's completely possible - I've done it - to end up with a body that is resonant in a much more troublesome range than it was before.

As a deadener it's useless.. but other uses it may be effective.. at something.. maybe.

[///M5 2,833]

Jgenerically speaking you either need mass to block sound (airborn) or a constrained layer to stop adding it (structure born) considering this has neither its whole premise is inappropriate. Personally I would never deal with a companies other products either if they promote this fallacy as a solution.

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Hmmm so i shouldn't get this product. fair enough, thanks!

What can you guys recommend for reducing wheel noise, road noise, engine noise? My theory was just to coat a few layers in selective areas.

BWAHAHAHA. (sorry it's close to Halloween)

[///M5 2,833]

Hmmm so i shouldn't get this product. fair enough, thanks!

reducing wheel noise, road noise, engine noise

Deadener won't help with that, you need an acoustic barrier. Lead sheeting or Mass Loaded Vinyl is your friend. Do some reading on SDS site (link in my signature on deadening) and that will help you understand. If it isn't clear, please ask away and we'll help. The owner of the company Don might even pop in if you ask the question, but if not plenty of us will.

[jonbearsmt 919]

http://secondskinaudio.com/noise-barrier/Luxury-Liner-Pro.php

1 sheet is alot.. depending on the type of car. you could do the whole floor with 2 sheets.

[jonbearsmt 919]

Hmmm so i shouldn't get this product. fair enough, thanks!

reducing wheel noise, road noise, engine noise

Deadener won't help with that, you need an acoustic barrier. Lead sheeting or Mass Loaded Vinyl is your friend. Do some reading on SDS site (link in my signature on deadening) and that will help you understand. If it isn't clear, please ask away and we'll help. The owner of the company Don might even pop in if you ask the question, but if not plenty of us will.

the only links on your sig are (New members topics >> SSA Membership Terms + New Topic Guidelines + New Member Welcome)

[ralstonballa2413 20]

What M5 wanted you to look at was this. SDS

Read it and if you have questions you can always send him an email (on the front page of the site) and he will be glad to answer any questions you may have.

Edited October 24, 2011 by Miller

[///M5 2,833]

My bad, sorry for that. I forget when the Anthole left I removed the remark knocking his company and linking to a solution that worked in SDS. The link that Miller posted is what I was referring to. If I had sigs on I might have seen that, sorry.

[Shogen 325]

What M5 stated is truth.. I have only done half of my deadening project on my doors and it still has done alot to affect sound... :fing34:

[Impious 1,476]

To add to what was said, keep in mind that a barrier such as mass loaded vinyl is most effective with a decoupling layer between the barrier (the MLV) and the vehicle body. I believe it's mentioned on the SDS website but hasn't been in this thread, so I thought it was worth a mention.

Ideally you would have a layer of closed cell foam or a similar product underneath the MLV.

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wow

lots of info here! I'll be checking out the mlv!