Welcome to the Owner's Manual

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Welcome to "The Owner's Manual" Second Skin's newest resource for all things sound and heat. Helpful articles, slideshows, and how-to (DIY) instructions will be released over the future weeks, months, and years to help consumers make better choices with their build budgets to get the right products the first time. Check it out, give us some feedback, and let us know what you would like to see articles on in the future!!! Thanks for following Second Skin's journey over the past 19 years, we appreciate each and every one of you. #TeamSecondSkin

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A Quiet Refuge blog featured Second Skin products in some of its' suggestions

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Another chapter in the world of heat and sound insulation, The Truth About Deadening Sprays and Paints

When browsing the vast caverns of the internet, you're going to find a variety of different liquid products advertised as soundproofing solutions. This article will help you decide which types of liquid sound deadeners may be right for your build and which types are better to avoid. 

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This time on the Owner's Manual, we dive into the decisions of sound deadening mat vs liquid sound deadening spray, Sound Deadening Mat or Spray: Which Is For Me?

Driving is as much an experience as it is a necessity. You should enjoy how your ride feels, how it looks, and even how it sounds. That last piece can be a challenge, because cars come with a fair share of noise, from structural hums, rattles, and squeaks to airborne sounds like wind, road noise, and horn honking.

Fortunately there are some great products to improve your driving experience (and they don’t involve earplugs). They’re called vibration dampers and a question we get all the time is, do you go with the mats or with a sound deadening spray?

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Welcome back to another page in the Second Skin Owner's Manual

How To Reduce Road Noise in Your Car

If you want to reduce the road noise in your car, you’re not alone. Most drivers experience road noise of some kind, whether it be in an old hot rod or brand new compact car. Since no two cars are constructed or driven the same way, no solution is perfect for every road noise problem. Annoying exhaust drone, diesel engine noise, turbo noise, tire noise, and outside noise can all be a killer on long trips but it does not have to be!!! 

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This week we bring a new article to The Owner's Manual brought to you by Second Skin Insulation.

Quiet Exhaust and Engine Noise

Upgrade your exhaust and realize you can't talk on your cell phone anymore? Swapped out the engine to a big diesel upgrade and now you need to tame down that airborne noise? Second Skin has you covered, with the best ways to block out those stubborn drones and irritating airborne noise. Check out our newest article in the Owner's Manual. 

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Another chapter in The Owner's Manual: Sound Deadening Car Doors

Whether you’ve got a fully upgraded car audio system that you turn up to 11, or you enjoy playing some smooth jams to relax and de-stress. For a lot of us, our car is our mobile concert hall. But it can be tough to get into the rhythm when unwanted noise is infiltrating your sanctuary from all angles. From wind noise, to road-noise, to rattling sheet metal - most of us wish our car ride was a little quieter.

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Got Trunk Rattle? Loud exhaust? Horrible drone sound? This week's chapter from The Owner's Manual is just for you...Trunk Sound Deadening

Much like your car door sound deadening project, the trunk is essentially an echo chamber made of metal panels with little or no insulation - we're talking some plastic paneling and thin carpet. Any flat or flimsy metal panel is going to vibrate and create structural noise. Look inside your trunk and what do you see? Big, flat quarter panels. A big sheet of metal as the trunk floor pan and covering the wheel wells. Top that off with a trunk lid that's often light, hollow, and not always firmly attached. You see a trunk. We see one of the loudest parts of your vehicle. 

Reach out to us at any time with your noise and heat insulation needs.  

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The roof, the roof, the roof is on...(well, not fire) but it does sound like bombs being dropped when it rains.

We've got the sound deadening, sound-absorbing, and thermal insulation products that will hold strong upside down for the test of time with Car Roof Insulation in this week's spotlight in The Owner's Manual from Second Skin!!

 

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This week's edition of The Owner's Manual: WHY CHEAP DEADENERS AREN'T WORTH IT

If you like to rock out in your car, listen to podcasts, or chat with the fam on your way home from work, then you know how annoying a noisy car can be. When your ride rattles and shakes (and not in a good way), it’s time to think about adding some sound deadening material to dampen the distractions. But don’t cheap out on your sound deadener, or you could end up even more annoyed.

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Just in time for the winter storms and the off-season projects, just what you've always wanted to know...How do I insulate my ride for heat and cold!!! 

Get everything you need to know in this week's highlight from The Owner's Manual:

Understanding R-Values and Automotive Heat Transfer

 

Proper car insulation is the best defense against burning your forearm on the center console (looking at you, Corvette restorations) and getting hot feet when accelerating. There’s a lot of buzz about what materials to use, what their R-values are, and what that actually means for you and your passengers — we’re here to set the record straight.

Read on to learn everything you need to know about car heat insulation, including good insulators (closed-cell foam), bad insulators (foil-faced bubble wrap), and what next steps to take for a more comfortable ride.

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 This week in the world of all things sound deadening and thermal insulation we have a nice read from The Owner's Manual with  Van Soundproofing and Insulation Guide

Team Second Skin welcomes Olympic Snowboard Medalist, X Games Medalists, Wilderness First Responders, Extreme Rock Climbers, Women Retreat Organizers, International Speakers, Earth Loving and all-around Bad Ass Ladies Chanelle Sladics @chanellesladics and Kjersti Buaas @kjerstibuaas to #TeamSecondSkin 5 boxes of American made sound and heat insulation on the way to California for this big build, stay tuned.

These ladies are doing amazing things in life and we are honored to be a part of their next adventure building a Mercedes Sprinter Van into a mobile living and command center for theiradventures #SoundDeadening #SecondSkinAudio #SecondSkinInsulation #SecondSkinUSA #MadeInTheUSA #ProudlyMadeInTheUSA #SoundProof #SoundProofing #VanLife #VanLiving #SprinterVanCheck out their pages, follow this build, and don't forget to do your part to make the Earth a better place!!!

 

 

 

 

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YOGA SOUND DEADENING 

 

 

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This week a page from The Owner's Manual we take a look at Boat Engine Compartment Insulation

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Another chapter from the Owner's Manual, this week we present Car Sound Proofing

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This week from the Owner's Manual: The Good and the Bad of an STC Rating

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On this week's addition to the Owner's Manual we get down and dirty on the task of SEMI Insulation. People are living and working out of these SEMI's and we've got the tips to help your SEMI become your new home or office for any environment!!!

 

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B.O.A.T. = Bust Out Another Thousand...That's what they say. But it will cost you a lot less than that to replace that old deteriorated insulation in your boats engine bay...check out the newest chapter of the Owner's Manual: Boat Engine Compartment Insulation 

 

 

And check out the newest Boat Kits from Second Skin!!!