Acoustic Panels

[Kaitlin Boisvert]

Has anyone ever done any acoustic panels to help with echoing sound in rooms?
Please let me know what you suggest.
Hoping we can print on canvas or some material that we can put on top of foam to make the acoustic panels look like art in the room.

 

[Gino]

Egg cartons work wonders and also help greatly with insulating your walls and/or ceiling against heat and cold.

 

[TrustMoore_TN]

I am thinking that I've seen a fabric like that for accoustic panels - Possibly TVF? [HASHTAG]#bigfishdm[/HASHTAG] may have some insight to this. I know that several fabric manufacturers make printer speaker mesh, but that may be a dye-sub application only. What type of printer do you have?

 

[rjssigns]

Never used these, but direct print would be the ticket.

https://www.primacoustic.com/paintables/how-to-print/

 

[JPR-5690]

We actually print fabrics for a manufacturer who specializes in custom sound panels and went through a long process of testing different textiles out to see what worked best for their application.

Something like 98% of the sound absorption/reduction is done by the panel itself so you can probably wrap it with whatever fabric you want if you aren't getting technical with it. If you want to dm me I can pass on their info

 

[AGinVT]

We made (8) 30" x 96" acoustic panels a few month ago. We followed this video's instructions for materials and construction: https://youtu.be/GBHYiWIJhU
As for the printing, we printed on Ultraflex UltraPoplin Soft Image D240 on our HP Latex printer. It is a porous material, so we did have to use the ink catching attachment. All of the artwork was in sepia tone, but the client loved the image quality.

Also, if you are installing yourself, I would suggest using some french cleats rather than traditional hanging wire etc.

 

[Kaitlin Boisvert]

I am thinking that I've seen a fabric like that for accoustic panels - Possibly TVF? [HASHTAG]#bigfishdm[/HASHTAG] may have some insight to this. I know that several fabric manufacturers make printer speaker mesh, but that may be a dye-sub application only. What type of printer do you have?

We have a HP Latex 365

 

[Kaitlin Boisvert]

We made (8) 30" x 96" acoustic panels a few month ago. We followed this video's instructions for materials and construction: https://youtu.be/GBHYiWIJhU
As for the printing, we printed on Ultraflex UltraPoplin Soft Image D240 on our HP Latex printer. It is a porous material, so we did have to use the ink catching attachment. All of the artwork was in sepia tone, but the client loved the image quality.

Also, if you are installing yourself, I would suggest using some french cleats rather than traditional hanging wire etc.


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Thank you so much!!!!

 

[AGinVT]

We have a HP Latex 365

Our latex is HP 560

 

[AGinVT]

Thank you so much!!!!

You're very welcome. This was the first time we were ever asked to make panels like this, but the video lays out a very straight forward plan. It is a bit of a process, but the materials aren't very expensive and the results were well received. There are cheaper ways to do it, but if your client is willing to pay, they will love it.

 

[P Wagner]

Has anyone ever done any acoustic panels to help with echoing sound in rooms?
Please let me know what you suggest.
Hoping we can print on canvas or some material that we can put on top of foam to make the acoustic panels look like art in the room.

https://www.printos.com/ml/#/medialocator

Search the Filter (blue filter icon) > Type > Durable Textiles. There are several acoustic fabric medias listed for Latex 300 and 500 Series Latex printers. If the media is porous and requires the ink collector, that will be noted in media details.

 

[BigfishDM]

We have a HP Latex 365

There is acoustic panel material you can print directly onto. Pongs makes it as well as some others. https://products.pongs.com/product/akustico-directtex?lang=en