| Soundproofing a wall or a ceiling is one of | | | | application conditions and carries almost |
| the most challenging construction | | | | none of the burden of precision required by |
| applications in the world today. To help you | | | | many soundproofing systems. |
| with these applications, Acoustical Solutions | | | | |
| introduces Green Glue. Green Glue is a | | | | The best application for green glue is |
| liquid sound damping compound used between | | | | between sheets of drywall, OSB or Plywood |
| layers of drywall or other building | | | | over the main part of a wall, floor or other |
| materials. | | | | structure. Green Glue will not be effective |
| | | | as a paint or coating. Green Glue is |
| Moving to a new home, installing a home | | | | non-toxic with no mixing required. For walls, |
| theater, having a new baby, getting new | | | | floors and ceilings, this product drastically |
| neighbors, or just growing weary of the | | | | reduces impact and airborne noise. It can |
| everyday noise are all reasons that cause | | | | also be used in commercial environments, new |
| people to want to consider soundproofing. | | | | construction or remodeling of an existing |
| Another common soundproofing complaint is | | | | space as well as home theaters, and recording |
| footstep noise from rooms above. "I can hear | | | | studios. |
| my neighbors walking and sliding their | | | | |
| chairs." In a world where hard surfaced | | | | Sound damping is a very straightforward |
| floors are increasingly popular, this problem | | | | concept. Simply put, sound damping is the |
| is becoming increasingly important, and | | | | rate at which something dissipates energy. |
| quality strategies and solutions are needed. | | | | In a constrained layer damping system, |
| | | | sometimes referred to as CLD, a damping |
| Acoustical Solutions, Inc. of Richmond, | | | | material is sandwiched between two other |
| Virginia, who has been offering sound | | | | (usually stiff/rigid) materials. For example, |
| barriers, sound absorption and sound | | | | Green Glue sandwiched between two layers of |
| isolation products for twenty years, is now | | | | drywall. Sound damping occurs when the |
| proud to introduce Green Glue. Green Glue is | | | | viscoelastic center of the "sandwich" is |
| a liquid, waterborne, sound damping compound, | | | | sheared. The shearing pulls and stretches on |
| which represents the highest performance | | | | the sound damping material. Under these |
| product of its type. It is used in between | | | | conditions, the unique polymeric construction |
| sheets of drywall, subflooring or other | | | | of Green Glue very efficiently converts this |
| building materials. It is significantly lower | | | | mechanical energy to heat. The vibration |
| in applied cost than competitive products, | | | | energy is not isolated; it's dissipated and |
| with an excellent cost/performance ratio. It | | | | removed. |
| is also remarkably tolerant to real-world | | | | |