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Date:         Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:34:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sound deadening and door speakers
Comments: To: Bill Glenn <idahobill@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2011011613363521@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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That's funny, it does have a granular surface and it says "Ice and water shield" right on the package. I installed 2 (yes 2!) rows of it before shingling my roof for extra coverage, but I still have around 100 lbs of it left to use on something else. That roll is so heavy I loath having to move it for any reason. So, in my shed it sits, until I need it someday (along with tons of other stuff, including old VW parts galore!).

Mike B.

-----Original Message----- From: Bill Glenn Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 1:32 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Sound deadening and door speakers

On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:09:23 -0500, Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

>Sound deadening butyl is plain, but ice and water shield has gravel (like >asphalt shingles do) on top. >I have a bunch here from my home addition, but didn't try it due to this >fact. It's heavy.

Mike, If the product you used for your addition has a granular surface, it's not Ice & Water Shield, which is a specific trademarked product of W.R. Grace & Company, which I think was first to market with this type of roofing underlayment about thirty years ago; there are now other products on the market. Using the term "ice and water shield" as a generic descriptor for any self-adhesive roofing underlayment could cause confusion because other products will likely have different properties.

Ice & Water Shield is a cross-laminated, high-density polyethylene sheet backed with a rubberized asphaltic adhesive, and is a great product for its intended use as a roofing underlayment. While it may look like some of the sticky-backed sound attenuation products, and utilize some ingredients from the same chemical families, the formulations are significantly different. That is not to say that it couldn't be used for sound attenuation, since adding mass in any form to, say, a door panel, would likely dampen vibration and thus reduce noise (or at least change the frequency).

However, when deciding whether to use it inside your van, it may be instructive to note some of the manufacturer's stated limitations for the product when used for roofing underlayment: 1. "Due to its slight asphaltic odor, do not apply where the membrane is exposed to interior living space." 2. "Certain product applications are prohibited in hot desert areas in the southwestern United States." I should think that the interior of a door or body section exposed to the hot summer sun, anywhere, would easily reach temperatures higher that those outdoors in the southwestern desert.

Certainly there are those who have used Ice and Water Shield for sound attenuation without problem, however, if you do have a problem, be aware that it will likely be impossible to remove the stuff once applied and then baked on to the sheetmetal of your van.

Also note that sound dampening only requires that a portion of an area be covered to dampen vibration, with a good result for the money spent. Sound insulation requires everything that can be covered be covered, at much greater expense relative to the smaller additional benefit, and a penaly in significant weight added to the vehicle (assuming the same sound attenuation material is being used).

Bill


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