Soundcow Soundproofing

[mtnv900]

I have been wanting to do something for awhile and after alot of research on this site and the other i decided to go with this product from http://www.soundproofcow.com/Foam-Composites/

When i get my boat back on the lake i'll post the decibel readings from before and after. I had it out this weekend and i can definitely tell a difference. Its not a big difference but enough to where i dont regret taking the time to do the project. Im shooting for a 3 db drop hopefully i got that. I'll update the post this weekend.

 

[Bruce]

I am curious if you feel like adding the insulation to the back of the engine compartment helped?

 

[Ziess21]

How hard was this material to form and adhere? I've use acoustiblok on the past, but it is heavy and difficult to work with.

 

[mtnv900]

The material was pretty easy to work with. The biggest pain was if you need to trim a small amount off. You will need lots of razor blades. For the majority of the cuts i used a siding scissors and it worked great.

 

[mtnv900]

I only did the back of the engine compartment because i had some left over and thought i would be better back there than the ski locker.

 

[jetboater4life]

I put pipe insulation around my engine hatch to seal it better and now it seems like the sound is coming up through the clean out hatch more. I am planning to insulate the back part of the engine to reduce that sound which propagates in there

 

[cwoav8r]

Was that just one sheet 4x4.5 sheet, or did it take two?

 

[mtnv900]

It took 2 sheets. If you have a bulb seal or pipe insulation already installed you will need to remove for ease of install. Besides this insulation seals up better than the bulb seal i had around the engine hatch.

 

[Englewoodcowboy]

Watching this. We used that sound insulation on our old Sport Fish and it helped a lot. I looked at the sound insulation from the factory and it is puny to say the least when compared to that stuff. Post the numbers when you get a chance. Can you describe the noticeable difference you experienced?

I did notice this weekend that a lot of the noise is vibration resonation throughout the hull vs. actual engine noise. Any reduction though will help greatly.

 

[ccrayjr]

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