[Chris Lago]

Hey,

I started building some bass traps with the Roxul Safe n sound. Here are the specs:

Thickness: 3.0”
125 Hz 0.52
250 Hz 0.96
500 Hz 1.18
1000 Hz 1.07
2000 Hz1.05
4000 Hz 1.05
NRC 1.05


They are 3 inch thick, I have 3 built that way so far. Then I have a mega bass trap with 6inch thickness behind me when I mix. Honestly, I have never heard my speakers sound so good, everything sounded clear in the mix.

I used some industrial plastic and tried to wrap them as tight as I could, but the plastic is still a bit loose around it (May have to redo them with adhesive spray. I will be putting a breathable fabric on top of the plastic. All in all, I did this for safety precautions so I don't inhale the Rockwool and die.

I set them up today in my studio to test them out. Notice that I didn't put the fabric on top of the plastic yet, but I just wanted to see if the traps would work. Fortunately they do, but I have a feeling that the dust from the rockwool is going in my respiratory system and it's scratching the insides (basically I can feel it in my throat a bit, but it could be from my asthma).

How safe is rockwool and how would I need to seal it in order to not get any in the air? Would adhesive spray be the answer, or will the fabric help this problem once I wrap them with it?

Any help would be appreciated. I just put the traps in my garage for now, and I can tell right away that the sound is not as good as before when listening through my studio speakers.