Guilford Fabric in England?

[Chauvin]

Hi

Im currently building some acoustic panels and would like to know if anyone could tell me where I can purchase Guilford Of Maine Fabric in England, near London?

I know GIK Acoustics can ship the stuff over and deliver from there Leeds base, but I would rather go into a store more local to me and buy it

Chauvin

[dominic hoenig]

Guilford of Maine {English}


maybe?

my bad not correct !

i'm interested in this too !

[Chauvin]

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[DeadPoet]

Not GoM but I have bought my fabric in the UK at acoustipro.com
Great price and service, and I like the result so far (no pictures yet, sorry)



Herwig

[Glenn Kuras]

I have been looking all over the UK for a dealer and have not found one yet. In a way I can understand why as the shipping cost of a bolt is pretty darn high.

Glenn

[Chauvin]

Is there any other material/fabric I can get which is as good as the Guilford stuff

[Chauvin]

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[DeadPoet]

Haven't you seen my post above?

[spm_gl]

Excuse my ignorance, what's so special about this fabric?

[Chauvin]

SPM_gl - Through various searches I've done, everyone recommends GOM highly.

Deadpoet - I checked out there site but it seems that they only sell acoustic panels and not fabric by itself.

[DeadPoet]

http://acoustipro.com/Acousti%20Pro%...List%20RRP.pdf
Page 10. 7,49 pounds/metre but they'll quote you a nicer price.

I mailed them for info and they sent me sample by mail the next day!

Very nice people and super service.




Herwig

[Chauvin]

Thanks

[Chauvin]

Okay, just priced up some fabric from Acoustic Pro and its gonna cost me quite a lot more money than I first thought to cover all my panels (Front & Back).

I am stuck with either waiting 4-5 weeks & forking out £515 or trying to go with something cheaper and get them all covered this week (preferred option).

I've read a lot of people saying Burlap is good to use, BUT how good is it acoustically compared to more expensive stuff like GOM and does Burlap let all the frequencies
through okay, especially the high end?

Also I'm not really fussed about the look, the sound is more important to me

So, what do you guys think

[spm_gl]

Thin (so-called deco) molton works for me. You're absorbing the highs anyway, why bother letting them through and then absorbing them? Otherwise, burlap is okay too. But you might see the panel filling through it.

[Chauvin]

Will the Molton fabric absorb the highs better than letting them through to the RW3 Rockwool?

&

Is Muslin fabric any good?

(Sorry for all the questions, but I just want to make sure I spend my money wisely.)

[spm_gl]

We overdid it a little with the molton in our tracking room, it absorbs high frequencies extremely well. That's why we actually needed to build a second room for acoustic instruments. Luckily, we have 10 rooms on 600sqm
I pay around 8 EUR per meter for a 3m wide bale. Just make sure you get the lighter variant, not the 300gr/m² stage molton.

[Chauvin]

One more question

Is it transparent to mid & low frequencies or will they reflect?

Thanks a lot

[spm_gl]

It is rather transparent. I can go searching for exact specs, but I'm not in the studio at the moment. Sure, there are even better materials, but you can't really beat the price and it's flame ******ent to. If I find something online, I'll post it.

Edit: You can try contacting Gerriets directly, they have a huge collection of materials:
Gerriets international - Collection

[Chauvin]

Thank you very much

[DeadPoet]

I have backed the fabric with dacron (pic-link attached if you don't know what that is). It evens the surface underneath the fabric and prevents fibres to go through. Cost me €50 for a 25m roll (1,8m wide)


Check out the fire ratings on whatever fabric you end up with!!





Herwig

[dominic hoenig]

when someone finds a good solution let me know! thanks.

[Chauvin]

I'm going to check out some Burlap at my local fabric store tomorrow and hopefully put in a order.

When I've tested it out, I will let you know Dominic

[feral frequency]

Any luck with the burlap?