DIY Acoustic Clouds // Construction Tutorial + Mounting Tips

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In this video, you will learn how to build your own acoustic ceiling panels and hang them as clouds in your home studio.
This video is broken up into 4 parts, each part should take about a day to complete.
0:00 Intro
0:12 Day 1: Gather the Materials (Material/Tool List)
2:32 Day 2: Assemble the Frames
4:52 Day 3: Wrap and Fill the Frames
6:49 Day 4: Suspend the Clouds
8:32 Before/After Examples in REW
11:47 Share your project with me!
This tutorial is will yield you 4 panels:
4 Acoustic Dampening Panels made to suspend from the ceiling.
2’ wide by 4’ length, with 6” of depth for serious absorption.
Tools:
- Staple Gun + Staples
- a Drill
- a Saw
- PPE for Insulation
- and an Extra set of hands for construction and mounting the clouds
Materials:
- a package of 24” Roxul Rockwool (8 pack - 2 pieces for each cloud)
- 1 - 4’x8’ 3/8” Plywood cut into 6” at the hardware store
- Some scrap wood for the corner supports (1” x 1”)
- Extra wood or elastic to keep the Rockwool from sagging in the middle.
- 32 - 2 inch Hooks
- 8-10’ of chain
~ 12m of cotton Fabric (cut to fit)
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Make sure you can BLOW THRU THE FABRIC, this will allow the most sound to travel thru your panels.
Here are the Dimensions for both pieces of cloth:
Front LARGE - 62” x 38”
Length (48”) + 2 Depth (6”) + Safety 2“ to allow for a clean fold = 62”
Width (24”) + 2 Depth (6”) + Safety 2” to allow for clean fold
Back SMALL - 50” x 26”
Length (48”) + ~2” to allow for a clean fold
Width (24”) + ~2” to allow for a clean fold
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