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03-25-2008, 09:38 AM
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Name: Wes City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I'm looking to pad a box for my shop vac. I'm trying to find a place either in Cary or Chapel Hill where I can find some scraps or cheap carpet padding to line the box im building to baffle the vac.
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03-25-2008, 10:09 AM
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Name: Glenn City: Baskerville State: VA County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 59 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Wes:
I used a material called Cellotex to create a sound baffle in door opening on my DC closet. It was under $10 at local BORG for a 4x8 sheet. It is a sheathing material made of compressed fibers and methinks you might find it easier to work with than padding. Here is a pic of my application.  
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03-25-2008, 04:25 PM
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Name: David City: Pittsboro State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 51 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Kicbak  I'm looking to pad a box for my shop vac. I'm trying to find a place either in Cary or Chapel Hill where I can find some scraps or cheap carpet padding to line the box im building to baffle the vac.
Wes I've got some carpet offcuts you can have, but no padding, sorry.
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03-25-2008, 10:14 PM
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Name: Bruce City: Apex State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Another thought is to use the egg crate foam mattress topper from WalMart. | |
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03-25-2008, 10:23 PM
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Name: Wes City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.07 over 30 days | Re: Carpet padding
I bought some of that cellotex stuff today. I'm going to use that first and if that doesn't quiet it enough I'll grab some egg crate foam as well.
Both are great ideas.
Thanks
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03-25-2008, 10:51 PM
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Name: Mark City: Goldsboro State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.30 over 30 days | Re: Carpet padding
All the above will probably deaden the sound, but realize that the air coming out of that shop vac will be hot (My 14 gal Ridgid vac warms my two car garage faster than either the quartz heater or heat coil version do, and both have circulating fans on them). You may want to find a way to direct the exhaust out of the cabinet or at least vent the top.
Just an observation
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