Source for fabric for absorbers/traps?

Hi All, In a month or so I'll be undertaking construction of a number of traps/absorbers/clouds for my basement studio/rehearsal space, and was wondering if there are any good sources known here for fabric to cover the traps etc? Acousticlly transparent is a must, good/stylish colour selection is a must (gotta be wife approved), and fire retardant is desireable but not necessary. Also, I would prefer something that is available in large sizes as I need to cover a good percentage of my ceiling in absorbers (height is only going to be a little over 8 feet once all the drywalll is up. Thanks Kris

Guilford is often considered one of the better quality fabrics for this purpose. http://www.guilfordfabrics.com/ http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3197 these folks list some other brands as well. http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/prod ... /index.asp http://www.burchfabrics.com/panel_cloth.htm www.cfstinson.com and then there's grill cloth... http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm ... oup_ID=140 muslin or burlap - can often be found in a variety of colors and treated for fire proofing (generally a good idea). - Guilford of Maine 2700 - series acoustic vertical panel fabric, 48 colours. [removed] www.forwardacoustics.com

Thanks for the response.... This information probally should get sticky'd somewhere, as I'm sure the question gets asked all the time. Cheers Kris

under materials forum... plus a couple of extras.

Hi Kris, Gullfo I think you can buy fabric to cover absorbers anywhere. It's harder to buy wrong fabric than correct fabric. The first shop you encounter having nice fabric on suitable prices will do. Not taking fire properties into account, 90 % of what they sell is most likely acoustically usable. Once you can easily or normally (and the tolerance about what is normal is very large here) blow through it's very OK. It doesn't matter if this fabric in itself absorbs well or not. What you're looking for is an acoustic transparent layer to cover the wool. It hardly matters what it is. Hence the remaining questions are the fire properties. How important is it that it is self extinguishing, fireproof, whatever, or not. If that's a must that limits the choises. But one can wonder about this since one uses such non-fireproof fabrics for the curtains at home as well. There are spray products to protect flamable fabrics too.

another property to check is how much light gets through the cloth because if too much gets through you will be able to see the timber frame behind it. Painting the frame black will solve it but it's easier to avoid it in the first place by using a tighter weave cloth. cheers john

John, :) I didn't thought about that one, but it's very correct of course. I must remember to mention this as well. .