Neoprene Rubber Thickness?

Hello, The floor I'm putting in my studio will be floated on 2x4's on their sides (to conserve room height.) I live within 30 minutes of a rubber factory that I am going to contact about possibly supplying me with the neoprene pads. What I need to know is, what to ask for? Thickness, etc, or anything else that is relevant. If I have missed this info on this group then I apologize. Thanks very much in advance :mrgreen: , Higgs

you may have found it by now.... 1/2" - Neoprene durometer of 60 Bryan Giles

That's about the only spec I've even seen available - here's a thread where more of the details are discussed - http://johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=839

Thank you very much for the replies. :mrgreen:

How about this: I was out at my local music store and they have an Auralex display up. They had a sample of the U-boats for floating floor joists. I noticed that the U shape is the same size/thickness all the way around. Could I purchase say a third of the U-boats that I need, cut them into 3 pieces and mount them onto the joists? Or am I rocking the boat here?

Cheaper to buy neoprene straight out instead of trying to work around. I floated 2 rooms for about 60 bucks in neoprene. Bryan Giles

I can't find any sources locally for it though and everything I search for on the net is like sheets of 1/8" neoprene. Where can I get the correct stuff at?

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Though this is out of state, I can;t imagine the shipping being more than 15.00 bucks ups ground. FB Wright, the number is in the building materials section.... Don;t remember it off hand Bryan Giles

Hello, Well, the local rubber factory is not returning my messages, so I guess I have no source for it at the moment either. I went through the building materials section, but didn't find any info for FB Wright. I did a search for them on yahoo and their website was no longer active. Did I overlook it? Any more suggestions? Thanks, Higgs

Here again is a great link that helped me find a 24"x 48"x 1/2" 60 durometer Neoprene sheet for $50.00. Enough to float two 12x12 rooms once I cut it up into 2x3" strips. http://www.rubber-ez.com/rubber/0056068 ... 3_101.html I was able to find two different companies here in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area within the first two or three pages of listings...had to drive @20 miles, but it was worth it!

I contacted FB for the neoprene and here's their reply: "Our product is an industrial grade of neoprene blends. Duro 60 (+/-5) PN 41-0500 $20.22 lin/ft (std width 36" wd) Delivery-stock Bev Phillips F.B. Wright Co. p [removed] [removed] f [removed] [removed]"

Found a bit of clarification on hardness, and what it means - http://www.glscorp.com/pdf/tips/hardness_tip.pdf Enjoy... Steve

Steve, What's your opinion on the Auralex U-Boats? I got a sample in which looks pretty good.....do you have a feeling either way (even regarding cost efficiency) Thanks, jeff

Don't do Auralex!!!! FB Wright has the correct 1/2" thick 60 duro neoprene availible http://www.fbw-cincy.com/ Sheets are 36"x12" I am having mine cut into 36"x2" and then I will cut those myself into 2"x2" pucks. Each 36"x2" strip is under $4 and you get 18 pucks out of those strips which makes each unit about 22 cents each as aposed to Auralex for $1.75 in bulk each!

I agree on the Auralex - kinda spendy if there's other ways. Check out the last page of the "floor sticky" if you haven't already... Steve