inside boxs..
#1
inside boxs..
hi, i heard somewhere, correct me if im wrong, that when you make a sb box with MDF, that by applying some minwax or some kinda sealer or something i dont know exactly, that it may help. it read that since the MDF is porous it smoothes and fills the pores. not sure if this is true or not. anyway, if you laugh, i didnt make this up, its hearsay! haha
#2
I don't know about using minwax, but your best bet is to use some sort of sealant along the edges (silicone or whatever)
If you want to make sure it's sealed really well you could use fiberglass resin on the inside.
If you want to make sure it's sealed really well you could use fiberglass resin on the inside.
#4
fiberglass resin works great!
although i have done other things like tiles, boxes made out of cement, solid 1/2 inch steel plate, oak, pine, mahogany, and lots of other stuff... it's all fun, and quite neat to find the diff in sound in the materials.
Livin Loud
although i have done other things like tiles, boxes made out of cement, solid 1/2 inch steel plate, oak, pine, mahogany, and lots of other stuff... it's all fun, and quite neat to find the diff in sound in the materials.
Livin Loud
#6
i have used a heavy undercoating inside boxes. i have also seen people use the spray dampening from dynamt inside boxes. i once had a guy claim that with most mdf he could put a dust vac down on the surface of a piece of 1/2 mdf and you could feel air being sucked through from the other side. i thought he was talking alot of bs.
#8
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NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
MDF is very porous, all you have to do to find this out is to crazy glue a piece over your mouth then duct tape over your nose. That will prove to you once and for all, and I do mean for eternity how porous MDF is.
NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
MDF is very porous, all you have to do to find this out is to crazy glue a piece over your mouth then duct tape over your nose. That will prove to you once and for all, and I do mean for eternity how porous MDF is.
NOTE: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
#9
Originally posted by Dukk:
MDF is not porous enough to affect woofer performance. Painting the wood with some sort of sealer will not hurt anything but it isn't going to improve anything either.
MDF is not porous enough to affect woofer performance. Painting the wood with some sort of sealer will not hurt anything but it isn't going to improve anything either.
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