Chad Johnson wrote on Fri, 08 August 2008 15:40 |
Everything is fire rated and paintable to match any decor with out hurting fire or acoustical performance.
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Tectum has a Marketing Bulletin specifically on this topic where they define using one specific paint that comes in 50 gallon drums and very specific environmental conditions, sprayer characteristics, etc. for the application. They also state that the panels should be painted in place and brush and roller application are specifically not recommended. The fact is that it is quite easy to adversely affect the performance if one does not follow the manufacturer's recommendations.
There are actually two steps involved in interior acoustical treatments. The first is determining what are the proper treatments, then there is figuring out what products meet those requirements. These requirements usually go beyond the acoustical performance to include aspects such as durability, impact resistance and of course, cost, but they will affect what is appropriate and some more information of the application or specific requirements would help. Blanket application of any product without consideration for the application is poor practice. For example, even on a basic level the solutions may be quite different if this is a boardroom or a gym or if the sources are speech versus full range music and so on.