Homasote

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dp, Homasote is a kind of wallboard type material that is grey and made of ground up newspapers. The company is based in West Trenton, NJ and their website is www.homasote.com. Sorry for the slight misspelling. The following is from their site.

"Sound deadening, insulating, tackable, structural, environmentally superior building materials from recycled post-consumer paper.

"For more than 92 years, architects, specifiers, builders, designers, contractors, remodelers, engineers, do-it-yourselfers, set designers, model railroaders, stained glass hobbyists and others have known the genius of Homasote®.

"Each Homasote®-based product continues a unique environmental tradition. We are the only manufacturer of its kind in the Americas and one of the first to install a closed-loop manufacturing process. With the emergence of green building we are proud to be members of the U.S. Green Building Council ("USGBC"), manufacturing products that have uncommon recycled content with an ability to contribute towards LEED™credits in several categories."

They also have a product that is specifically for sound deadening so, dp, I thought you might want to hear about that since one of your customers might be interested some day. There have been a lot of posts here about people who live next to all sorts of loud areas over the year. I can't say that I have used that product but I have hung a sheet or two of the regular product and it really helps to absorb noise.

Our kids old farmhouse has one set of central stairs and they could easily hear the washer and dryer in the basement from the second floor. I hung a layer under the steps from the first to the second floor and that absorbed enough noise that they can't hear the washer and dryer now.

As far as ACC glue, there are many consistancies and these work better with for various materials. The thin glue usually works best for 2 flat and non-porous surfaces, like plastic or glass or some metal. The thicker grades work better for more porous material since they have more microspheres or similar in them to take up the space of any gaps. If you really want the best joint for wood, apply a coat of the thin glue to the wood (both parts if wood-to-wood gluing or the wood only for wood to metal or other flat, non-porous material) and let that set up. That seals the wood and the glue soaks down into the pores of the wood. Then apply a coat of the thick glue and put the parts together. The microspheres bridge any gaps between the surfaces. It can be easy to get a glue starved joint if you don't do it this way. I'm not trying to tell you your business, just give you some tips that work for me.

Henry in MI