Owens Corning 703/24" x 48" x 2" Panels/Cover

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:37 pm

I got Owens Corning 703 rigid fiberglass board in a case of 6 @ 24 x 48 x 2 inch pieces.
I need the cheapest material to cover these for placement in vocal room.

Anything that is cheap, yet works. Without letting the fiberglass escape, if you know what I mean, and doesn't have to be ordered.

For example, something I can buy at a fabric store, Wal-Mart, Lowes.

Thanks.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:44 pm

pillow cases are cheap.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:30 pm

You can get flannel sheets at your local thrift store for next to nothing if you're not concerned with creating a decorator space for clients to be impressed.

If you have a sewing machine, or know someone who does, make big pillowcases for the panels.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:34 pm

Lawn and leaf garbage bags are cheap too. And they come in a choice of colors as well.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:57 pm

Dude, use a bed sheet and a stapler.

Or ANYTHING -literally- Use glue if you want to(need lots of it)

Go to a second hand store, buy some blankets and staple away, glue away, screw away, nail away, ANYTHING away.

Use some common inventiveness my friend. You'll find sumin'

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:54 pm

Ok, I was worried that regular cloth sheets, and stuff like that, would not hold in the Fiberglass material, causing a hazardous contidion.
I guess I could double up on black, tight knitted, non stretchable/firm sheets.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:48 pm

Have you considered putting it in a frame?

Cheap options are out there, check out this sticky from Dave French:

http://recording.org/ftopict-26889.html

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:56 pm

cheap or cheapest Bentee...like an old pair of pants.

There's another idea.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:18 pm

"I'm just like the rest of you guys. I put my pants on one leg at a time. The difference is, when I'm done, I make gold records..."

Bentee?

Is that like "Thankee-sai"?

What, are you a Gunslinger now?

Let's go Todash! There are other worlds than these...

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:30 pm

um, it's ben with focus on the (t)?

I'm tellin' ya marshul, it wern't me, i ain't even got a garage you can call home and ask my wife!

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:37 pm

No, the () implies that the T is an afterthought - it's used in certain circles as an identifier to separate me from others who share my name, but is not a necessity when speaking directly to me.

Kinda, sorta... In a galaxy far, far away...

Space, the final frontier (Somewhere near Exit 4 in the Alabama system).
Shocked

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:56 pm

You were an afterthought AND you share your name? Hard times brother, hard times.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:21 pm

I'm not an afterthought, the (t) is - and yes, I do share my name with such notables as Benjamin Franklin & Benjamin Rabbit, among others...
(Made for fun times in school!)

At least my name wasn't Richard Noggin.

Twisted Evil

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:37 pm

I have another one...damn cheap and every home has it.

Christmas wrapping paper!!!

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:17 am

Yeah, but you want to make sure that the material you're using isn't going to function as a reflector too, eh? I'm a big fan of roughweave burlap, which both breathes and keeps the fiberglass in. AwedOne suggested flannel sheets, which are also good, but more expensive. Go to your friendly neighborhood anyplace except Walmart and you can pick up burlap for a buck a yard. Also, if you want something a hair prettier you can pick up some 1x4s, knock together a quick frame and then you're looking pretty and the fiberglass is nice and secure. Good luck,

Nathan

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