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Thanks. I think they look a bit waiting room art in a dentist or psychologist's office. I guess I'm ok with that, though.
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The test on any cloth used for panels is the 'breath test' - can you breathe through the material? Hold it up to your mouth and try. I used burlap for my first batches of panels, then simple thin cotton sheeting for subsequent ones.
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With the thinner stuff, it's often been misted with formaldehyde or something similar to dissuade bugs from eating it. That's the faint teargas-like sting you experience when you walk into a Jo-Ann store. Besides being a poisonous irritant, it also acts as a bit of a varnishy barrier. So it's best to run the fabric through the washer before you use it. I realize, fellas, that this also means ironing. I personally have avoided ironing clothes since the Carter administration, but since this is in the interest of guitar-playing, I think it's okay. No starch, obviously.
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Oops. I may have not bought the best fabric. I can definitely breathe through it, though it's hardly free flowing.
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And, mount away from the walls, at least a couple inches, if you go permanent with it. Not quite double the absorptive area, but it adds quite a lot, since waves are everywhere and not all are hitting the wall at 90°.
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Nice-looking panels! I like the fact that they aren't all oriented identically.
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https://www.joann.com/utility-fabric.../10173300.html
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I started out using that brown packing paper that comes on huge rolls, with Super 77 spray glue. Now I use newspaper. And I don't do a rigid, heavy outer frame, just a thin wood nonstructural outer edge. I wondered if they'd hold up over time, but at this point some of them are almost 20 years old and still look great.
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