Acousti Coat - Sound Deadening Paint - 5 Gallon

This product with the installation beads I purchased allowed me a rapid easy to apply insulation for the roof of my Jeep. It is the most cost effective means of insulating against the Arizona sun and heat. It also helped take the rattle and noise out of my 30 year old XJ - Cherokee. I went 2 weeks without putting any type of foul insulation on and still had an average of 22 degrees of insulation protection ( example) 110 ambient temperature 88 in the Jeep moving into the shade. Running in the sun after 1 hour a temperature of 94 degrees in the Jeep with no AC.! These temperatures 88-94 degrees have made for a dramatic change when I added the AC in early October. I didn’t have to run the Air most of time unless during peak hours of 1pm to 4pm. The best investment I have put into my Jeep.

I live in NYC and my building has thin walls and floors, to say the least and it can get loud… to cut down the noise I purchased the product, however it’s 100 sq foot per can is misleading, especially when at the bottom of the page with information states to reach full potential one can should be used for 50 sq foot sections ( that statement should be at the very top of the page). I bought two cans for 192.5 sq feet and it barely did anything for the noise… however I did start to notice the difference as I was putting it up, it’s hard to explain but I did feel like the noise has been cut down slightly…. Rolled on one super thick coat and then a light one, I think brushing it works better because of the way the product is, I would recommend spraying it on for the best results to be honest… I’m buying another two can to go for max efficiency, hopefully I get the bang for my buck it cost me 200 bucks on just the 4 cans and I still have another 120 sq foot room to go… if it not happy with the results I’ll be trying another product… one other thing I found confusing is the multiple products like the thermal-cell additive and the sci1000 it should state in the details and info page if these are stand alone products and if they need to be used in support of each other… I’m pretty sure it’s a standalone the reassurance would be nice…

Painted my ceiling. Hard to apply. You need 3 gallons for 1 living ceiling. Delivery fee are 75 dollars. A total ripe off

I thought the thinning instructions were vague. The company says they're all about customer service. I sent an email to the customer service dept to get clarification about thinning the product and never got a reply.I used it for sound deadening the high frequency horns in my PA. It worked very well.

I really wanted this to work but in my small office, it doesn't cut down on an in room echo, nor does it seem to insulate the room from external sound in any meaningful way. I found it fairly difficult to use given the consistency (thick) but towards the end of my job, I seemed to get it right with the correct addition/mixing of water to the product.Good attempt and concept, but I'm sad it was ineffective at best for me after two coats.

So I live with someone on the spectrum who has super sensitive sound perception and it was creating a lot of difficulty, so we bought several gallons of this paint in an attempt to turn my home office/basement into a sound proof shelter. #1 you cannot just take it to Lowes and expect them to add tint - I tried, they absolutely will not do it. Neither will HD. No one wants to risk coloring 3rd party, expensive, specialty paint. They would not do it. #2 - if you research more, you will find that you cant dilute the paint by adding more liquid, or it changes the consistency of the paint - which is key to it's sound dampening effectiveness. I saw a couple of FAQ questions where people were saying to paint over it? which the manufacturer clearly states would impact the effectiveness of the paint. The paint is TEXTURED. I was not expecting that. It is VERY thick and you will need multiple gallons to cover a few walls correctly. I painted it onto a smooth wall - and your basically painting on a thick layer of paint with a sand like quality to it. The 'sand' is the "mini sound absorbing balls" or whatever. It makes sense if you think about it. They are what break up and absorb the sound supposedly. So the paint is GREAT... except you need a LOT of it. I expected 1 gallon to easily cover the 3 walls i was doing, and it ended up taking much more. The other issue is - it doesnt behave like normal paint - so you cant just do one thick first coat - and then expect your 2nd and 3rd coats to be "thinner" like you would with a standard paint. You have to lay the 2nd and 3rd coat on just as thick as the first. So I had to do a lot of research on how to tint the paint and I ended up finding this product: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KEUH6Z8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 it comes in many colors. I was very skeptical but it was *awesome*! Worked 100% as described. I was able to tint the paint very easily. You will end up running into an issue once you tint the paint though - Since I expected 1 gallon to easily cover the walls, I didnt measure 100% accurately when I was experimenting with the tint. I was just adding tint until I reached my desired color. So when it came time to do a second coat - I ended up having a color disaster. You need to expect to use more than 1 gallon of the paint - so if you color it, you need to accurately measure how much your putting in each gallon. The paint is thick and textures, so If you dont evenly apply your second and 3rd coats of this paint - you can see every single place you did put an additional brush stroke, vs every place you didnt. This is why you need to make sure your prepared to lay your 2nd and 3rd coats just as thick as your first. I ended up having to mix 2 more gallons of paint in order to re-cover what I had done. PRO: The paint looks awesome though! We actually love the new texture.. It doesnt look strange at all. if you lay the paint on evenly - it looks really good. We consider it an improvement over the standard - smooth wall. It looks classy if done properly. Just be prepared - double or tipple the amount of paint you think you will need and if you tint it - make sure you get the *exact* same amount of tint in each can. if your off even a tiny bit - with this paint your going to be able to see the difference. We are now going to do our ceilings and I am going to end up buying 3 gallons for 1 bedroom ceiling. It doesn't behave at all like normal paint and you cant paint over it with normal paint - but if you apply it correctly, it looks great. I'm giving it 4 stars just because there is a certain technique to applying it that I wasnt aware of. Anyone with attention to detail wont have issues with it.

I was skeptical at first, but also desperate for some peace and quiet.I share a wall with a hard of hearing neighbor and the sound coming through the wall was unbearable, I could almost hear the words from his TV, and it was making my brain try to figure out the words.This has really worked well, the voices are muffled, so my brain is not paying attention.Product is fun to use and easy cleanup.