KINETICS® Sound Damp is a viscoelastic drywall damping compound applied between layers of gypsum board, plywood, or OSB to reduce sound transmission, structural vibration, and room resonance in residential, hospitality, studio, cinema, and acoustic building projects across the UAE, GCC, Middle East, and MENA region.
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Viscoelastic Damping Compound for Walls, Ceilings, and Floors
KINETICS® Sound Damp is a viscoelastic damping compound designed to improve noise control in wall, ceiling, raised flooring, platform, and stage assemblies. When sound energy strikes a wall or ceiling surface, vibration can travel through the sheet material and surrounding structure. Sound Damp uses constrained layer damping technology, with viscoelastic material applied between two layers of gypsum wallboard, plywood, or oriented strand board, helping dissipate structural vibration and reduce noise transmission between rooms.
Efficient Roller-Applied Installation
Unlike conventional damping compounds applied with tubes and caulking guns, Sound Damp is applied with a low-nap paint roller across the back of the second drywall or sheathing layer. This helps reduce installation time, improves application consistency, and removes the need for special guns or applicators. One five-gallon pail treats approximately 370 sq. ft., equal to about 11-1/2 standard 4′ x 8′ drywall sheets.
Noise Control and Acoustic Comfort
Sound Damp helps rooms become quieter for living, sleeping, working, recording, and entertainment. Kinetics states that Sound Damp significantly reduces noise transmission between rooms, up to 40% compared with untreated wall assemblies. It also helps reduce partition resonance and room reverberation time, improving sound quality in critical listening spaces such as home theaters, music rooms, recording studios, cinemas, media rooms, and performance spaces.
Suitable for Wood and Metal Frame Construction
KINETICS® Sound Damp is suitable for both wood-frame and metal-frame construction, making it practical for villas, apartments, hotels, schools, offices, studios, cinemas, performance rooms, and mixed-use developments. It is also suitable for damping vibrations in raised floors, platforms, and stages where structural vibration and sound re-radiation must be controlled.
Project-Friendly Acoustic Damping Solution
For acoustic consultants, architects, contractors, developers, and fit-out teams in the UAE and wider GCC region, Sound Damp provides a practical way to enhance sound isolation performance without complicated application methods. It is water soluble, easy to clean up, odorless after drying, mildew and water resistant, and designed for application between 40°F and 120°F.
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Sound Damp is water soluble and has been designed for easy and efficient installation.
Sound Damp is applied as a thin and consistent layer on the back of the second layer of drywall (or engineered wood) by simply using a low-nap paint roller. Sound Damp has the consistency of toothpaste.
Fasten the second layer of sheathing (per manufacturer’s instructions) to the first layer within 10 minutes of applying Sound Damp.
Apply Sound Damp between 40-120 degrees F.
Store sealed in a cool place, away from the sunlight.
