Many have probably come across the term ‘ soundproof moving blanket ’. I myself have been surprised when I heard that term. It has come to my earlier understanding that moving blankets are used for wrapping delicate items which cannot fit in moving boxes. Several moving companies have been using a variety of furniture moving blankets as part of their services. These blankets are wrapped as protective covers to avoid scratches which might be had when loading and unloading them from the moving trucks as well as during their transport. With that notion in the deepest corners of my mind, I was then wondering why in the world would the furniture items need to be wrapped in a soundproof cover. Why is there a need for them to be insulated from sound? To satisfy my cravings for an answer, I tried asking a friend who once worked in a moving services company. His answer brought clarity to my confusion relative to soundproof moving blankets.
Actually, moving blankets, by their nature, are primarily designed for furniture moving. Because they are predominantly thick due to heavy stuffing, they can also be capable of acting as a sound barrier or a sound insulator. That is why they can be described as soundproof. As a backgrounder, foams and cushion materials have the inherent characteristic of absorbing sound waves. The thicker they are, the more sound waves they are bound to absorb. Because of this and technically speaking, moving blankets, especially the thick ones, can be used to function as sound barriers in a wide variety of applications such as recording rooms and recording studios.
However though, these blankets for moving should not be taken as a full replacement for the real soundproof materials necessary for installations in applications which require a very high degree of sound insulation. Authentic soundproofing systems can insulate up to 99% of noise. Even with the thickest quilted moving blanket, it would not come close to this. They would just be good for rugged purposes or having an improvised sound barrier in some applications. For example, if there is some noise generated around the neighborhood due to engineering works or construction, then a moving blanket can be useful to insulate your room against the noise. Another instance where they will come useful as a sound barrier is when you happen to have a teenager who loves to play heavy metal or rock music inside his room using some high wattage subwoofers and speakers. The sound of that would be quite annoying, well at least, for many adults. Hence, putting some layers of moving blanket on the walls in your teenager’s room can help quite a bit in reducing much of the noise emanating from his room to comfortable levels.