Sound reducing tongue and groove member sound reducing fabrication process and sound reducing blend

Abstract

Disclosed is a sound-reducing member, a sound-reducing fabrication process, and a sound-reducing blend. The member includes a treatment region and a sound-reducing blend positioned at a location within the treatment region. The sound-reducing blend being positioned at the location provides sound mitigation. The process includes applying a sound-reducing blend to a location within a treatment region of a member. The sound-reducing blend being positioned at the location provides sound mitigation. The blend provides sound mitigation when applied to a location within a treatment region of a member.

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         20 . A sound-reducing blend, wherein the sound-reducing blend provides sound mitigation when applied to a location within a treatment region within a tongue and groove member, the sound reducing blend comprising:
 a first wax; and   a second wax blended with the first wax;   wherein the first wax has a melting point between about 53° C. and about 56° C. and the second wax has a melting point between about 67° C. and about 71° C.   
     
     
         21 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax includes a soft and oily wax. 
     
     
         22 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the second wax includes a hard wax. 
     
     
         23 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the sound-reducing blend is a solution, a mixture, a suspension, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         24 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax includes a plant wax, an animal wax, an epicuticular wax, a synthetic wax, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         25 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax includes a plant oil. 
     
     
         26 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax includes a paraffin. 
     
     
         27 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax includes a biobased material. 
     
     
         28 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the sound-reducing blend is solid at room temperature. 
     
     
         29 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax includes polytetrafluoroethylene. 
     
     
         30 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax further includes candelilla wax, retamo wax, sugarcane wax, ouricury wax, lanolin wax, beeswax, lignite wax, paraffin wax, polyethylene wax, propylene wax, polytetrafluoroethylene wax, hydrogenated deodorized soybean oil, metathesis dimer, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         31 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax is at a concentration, by weight, of between about 50 percent and about 70 percent. 
     
     
         32 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the second wax is at a concentration, by weight, of between about 30 percent and about 50 percent. 
     
     
         33 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the first wax has a needle penetration of between about 35 dmm and about 45 dmm at 25° C. 
     
     
         34 . The sound-reducing blend of  claim 20 , wherein the second wax has a needle penetration of between about 10 dmm and about 20 dmm at 25° C. 
     
     
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