Feature Build

1989 Kenworth Semi Truck + Sleeper

Thomas lives and works out of his truck. When he's on the road for long stretches, he needs his ride to be quiet and cool. So who did he call? Second Skin! That's right... Thomas selected the best-of-the-best for his build.

Start with 160 sq ft of Damplifier Pro everywhere to kill the vibration and stop heat transfer. Then add 96 sq ft of Luxury Liner Pro on the floor, firewall, and walls to block out the diesel, road, and exhaust noises while offering a great thermal insulation value. And finally finish with 72 sq ft of Heat Wave Pro to thermally insulate the the cab ceiling, the sleeper, and walls the near the exhaust stacks.

Thomas has been thrilled with his results after the Second Skin treatments. He's been crossing America in the Big Orange Nemo build since 2012. Check out his build for ideas and strategies and read up on how to insulate your SEMI truck sleeper cab!

When traveling the road for a living, every dB matters. That's especially true when you add a huge Detroit Diesel under the hood. Thomas reached out to us soon after and said "I want this bad boy quiet, give me what you got".

That sweet engine is what makes this big boy fly down the road no matter the size of the load!!!

Thomas's floor before the Second Skin upgrade. Looks like it must have been crazy hot and loud.

Starting with a clean and bare cabin side firewall

Kenworth SEMi Soundproofing Damplifier Pro

First up, Damplifier Pro on all the floor, doors, ceiling, walls, and sleeping cab. It took about 160 sqft to cover the entire truck and sleeper cab.

When dealing with diesel noise, you want to get as high up the cabin firewall as you can with both Damplifier Pro and Luxury Liner Pro.

After the anti-vibration layer, Thomas skinned the floor, doors, and walls with about 96 sq ft Luxury Liner Pro Mass Loaded Vinyl.

Luxury Liner Pro with High Temp Foil Tape on the seams and edges. The grey spongy side goes down towards the metal with the black vinyl side facing out.

Cab with 100% coverage of Luxury Liner Pro MLV. On the walls with the exhaust stacks, Thomas layered Heat Wave Pro on top of the Damplifier Pro/Luxury Liner Pro combo to give it even more thermal insulation in those hot spots.

Thomas added a layer of Heat Wave Pro everywhere there was a heat source on the outside of the cab or sleeper.

For the ceiling Thomas went with 72 sq ft of the high R-Value Heat Wave Pro. It's lightweight and will keep the sun's heat out and the A/C inside the cabin and sleeper.