Sintered stone table top produces loud knocking sound when you place hard material on table top such as ceramic bowl.

Would it be effective to soundproof sintered stone table top with sound deadening material pasted at the bottom side of table top like those installed in car door panel?


Or is there a better and easier DIY technique to solve this?

I do understand table mat will solve this problem effectively, but I am also exploring options to solve this without covering table top with mat.

Your input is appreciated

For those who don't know what is sintered stone, it is not a marble table top, just take it as a man made stone that is harder than Marble, require less maintenance and more heat/stain/scratch resistant too.

the pic u show is dampen noise by adding weight. not applicable to heavvy stone

That pic u show only work if in close space which is not applicable on yr case . Yr case just use a pelapik for all the tableware je lo

the noise u heard comes from the empty ceramic bowl.. not your stone top.

only solution can think of is u just put a rubber/silicone table mat on top of the table.

About to get my sintered stone table table as well, didn't know it produce a loud noise.

My guess is I will be putting the 'Alas Meja Transparent Extra Tebal' on it.

table mat or pelapik only is your best bet. Sound mainly gets reflected. You put that thing at bottom also no use. Plus it's not just sound from the contact between the counter top & the bowl. The bowl itself also emit/reverb within if its empty.

Because I saw some Sintered Stone tableware were quieter because they attach them to a piece of wooden board, so I thought mayb having something at the bottom can help.

Yes pelapik really cheapest and easiest way to solve the problem

I tried 2 differently built sintered stone table top,
1 is just the stone itself
the other is supported with a wooden board

The one with Wooden board sounded very mute, that's why I came out with the thoughts of sticking this dampening material bottom, just like how Stainless Steel sink does as well.

Of course having a mat on table top solve all the problem

I tried it on Sintered Stone table top with wooden board support at bottom, it totally get rid of the bright sound.

No need to use bowl, even with my finger nail knocking on the one without support will have that bright glass sound, while those with wooden board support is muted.

Ok, I just got my table with sintered stone.

My, it does sound loud if put something hard on it.

Like marbles hitting each other.

This is my experiment:
Bare, totally not covered
Alas Meja Transparent Extra Tebal'
Plate mat
Plate mat with texture.

Bare is 100% noise.
Alas Meja tebal, it reduces only a bit of noise, let's say noise is down to 80% max. Now the sound has a lower 'Thump' sound.
Added table mat on the Alas Meja, further reduce to about 70%

But most significant noise reduction, is when using a Small plate Mat which is textured / have some pattens on it / or groove. This one reduce the noise level by 50%.

My conclusion, anything that lays flat on the table, reduce the thump noise by a bit, but if added a texture mat, reduce by a lot.

Texture means not even. Like bamboo, or rubber mat with dimples, or decorative mats with Emboss on it.

This post has been edited by azbro: Jan 12 2025, 01:34 AM

Thanks for experimenting on the table top, the Alas meja transparent u meant are those PVC right?

Last time I tried placing the textured cloth mat it totally eliminate the noise it made to just a gentle "thump", if I use it bare it produce some sort of glass/stone sound.

From carpenter it seems like their practice is to support the table top with wood board right below the table top like image below

I had tried this too, got some 3M sound deadening sheet pasted on the whole underside surface and it didnt help much. the problem is that these deadening sheet application is especially made to reduce vibration on thin metals, thus reducing the sound they generate. but sintered stone table top is around 1cm thick and is brittle throughout its whole thickness, it is like a thick sound generator.

I find it really is an unsuitable material for table top, gotten rid of it and am changing to a wood table

This post has been edited by KisseD: Jan 12 2025, 02:54 AM

Thanks for the input, I guess having the sintered stone table top rest on a thick wooden board is the way without affecting table top aesthetic.

Sintered stone table top is suitable for table top for all the reasons like durability, easy to clean except for the sound it produce if not supported with wood board.