Projector screen material for painting
Sorry if this is the wrong group. I generally hang out over in knots, but thought this is more of a home type question. I am putting in a home theater in my basement. I purchased a DLP projector. Rather than go with a premade screen ($$$), an alternative is to make my own. The make a paint called GOO Screen. It is a paint. The screen will be 60″x80″ or a 100″ diagonal. My questions is what material could be painted and not bleed imperfections through? I don’t want a seam so I’ll need to get 5′ x 8′ material. What would you recommend to give me the smoothest surface to apply the material? The material is Acrylic and takes a full six months to fully harden (per an instructional video at the web site. Anybody here use this stuff? Any comments appreciated. Thanks.
http://www.goosystems.com/cgi-bin/ic/goosystems/index
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MDO paints well but I don't know if you can get it in widths over four feet.
5x10, 6x12 and 8x16.... that I know of...
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forgot to mention that the 8x16 is 1-1/4" thick....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
A friend of mine recently painted a screen onto the wall in his media room, and it seems to work great. I'll ask him what he used and let you know. (He tends to learn every conceivable thing about a subject before proceeding, so his decision pretty certainly involved a lot of research.)
Thanks. I would be interested in what your friend did. I too research everything to death before proceeding. That's what makes the internet so wonderful. All that information and experience at your fingertips. I had been wanting a plasma TV for eons, but cannot bring myself to pay that price. I then went down to DLP and had decided to try a projector. I'll give a 100" screen a try for $2100. Thanks again.
i used to freelance for a scenic shop that fabricated all kinds of displays for customers around the world.
made everything withfor the giant Christmas mall displays, like enormous sleighs, "toy" trains, 8' tall "books" made with bendy ply etc, they did everything in luan and then wrapped it all in muslin.
Sobo, a fabric glue similar to elmers white glue, but thinner, was rolled on the entire surface with standard house paint roller. then the entire thing was covered with a good quality smooth muslin, trimmed, notched and smoothed down. dried over night. then gessoed (primed) and ready for finishes.
it gave a nice smooth uniform surface to everything.
goo screen looks really cool
Saw them use that paint you are asking abought on some home show. They just painted right on primed drywall. No seems visable. Simple.
Sheetrock comes in 5' widths, no? You could maybe even the stuff already on the wall ;-)
Wow, thanks for all the responses. The reason I'm looking at another material other than my existing wall is flatness. The wall in my family room has a high gloss and I can see quite a few imperfections. They will telescope through the goo screen paint. Rather than try to fix every little divot or blemish, I thought a 5'x8'x1/4" sheet of material would work nice. I can get 5 x 8 material from my local hardwood provider. I even thought of trimming it in oak, cherry, or walnut. I spoke with Goosystems today and he said that the requirement is a surface that is flat and primed white prior to starting. He did say to stay away from HPL. It is coated with a pvc coating and would be hard to adhere to. My local suppliere of hardwood has a product called double refinded MDF that I had considered. It sounds good anyway. I don't know exactly what that means (double refined), but thats what he said.
I'm tempted to say to get an over-sized piece of birch plywood and call it a day (available at good lumber yards that carry "regular hardwood plywood").
MDF would be good... if you have 15 men and a boy to carry it. Could go HDF... but then up the number of men to 30 and 2 boys.... and a diamond blade for the angle grinder to cut it (not really... but you get the idea)!!
I would, however, reconsider doing it with only 1/4". At that thickness, the rigidity would lend to warpage... and that would be a bad thing. I'd go at least 1/2".
why not he glue up a sheet of formica?...say 5x12?all tho' I get a bunch of white paint and add marbel-ite type dust..an just paint the whole room for " surround picture". LOLPaint the wall and dust it while wet.
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