| mccamp82 |
Hey,
I just stumbled upon this DIY screen. The guy used a sheet of formica then spray painted it silver. Looks like he has some pretty good results with his Sony LCD projector. Who else has done something similar to this?
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf...threadid=140880
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| MovLab |
Hi mccamp82:
Very Good Info, Thanks!
Movlab :)
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| azoodica |
| Thanks for posting this that's a really clean looking screen and it seems easy enough to do I might try that. |
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| orangeman |
Hello fellow DIY'ers.
If you have any questions about the screen, fire away. I will try to get back here to answer some of your questions. All I can say is that my motivation came about after the store clerk told me the price of the 100" 16x9 Firehawk that I was drooling over. For a fraction of that I was able to create something that did my projector justice. |
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| ap0the0sis |
where did you get the tremclad paint?
thanks,
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| orangeman |
I bought the paint from Home Depot in Canada. I don't know if the US has the exact same brande but they have something close...
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| orangeman |
I bought the paint from Home Depot in Canada. I don't know if the US has the exact same brand but they have something close...
I tried many combinations of Behr silver, Chromiance, gray paints before I found this. None of the others was as close a match in colour to the Firehawk material used in Stewart screens. |
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| golftdibrad |
What king of formica did you use? i looked around at home dopot the other day and didn't find much. Also, whould you happen to have a color code for that paint?
Thanks
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| orangeman |
I do not have a paint code. Does your home depot carry Tremco paints? The specific colour is Aluminium, high heat enamel. It has a flat silver/gray shade to it that was very close to the Firehawk material I compared it to. I did not have success mixing various shades of silver, gray, whites and other paints as they did not come close to the colour and "flatness" of the Tremco brand.
The Home Depot, Rona, Building Box all carry 4'x8' sheets of formica. The only reason I used this was because it was light and easy to hang. You could also use a sheet of sheetrock and screw that into the front wall, then frame it. I personally did not want to spray paint the wall and preferred spray painting downwards with the surface flat on the floor to get even coats with no running. Try doing that on a wall (major pain).
One word of caution, if you are using this approach then be patient. Use lots of "fine" coats of spray paint, allowing each application to completely dry before applying the next coat. This will ensure an even coat as a result. |
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| ktulu909 |
What was the color of the base of formica?Was it white?
Also I think that he's talking about the thin 1/16th" fomica counter covering thats around the bathroom section.
This is indeed a good Idea and I will be checking for the paint on my next trip to the Depot. |
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| golftdibrad |
yea I think the color/type of formica will make a large differnce, but I want to compare prices because I found this link on the net somewerehttp://www.dazian.com/html/projection_screens.html
Not bad prices, and I belive they will sell in small quanities. It would cost me around 80-90 dollors for the fabric, plus another 20 or so to build a frame/masking. If the total DIY thing isn't much cheeper, I'd rather just buy something made for projection.
Thanks for your input
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| orangeman |
| I ended up using a formica base that was closest in colour to what I needed (a light gray) but I also tried another smaller sample (2' x 4') that was coloued red so I know the coverage is good. This smaller sample was what I used for my tests as I could compare the sample image to the regular image on a white screen. Keep in mind that it is very difficult to properly compares samples at the same time though without recalibration of the projector fir each sample. |
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| orangeman |
| Not sure if this is out of place in this particular thread but I also painted the front soundstage/wall of the Holodeck black which really helps with the perceived contrast ratio and also minimizes the amount of reflection on the front wall. All of this affects the picture quality in the longrun. |
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