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Jeremy112
Joined: 28 Sep 2006
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Location: Fond du Lac, WI
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject: Projector screen Frame options?? |
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Hi guys,
Im redoing a room in my house for a home theater, Its not the biggest and best that ive seen from some of you (especially kal's!) but its what I call a microtheater. Anyway! i want to make a frame for the screen using some nice crown molding. I want it black so it doesnt reflect light, however I dont know what to use to make it black, I was thinking about getting some spray paint and painting it flat black, but I am afraid it will reflect light, I was also thinking of using black cloth on it, but it may be difficult to clean. Any ideas? Also, I would like to know where I can get about 90 to 100" (diagonal) of Silverscreen material. Thanks guys!!
Jeremy
(when the room is done I will put some pics of it on here)
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Person99
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Location: Flower Mound, TX
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Get some smooth 2-3.5" wide lightweight base board (whatever size in there you like) and use spray adhesive to put black velvet on it.
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Clarence
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: Smith Mtn Lake, VA
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Highly recommended:
http://mysticalley.com/berwick_velvetribbon.html
"VELTEX BLACK VELVET RIBBON
Completely waterproof veltex, velvet type, ribbon from Berwick.
2 3/4in x 25 yards per spool."
It was only $7.95 for 25 yds... I only needed about 12 yards, but I had to order 2 rolls to meet their minimum order.
So now I have enough for 4 large screens.
This is incredible stuff! After cutting it and gluing it, it's exactly what I was hoping it would be. And it sucks up light like a black hole... even with a close flash it shows pure black. Easy to cut, easy to glue. Worth 4x as much.
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Jeremy112
Joined: 28 Sep 2006
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Location: Fond du Lac, WI
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Well, seems that velvet is the choice I should go with, it will look classy as well too, thanks for the tips guys!
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paw
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
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Location: Arvada, CO
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Clarence
How does the Veltex conform to curved surfaces? Lets say you wanted to frame the screen with small moulding or picture frame. Will it wrap around it?
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garyfritz
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Clarence, that stuff looks great! I assume from the writeup that it is NOT self-adhesive. Any ole spray adhesive would do the trick? Ditto to Aubrey's question -- how about wrapping it around from the front to the side of the moulding so there's no visible edge?
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Clarence
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Location: Smith Mtn Lake, VA
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It would certainly crease along a corner-edge of trim.
It is not self adhesive. The backing is a smooth plastic, like packing tape without the adhesive. Any craft glue will work.
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