Recommendation Needed for DIY Screen Material

[ucfsteve99]

I have decided to construct my own 92" 16:9 Fixed Screen. And am puzzled by the amount of options that are listed for the material type that is the best to use. So here are my specs:

Projector: InFocus IN72
Light: Low to med Ambient light
Cost: Less than $100

What type of material should I use.

Thank you for all of your input.

[TeamSpeed]

3 options to keep you under your price limit that I know of, since I just went through this.

1) Do-able board and framing material, although exclusive to certain regions, < $20
2) Polywall white board, like at Menards 4x8 sheet = $20
3) Wilsonart Countertop laminate Designer White or Fashion Gray, 4x8 sheet = $70

Framing 1x3s, screws, corner brackets, staples/nails, etc will add to this cost.

I went with #2, then had Home Depot mix up a quart of gray from Behr #1050 ultra white, and also bought a quart of flat poly, then painting supplies. Just a little cheaper than the #3 option with the Fashion Gray.

Just my opinion, there are a ton of threads that discuss painting the wall, painting roll-down screens, etc, but I believe these 3 options will keep you under the $100 bucks when done.

[Jim McC]

Using blackout cloth on a wooden frame will definitely be under $100 also.

[Soransis]

You will probably want to choose something in grey. Grey handles ambient light better than the whites will. The only problem with the wilsonart fashion grey laminate is you need a clear poly topcoat to get rid of the slight hotspotting. That is if you consider a single paint topcoat to be a problem.

[FremontRich]

I have decided to construct my own 92" 16:9 Fixed Screen. And am puzzled by the amount of options that are listed for the material type that is the best to use. So here are my specs:

Projector: InFocus IN72
Light: Low to med Ambient light
Cost: Less than $100

What type of material should I use.

Thank you for all of your input.


I have a 92" Wilsonart Designer White screen and I love it. I recommend this material and your fixed screen using this material should cost you $100 to assemble.

[wbassett]

3 options to keep you under your price limit that I know of, since I just went through this.

1) Do-able board and framing material, although exclusive to certain regions, < $20
2) Polywall white board, like at Menards 4x8 sheet = $20
3) Wilsonart Countertop laminate Designer White or Fashion Gray, 4x8 sheet = $70

Framing 1x3s, screws, corner brackets, staples/nails, etc will add to this cost.

I went with #2, then had Home Depot mix up a quart of gray from Behr #1050 ultra white, and also bought a quart of flat poly, then painting supplies. Just a little cheaper than the #3 option with the Fashion Gray.

Just my opinion, there are a ton of threads that discuss painting the wall, painting roll-down screens, etc, but I believe these 3 options will keep you under the $100 bucks when done.
Quick thing to mention-- Polywall is also somewhat region specific. I couldn't find it in my area of NY.

ucfsteve99 if you don't want to go the substrate route there are some extremely nice OTS paints in the Gray thread, including some whites talked about in the beginning of the thread, and then there are advanced mixes you might want to look into as well.

[swdude12]

3 options to keep you under your price limit that I know of, since I just went through this.

1) Do-able board and framing material, although exclusive to certain regions, < $20
2) Polywall white board, like at Menards 4x8 sheet = $20
3) Wilsonart Countertop laminate Designer White or Fashion Gray, 4x8 sheet = $70

Framing 1x3s, screws, corner brackets, staples/nails, etc will add to this cost.

I went with #2, then had Home Depot mix up a quart of gray from Behr #1050 ultra white, and also bought a quart of flat poly, then painting supplies. Just a little cheaper than the #3 option with the Fashion Gray.

Just my opinion, there are a ton of threads that discuss painting the wall, painting roll-down screens, etc, but I believe these 3 options will keep you under the $100 bucks when done.


How did you mount the polywall white board on the frame? and also you mixed the gray and ultra white with the flat poly? what does the flat poly enhance? thanks

[owdschool]

I have an HD70 with a polywall screen. It looks great

This is how is built it.

I framed out with 1X4's an area of 52"X92" so now I have a big box that is not very stury. ( use metal angles for the corner
I then added some studs in the center- 3 1X4's vertically and one hoizontally.

I then bought a peice of 4X8 MFD board and cut it to 48"X88"
Same with the sheet of parkland platic

I glued the smooth sie of the parkland to the smooth side of the MFD (it sticks better) with #M spray adhesive the heavy duty kind.

After the parland dried on the mfd i construction adhesived it onto the 1X4 frame i made. Glue on the cross braces and also 2 inches onto the outside frame.

Now you will have a flat frame with a flat screen and 2" all around to mount it to the wall.

In order to make the outsides look good I cut 2 1X4's 2" wide and 92" long, and 2 1X4's 2" wide and 52" long.
I painted these flat black.

nail these trim peices around the 2 inches you left around the screen. (i used triming nails on the 2" boards).

VEry sturdy and heavy duty screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eggsovereasy]

I have a 100" diag screen using photo paper.

Color is white (probably around 1.0 gain). Cost was under $100 incl. frame. PJ is Mits HC1100.

Here's a couple screenshots

[ucfsteve99]

Thank you all for your inputs. I have decided to construct a frame using "Canvas Strecher" bars from the local arts supply store and Blackout Cloth.

My next question is, what side of the blackout cloth do you get your best results with? There is a dull side and a shiny side.

thanks,

steve

[uabcar]

I used the dull side with good results.