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post #91 of 114
12/5/11 at 9:44am
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Anyone have experience painting the grills etc?
The grills are metal and the bezel is plastic. Do I roll them, spray them? Scuff and prime first? Will the interior latex even stick to them?

Most in-walls are "pre-primed" to accept latex. Double-check, but you shouldn't need to do any prep work. What worked best for me was to use a foam brush on the bezel and spray the grilles. Just make sure to remove any fabric dust covers before spraying if they're attached behind the grilles!
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post #92 of 114
12/5/11 at 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by roknrol View Post

Most in-walls are "pre-primed" to accept latex. Double-check, but you shouldn't need to do any prep work. What worked best for me was to use a foam brush on the bezel and spray the grilles. Just make sure to remove any fabric dust covers before spraying if they're attached behind the grilles!

thanks for the tip.
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post #93 of 114
12/21/11 at 12:36pm
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Not too much theater specific progress lately, between tiling and vacation and general craziness.

On the plus side, my projector (sony vpl-vw95es) showed up on my birthday a few weeks ago. I got a great price and excellent service from Mike at AVS.

Decided to go DIY screen for a bit just to see exactly what size I prefer. This frame is pretty much as big as I can go if I want a scope. Its 120" x 50" (2.40:1). Leaves me 4" on the sides for the border and I have just enough room above so that the "black" bars won't hit the front of my soffit when zoomed in for scope aspect.

The plan is to fur it off of the wall by 2" so I have room for some 2" linacoustic behind it.

Is it ok to use 2 layers of 1" linacoustic instead of a single sheet of 2"? I don't need enough of the 2" to justify buying a whole roll.

Also, is it necessary to paint the screen frame black if I am NOT using an AT screen. Screen will be BOC (likely painted to add some gain / improve color)

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post #94 of 114
12/21/11 at 1:44pm
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Not too much theater specific progress lately, between tiling and vacation and general craziness.

On the plus side, my projector (sony vpl-vw95es) showed up on my birthday a few weeks ago. I got a great price and excellent service from Mike at AVS.

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Is it ok to use 2 layers of 1" linacoustic instead of a single sheet of 2"? I don't need enough of the 2" to justify buying a whole roll.

Also, is it necessary to paint the screen frame black if I am NOT using an AT screen. Screen will be BOC (likely painted to add some gain / improve color)

You are going to love the 95ES, if you haven't already seen it projecting. That is one awesome image!

Yes, you can use 2 layers of 1" together, that should be just fine.

As far as painting the frame black, if your screen material is 100% solid (meaning zero percent light pass through), then there is no need. If there is even a tiny bit of light that passes through the material, then you should paint the screen frame black. Especially because the wall behind the frame is already black. I'd paint it anyway. :-)
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post #95 of 114
12/21/11 at 2:30pm
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I agree, the picture from the 95ES is amazing.
The only wall I had available at the time was in our 2 story family room above a knee-wall and opening into the kitchen. i was desperate to test out the projector so I grabbed some pushpins and tacked up the BOC. Even though the top of the screen was over 9' in the air and the fabric was all wavy etc ... the picture was still amazing.
Can't wait to finish the room now!
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post #96 of 114
1/4/12 at 11:02am
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Been making some decent progress over the last few weeks:
Doors (solid core) are hung. (giggidy)
Windows are trimmed out, caulked and painted.
Most of the baseboards are in, caulked and painted.
Coffered ceiling is complete, caulked and painted.
Crown molding in the bar area and hallway is up.

On christmas eve I stretched the screen (120"x50") 2.4:1, and hung it and the projector temporarily. Set up the receiver, oppo, LCRs and sub from my family room just so I could give guests a hint of the experience. I took it all down and packed it away again the next day, but it was awesome while it lasted.
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post #97 of 114
1/4/12 at 11:09am
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coffered ceiling progress:



Ended up running 1x6 poplar through the planer to get it down to about 3/8 to trim out the box faces. Created 2 large lawn waste bags full of sawdust in the process. Kinda like whittling down a baseball bat to make a toothpick.



the finished product:
I think it took almost as long to caulk and paint as it did to build.



another view:

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post #98 of 114
1/4/12 at 11:20am
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A few general trimwork pics:



the door leading to the playroom is going to be painted the wall color, then I'm going to stretch the acoustic cloth on it and add a piece of base molding in an attempt to make the door disappear as much as possible.

closer shot of the baseboards.



It's hard to see in the photo, but the sections of trim between columns is offset by 1" to accommodate the thickness of the acoustic panels above.

Carpet hopefully goes in next week. Then I can have my chairs delivered, finish up the acoustic treatments and screen wall etc. Then turn my attention to the steam shower.

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post #99 of 114
1/4/12 at 11:39am
Fabulous job so far. That is going to be a classy theater when complete. The olive green is a nice break from the usual blue/red/black theater walls and goes very nicely with the cream trim. Every once in a while my wife will comment on a theater I'm looking at. I can just hear her now "Why didn't you do our theater like that?" Hmmm. Let me see...time, skill, money.

Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
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post #100 of 114
1/4/12 at 11:58am
Wow, that ceiling coffer turned out great! Thanks for doing this and documenting it well enough to me to follow behind you. Hopefully, I can find thinner boards; I don't have a planar.
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post #101 of 114
1/4/12 at 12:02pm
Looks great, Pinstripes. Nice clean lines. I'm going to see if I can pull off a smaller version of your ceiling in my room.

Forum member Jautor has a similar ceiling. He did his with drywall and added bottom trim with rope lighting to highlight a metallic copper paint within each recess.









I look forward to watching your progress.
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post #102 of 114
1/4/12 at 1:01pm
great job there...really liked your ceiling...and color combination.
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post #103 of 114
1/5/12 at 7:12am
The ceiling looks fantastic!

I tried out some of that Restoration Hardware paint and liked it very much. Thanks for the tip! I'm planning to use their paint for my wave wall after I painted a sample on it.
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post #104 of 114
1/6/12 at 6:32am
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The ceiling looks fantastic!

I tried out some of that Restoration Hardware paint and liked it very much. Thanks for the tip! I'm planning to use their paint for my wave wall after I painted a sample on it.

Glad the paint is working out.
The wavy mdf panels are going to look awesome. You should skip to that part and forget about the rest of the theater.
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post #105 of 114
1/6/12 at 8:44am
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Glad the paint is working out.
The wavy mdf panels are going to look awesome. You should skip to that part and forget about the rest of the theater.

It's actually one of the least expensive parts of the room so you may likely have your wish granted!
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post #106 of 114
1/10/12 at 9:52pm
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It's actually one of the least expensive parts of the room so you may likely have your wish granted!

Good, then there are no excuses
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post #107 of 114
1/10/12 at 9:56pm
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Some progress.
Carpet went in today. Sorry for the cr@p photos



Detail against tile.



Also repainted (for the second time) the Jr. Mancave, and installed the soft tile floor.

I wish real tile was this quick and easy. As a bonus the tile doubles as knee pads.



SEATS TOMORROW!!!
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post #108 of 114
1/10/12 at 10:06pm
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Wow, that ceiling coffer turned out great! Thanks for doing this and documenting it well enough to me to follow behind you. Hopefully, I can find thinner boards; I don't have a planar.

I ended up ripping down some baseboard for some of my window casing as it was already pretty thin ... and primed.
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post #109 of 114
1/10/12 at 10:28pm
Looking good! Home stretch..
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post #110 of 114
2/1/12 at 9:40am
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Does anyone know if there is any acoustic benefit to using carpet padding (as a replacement for or in addition to) traditional materials (OC 703 etc)?
I have a huge roll of this stuff left over from carpet install and can't see throwing it out. Seems like at the very least I could cut triangles and stack a ton of them for bass traps?
A search in the acoustic treatment thread turned up someone with a similar question but no resolution.

thx
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post #111 of 114
2/1/12 at 9:48am
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Does anyone know if there is any acoustic benefit to using carpet padding (as a replacement for or in addition to) traditional materials (OC 703 etc)?
I have a huge roll of this stuff left over from carpet install and can't see throwing it out. Seems like at the very least I could cut triangles and stack a ton of them for bass traps?
A search in the acoustic treatment thread turned up someone with a similar question but no resolution.

thx

I asked the same question some time ago but didn't get a response. My guess is no or we probably would have seen it in one or two builds by now. If you find a good use for it, let me know. I've got a few rolls in the garage collecting dust.
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post #112 of 114
2/1/12 at 9:51am
If you have a Habitat for Humanity ReStore location near you, donate the roll and take a tax deduction, collect a good karma point. Collect 10 points and they will cancel out a bad JuJu.
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post #113 of 114
2/1/12 at 12:06pm
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If you have a Habitat for Humanity ReStore location near you, donate the roll and take a tax deduction, collect a good karma point. Collect 10 points and they will cancel out a bad JuJu.

I may do a small non scientific A/B test, but on the other hand I could use all the karma points I can get.

My original thought was to layer the carpet padding behind some acoustic foam.
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post #114 of 114
2/1/12 at 2:54pm
I like how you made your frame. It looks sturdy. How did you attach the fabric and get felt around the outside?
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