110" DIY Spandex AT Screen - Page 2

Smokarz,

I finished up my frame tonight as well. Hope to have my spandex possibly tomorrow. I do like the brightness of the SW extra white. It looks almost to bright. I prefer the silver. The one thing that really stood out to me in your pictures was the first spiderman photo. The SW extra white his suit looks nearly orange, while on the silver his suit is a deep sexy red.

I will be getting some moleskin matte silver and also some of that metallic matte silver. Figured I could try the metallic out. Worst case scenario I would just use the Metallic as a backer to the moleskin.

Unless my eyes are cheated by some spell, the left hand side looks way better to me. I ordered the silver, but perhaps I need to be using the white as the main screen, then back it with the silver. My plan was just to order enough of the silver to do two layers. Bad idea??? Buyers remorse sucks.

Smokarz, I'm with you. I like the brighter image and damnit I shoulda gone with the white spandex. It's not a big deal for me to order it, though, so I may just end up doing that and posting my results.

Any / every screen application is tied to both the PJ used and the room it resides in.

One cannot make an assumption based on another's singular comment...and Smokarz was talking about his switch to White "Paint" from a "Gray" paint.

The comparison is painted white vs. silver matte moleskin not stretched and not backed with stretched white either. So to judge the moleskin silver with this is not fair. I'm not saying that it will look the same as the painted white, just pointing this out so people don't think the silver moleskin will look exactly like this.

With this said the painted white image looks great

Fair enough. What I'm wondering is how a stretched silver on silver would look. Has anyone tried it? At any rate, blacks aren't as important to me as a bright picture, so I'm probably going to go with white on silver. I'll post back once it's all done. I've got three young kids, though, so it's gonna be a while.

I will be doing some shots of the metallic silver matte and moleskin matte silver here in a couple days.

Looking forward to see your results with the metallic silver matte.

and in the white spot on the Spiderman picture.. shouldn't there be some ominous looking clouds, not just white?
Although the left side does pop.

Smokarz,

I seen you posted that you put a meter on the silver spandex because it looked dark. Can you expand on this? Did you also meter the painted white screen?

Thanks

So are you still planning on doing a moleskin screen or a version of a white spandex?

Smokarz,

I'm doing the same. I just have to wait until my white comes in before I can get started. I am getting an air compressor and am thinking about using an air upholstery stapler to put this stuff on. Good idea/bad idea?

Air compressor is for other stuff, not the screen.

Screen tight works awesome. Fast to apply, just as fast to remove.

The rolling it up into a board makes sense. I'm just trying to visualize how that would look because don't you also have to account for horizontal stretch? I have a Home Depot in town as well, so I could get the "screen tight" materials, I just need to know how the hell to use them. Sorry if I sound a bit dense, as I said, I need to see it before it makes sense to me or have it very clearly spelled out. Cheers.

Right now, the plan is to build a curved screen, where I cut the curve on two 2x8x10s (top and bottom, then nail 1x4x10s to the front of the curve to act as a border, then stretch the spandex behind the border (will properly stretch convex but not to the front of the screen since it's concave). Now, I'm thinking that I could secure the spandex to the bottom with wood nailed down on top of it, then stretch and roll it onto another piece of wood. But then, I'd have to account for the horizontal in which case I could have two pieces on either side and roll them up and secure them once it is taut enough. Legit?

(The curve won't be massive so I'm thinking that the wood wrapped around the fabric should easily be able to match the contour of the screen. Meh)

This will give you a rough idea. It just has 2 channels in it. Secure it around the backside perimeter of your frame. use the groove closest to the outside of the frame for the first layer of spandex. The second inside groove for the top layer. just use the spline..looks like a rubber rope and as you pull on the spandex roll the spline in the grooves. Will need the tool to roll it in. Its slick.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6QvSVxziqI

Duke,

Thanks for the link. Looks way too easy, but damnit being in Canada of course I can't find it at Home Depot. I'll find it somehow but sheesh it so often seems like the only way I can get stuff is importing it from the States (end rant).
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This was the same concern I had when I built my frame. Easiest thing to do in my opinion was to add a piece of shoe molding or 1/4" round around the perimeter of the screen with the curved side facing in an the squared edge along the border.