Sandmans Home Theater Construction Begins! - Page 9

Well I won my Projector Today on eBay.
I got a brand new Factory sealed Optoma H79 for $4k from a authorized Optoma Dealer.

Saved like $900.00 from what they sell for at a good price.

Thanks, Very Happy to be Part of it

Yes, I know that is the Biggest Mistake of HT.
My Optoma is coming UPS Ground from NY and It will take about a week to get to me. I plan on having my theater room Done by then. I still need to get a Screen and I am still doing research on that. I am also still waiting on my Equipment Rack to arrive as well. Since I allocated some money to pay a couple guys to finish up the theater due to my hectic work schedule, there should be no reason for it not to be ready in time.

Also there was no way in the World I could pass up an opportunity to own the Best DLP Projector for a Discounted price. I was just about to drop $4,899.00 plus Tax plus Shipping on One, until I saw this auction at the final stage. I was willing to go up to $4,500 on the auction, but it stopped at $4k (lucky me).

What got done today?

Well today we masked off the whole Star Ceiling and Prepped the Soffits/Light Trays for the Veneer. That pretty Much took 3 hours to smooth everything down and putty the screw Holes.

Monday we will begin the Veneering first Thing, then Stain, then Lacquer Coating. I decided to go with Red Oak for the Veneer. It seemed to have the Best Grain for What I wanted. We shot a Nice Red Stain on a Few Veneer Samples and Red Oak showed the Grain the Best through the Stain. This High Gloss Lacquer will bring the Red out lovely.

For Those you want to know, we are using a Pre-Mixed Stain, and then a High Gloss Lacquer Coating that will get about 3 - 4 Coats with Sanding. The Stain is a Spray on with no wipe off Stain. The Lacquer gets Sprayed too.

We will be using the same process for the Columns as well.

Ruben

Hey Friends, I'm gonna need your help here. I decided to do a Dark Carpet (Black or Dark Grey) based on what you guys said earlier in this thread here. Problem is, I went to the Carpet store today to look at carpets and can't figure out if I should go with a Black with a Grey Pattern or an all Black with a Black Raised Pattern (See Samples below).

This Place is pretty expensive (Charging $4.85 a SQUARE FOOT to $5.85 a SQUARE FOOT). Yes I said a Square Foot Above. The Carpets I always looked at in the Past were priced by Square Yards.

This is what I brought home today...

This comes in Black


This comes in Black (Same as above You See the Pattern Better)


This is Black with Brownish/Goldish Lines (Also Comes in Dark Grey with Light Grey Lines)


This is Black with a Grey Pattern


This is the same as above

Thanks Guys, for Helping me out.

Actually That Carpet you think is a Bronish Red is an extremely Deep Black with Brown Lines. The Scan I did on my Scanner messed the colors up on it. I really Love the Black Carpet with the brown Lines as well. I was thinking about it for a month I just was real worried about it not matching the Red & Black Theme I am Doing. I went as far as taking a red Sharpie marker and tried to color in the Gold Lines on the Sample I have. It just came out to dark. I must say, The carpet sample looks awesome next to the theater chairs. I wish I could Special order it with Red Lines or Grey Lines at Least.

They are charging $4.84 a Square Foot for that and that's gonna end up costing about $1,500.00 to do my 300 SQF Room. I figured for that much money, I should be getting a more elegant type carpet.

What do you think?

Any online carpet retailers I should check out first before making the commitment?

Thanks
Ruben

Thanks for your words.

I will Analyze the Room with some software and a laptop. I will first see If I can tune it properly with the help of BPape. If that doesn't work correctly I will bring someone in to do it locally.

Well the Veneering of the Light Tray/Soffit got finished up today. Took about 6 hours with One Guy. Basically we layed out all the Veneer pieces and Matched the Grain for But pieces as clos as possible before applying the Contact Cement.

First About the Veneer, it is a Paper Backed Oak Veneer. We used paper back because it is very flexible without cracking. It's a little bit more money, but it is much easier to work with opposed to non backed veneer.

First we smoothed out the entire MDF, made sure all Screws were counter sinked, filled up screw holes with wood putty, Sanded the whole light tray down to make sure it was all smooth.

Next Applied the veneer. The Glue to apply the veneer is a Special Contact cement for veneers. We first shot the glue on the first piece of Veneer with a spray gun. Then rolled the glue out with a roller to make it smoother. Then Shot the MDF with the glue and rolled it out as well. Then you let it sit for a few minutes and then apply the veneer to the MDF. We then used a special hard heavy roller to smooth the veneer out over the MDF. Then we Began the Second Piece.

There is a little trick to hide But Seams (where 2 veneer edges meet up with each other). You use a special glue and apply it to the crack of the Seam, let it dry a bit and then sand the seam in multiple directions with a corse sandpaper (like 100 Grit). What it does is forces the Saw dust your sanding off to fill up the Seam and blend in so it looks like one continuous piece of wood.

Once it gets coated/sealed you do not see the seam. You are going to see the Seams in my pictures below because we did not seal the Veneer yet.

Here are some pictures below, all we need to do now is a light final sanding of he Veneer to roughen it up a bit and then the sealing and Staining begins and the final clear coat finishes it.

Here are some flicks..

First off, these are some half rounds I am going to experiment with for possible Columns.


Here is what the Veneer looks like unapplied...



Here is the Veneer apllied to the light tray...

Front of the Theater...
(Good Thing we Covered the Ceiling First with Plastic)



Back of the Theater...



Some Close ups...

Veneer wraps around the Light tray. 1 peice does theSide and bottom...


Close up of a Bottom corner...



Some other Shots...

Continued...

Here is the Sealer that goes on after we do the light sanding of the Veneer. This Goes on before the Stain, this basically makes sure your stain gets evenly applied so you dont have light and dark spots...



For those who want to know about the Stain that We are going to spray on, here it is...



The Staining begins tomorrow! Finally, we get to see some color brought in this room!

More Pictures tomorrow after the Staining is done. Stay Tuned!

It's available at Specialty Stores. Try checking out their website for distributors in your area. I posted a picture of the Stain above. http://www.mlcampbell.com/

Thanks, Yes, we rounded off the corners a slight bit to Wrap them with one piece. If you look at the closeup shot of the light tray above, you will see the corner.

Ruben