Hi guys!
About six years ago, I spent a lot of time in this forum. I didn't post much, but I read a lot and followed all the great debates of the day. Then I bought a roll-down for our old house and called it a day.
Now we've moved. I just bought an Epson TW3200, which is very similar to the Home Cinema 8350 in the US. (Max Lumens somewhere in the 2000-1800 range.)
I have it ceiling mounted in a non-light controlled room - that is, we can close the shutters and curtains to reduce light, but during a sunny day, there'll still be enough to read a book - and even at night, there is so much "rebound" from the screen that you can look around the room and see everythign in it.
I'm connected to a HTPC.
I'd like to use it sometimes during the day for gaming or daytime movie watching, more often in the evening for movie-watching.
Distance projector to screen: ca. 380cm.
Screen width (16:9): ca. 227cm
I'm having to use some tele - maybe about 20-15% - but I can't mount any closer.
I have a clear wall to use - can't paint the wall, but I can hang a screen.
I even have an HVLP set - Wagner - cheap, but I think it'll do.
Right now, I'm projecting straight onto the wall, which is not much good - glossy off-white paint and bad hot-spotting. What I'd like to do is, ideally, buy a white, sort of PVC plate stuff from the hardware store - not too expensive and quite light. Hang it from the wall, spray up a nice couple coats, add a thin, matte-black edge. If I can't get the PVC stuff at the right size, I could buy MDF and do the same - I'm just hoping I can get something this big at a reasonable price.
Now, my biggest problem: I live in Switzerland, so I don't have access to the paints you guys use for your custom brews in North America. There ARE a few Goo dealers in the country, but their stuff is riotously expensive.
OTOH, I know some paint shops around, so if I had some kind of exact specifications, I might be able to get whatever colors you guys use ...
What would you guys recommend?
BTW, I'm willing to do two coats. But I don't want to spend a lot of time experimenting. About six years ago I spent an insane amount of time and money experimenting with the paint mixes that were "in" on this forum. (I got some good results, actually - but I was also spraying onto roll-up black-out cloth, and I just never got the wrinkles out.) Anyway, I don't have time to experiment with color mixes this time round. I need to be able to measure, mix, load, spray, wait, spray again, and call it a day.
Thanks for your help!
