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Nick, those are some of the prettiest painters I've ever seen. I particularly like the photos or Makaela in her painting smock which appears to be an old shirt of yours turned backward. Good stuff!

I sincerely hope you'll share some photos of Theater #3 when you get it finished.

This time, the kids get out of having to paint. They liked doing it last time, but they are both busy at night with theater for Allison (has opening night for her show this week where she has the lead female role ) and VBS for Makaela.

Your youngest daughter is learning Visual Basic Scripting?

ok, that makes sense about the 150 being mounted up there.

I went through a long period of screen research for my last basement. With my projector, I had difficulty seeing any difference with screen material and the flat white paint. The paint gave me more options for screen size so it seem logical to go that way. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to wet-sand the wall to a baby's ass smoothness this time around, and was going for a quicker method. I still have not tried nor heard much about the "screen goo" paint that looks like a way to go.

I used the Screen Goo and I am generally satisfied with the result. 90% of the movies look "very" good. The only times when the non-uniform coats show up is if the camera pans quickly over a generally white or very light blue and gray tones. Hockey is one case where things could be more "optimal" - quick panning on white. I gave up on watching TV in the theater though so this does not really disturb me. One thing that you should take into account is that it takes a long time for the paint to "settle" and dry completely. I would say months. The non-evenness of coats was showing up much more in the first few months. In part it was my lack of experience and in part the nature of paint versus something industrial like cloth screen. I could resist the temptation of correcting little "glitches" while painting a bit better. The visual quality / reflectiveness / brightness / contrast is very good and by all means having a 110" screen of similar quality would cost a fortune that I did not want to spend. It also allowed having the screen cover the wall completely - from top to the equipment rack and from side to side.