Setting Up Your Own Home Cinema Screen

If you are one of those do it your self type people then making your own home cinema screen is an easy project that can be fun and rewarding. Even if you are not, you would be surprised at how easy it is to create your own home cinema screen from basic materials. Just read on and follow the steps below to be enjoying your own customer home cinema projector screen.

Steps To Making Your Own Home Cinema Screen

The first thing you want to do is find out what the optimal display and size that can be displayed from your projector is. Once you know this information you can begin to design your screen. Any solution that you go with is going to go with is going to cost you a lot less then buying an overpriced screen in the stores.

For the easiest home cinema screen at home all you need is a large flat wall and paint. There are three different types of paint that seem to work well. Behr "Silverscreen" (770E-2) mix using Pure White (UPW) flat latex, Glidden (CIL) Misty Evening, or any other neutral grey.

For me I like the Behr Silverscreen as it gives deeper blacks and helps out in higher ambient light conditions, which is what your house will have for the most part. However, because it is grey this will slightly reduce the whites. You can counteract this by mixing it with a clear satin polycyclic. You can try different strengths but the best mix I found was one to one.

To paint the screen, first apply two coats of just Silverscreen flat. Then apply a top coat of two of the Silverscreen mix to boost the gain. You can continue to add coats if you want to help improve the whites, but for the most part this should be perfect. When applying the paint you want to use a white dense foam trim rollers to get that ultra smooth finish. Whatever you do not stop the rollers in the screen area as it will leave marks. Go outside the area you want to use then paint back over that later. You want to role the first coat across then the second coat up and down. Do not go over any of the parts that you have already done as you want to lay as thin layer as possible.

That should do it, follow those steps and you will have your own home cinema screen in no time.