Sup PrepHole, I've got this roll-up screen and I want to paint it blue to make it a cheap bluescreen for my film projects. What type of color should I use so that doesn't crumble when rolled up? I was thinking acryllic paint but I'm not sure this would not tear?
Also, before anyone comments about "if you're going to do this: make it green": I do have a greenscreen already, but I need blue as well.
I see a white screen and I want to paint it blue
No edits anymore I want to paint it blue
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Just buy a blue screen, it’s not like they’re expensive. $20 maybe? You
L pay that much for paint, brushes, and it still won’t work well.
Google "Bluescreen 180cm" and prepare to shit bricks
You think the dried paint would stick?
I don't think fabric dye will do the trick with this one. It's cotton with PVC coating.
My greenscreen is a roll-up that I cut off and sewed green cloth on. Was gonna do the same here for blue, but I thought about altering the actual surface.
This is a pretty good idea. Might try this if nobody has a better idea. Thanks
Cotton with PVC coating.
>Google "Bluescreen 180cm" and prepare to shit bricks
You don't need a full bluescreen assembly, you already have one. You just need the fabric which is relatively cheap. You should be able to buy more than enough for this for like $25. Then either attach the fabric to the white screen with spray adhesive, or disassemble the roll-up mechanism and replace the white screen with the bluescreen material entirely.
Also, using a fabric is going to give you a much more uniform surface, dying or painting may result in light/dark spots, streaks, etc. that may effect the performance of the bluescreen.
>Also, using a fabric is going to give you a much more uniform surface, dying or painting may result in light/dark spots, streaks, etc. that may effect the performance of the bluescreen.
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depends on the tradesman tbh
If OP is a moron (probably is) then sure, but assuming they're not, not a cheapskate, can prep a surface and do multiple applications then that goes out the window somewhat.
Like, your average joe can buy a home cinema screen for a projector.
Your average joe on drugs can paint a wall for a projector screen and your average joe on drugs after getting a sweet beej can paint a wall for a projector screen 2-3x and select the correct paint.
Your average moron cheaping out on a blue screen who can't afford 50 quid's not your average joe and isn't making revenue from their hobby or willing to invest more.
>Cotton with PVC coating.
then you probably want a PVC dye ("purple primer" has such a dye, but the wrong color)
see https://makezine.com/projects/stain-pvc-any-color-you-like/
and you want a blue dye, right? e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Rekhaoil-Blue-Petroleum-Dye/dp/B08W2SJ299
If the PVC layer is very thin though, or essentially transparent, then you want a fabric dye, which is just...buy the cheapest you can get which says "for cotton"
>fabric dye
also you could perforate the pvc layer just a tiny amount (or from the back!) to let a blue dye seep through to the cotton.
>dying or painting may result in light/dark spots
dying and painting rarely results in nonuniform color actually. In the former case typically the saturation capacity of the material is reached, and in the latter subsequent layers just add the exact same color onto previous ones.
A lot of paints don't react well to flexing. Another concern would be the paint sticking when the screen is rolled up.
If the screen surface isn't completely impervious perhaps you could use fabric dye instead. Fill a tub with water and blue dye and let the screen sit in it for a few days, moving it around every few hours to help get an even color.
Or maybe spray on a few layers of plasti-dip. It's a very flexible material so rolling up the screen wouldn't be a problem, and with multiple coats it should be a nice uniform, smooth surface.
Altering it will probably ruin it and you'll be buying a new one anyway. That said, I'd expect a dye to work better than anything that would qualify as paint.
what is it made of? Does it absorb liquid or oil? That would go a long way to answering whether
>dye
or
>stick it on the screen with spray adhesive
will work.
pretty certain green cloth, and green screens are cheap and not as much trouble as what you want to do.
permission to buy approved.
Maybe get some blue felt/fabric from a craft store and stick it on the screen with spray adhesive
Blue dye, or fabric, or paint a wall. It ain't hard.
Stop shitting bricks over the price, you want a meme and you get one.
You wanna art, art.