tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post7619328133723885800..comments2024-03-18T10:48:14.525-07:00Comments on Balintore Castle Restoration Project: Light Well Number 1Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-90191096505917629212021-03-24T00:22:27.597-07:002021-03-24T00:22:27.597-07:00OMG! This is THRILLING! I love when curious bits a...OMG! This is THRILLING! I love when curious bits are resurrected! I tip my hat to you, from across the big pond.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809279474923305715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-43174812969154885312021-03-15T04:50:48.871-07:002021-03-15T04:50:48.871-07:00Hi Gorkem,
Copper would look lovely in a light w...Hi Gorkem, <br /><br />Copper would look lovely in a light well! :-)<br /><br />Yes, grey screens in a home cinema are supposed to give blacker blacks. <br /><br />Expensive screens use directional reflection to throw back projector light into the eyes of the audience but not ambient light. My projector has a facility to correct for the colour of the wall! The best colour for home cinema walls (apart from the screen wall) is matt black, so there is not light flying around the room. <br /><br />My own view is that the law of diminishing returns applies, and I painted a home cinema screen in bright white matt paint. Works for me!<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-54375662786583704672021-03-15T02:36:55.120-07:002021-03-15T02:36:55.120-07:00Hmm. I guess silver-reflective is not so suiting b...Hmm. I guess silver-reflective is not so suiting balintore, but maybe copper could fit?<br /><br />I guess if the projectors were designed for grey screens from the beginning that might work, so you get 'blacker' blacks. But I suppose they assume white background.Görkem PAÇACIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727893902496568826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-75906593738637636032021-03-14T08:41:36.561-07:002021-03-14T08:41:36.561-07:00The ideal material for a light pipe is totally ref...The ideal material for a light pipe is totally reflective, so high efficiency modern ones are mirror (chrome?) finished internally. You get paint for home cinema screens when have metallic particles in them, but I will probably try a "bright white" emulsion. <br /><br />Having looked into home cinema screens' paint in the past, I was very confused. Some people recommend grey!?!? Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217306675998382738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-410035090306749692.post-57928132070942808702021-03-14T03:36:37.628-07:002021-03-14T03:36:37.628-07:00Feels like a white paint job should significantly ...Feels like a white paint job should significantly increase the efficiency. I wonder if there is spatial paint you can use? The 'shinier' the white, the smoother the surface, so less light is absorbed. Görkem PAÇACIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727893902496568826noreply@blogger.com