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It has been about 3 hours since the paint went on and the screen has already evened out colorwise. I wish I was going to be home tonight to try it! I used a 3/16" roller and the Valspar paint right from the can. It didn't cover as well as I had hoped as I used the whole quart on the screen and I thought I might get two coats out of it. Oh well, no runs and a perfect surface so I guess I just saved myself some work.

Just a tip from my painter friend for others using a roller to paint their screens. Rollers will typically lose some of the fuzz on the beginning part of the surface you are painting unless you deal with it while the roller is still dry. That means picking off the little pieces of fuzz and rerolling the area. Happens even with professional rollers. Here is what he recommended: Stick the end of a quality roll of 2" package sealing tape to the bottom of your shoe. Unroll the tape to waist level and cut it from the roll. With the tape stretched out away and up from your foot, roll the mounted roller up and down against the tape. Roll at an angle so the entire roller passes over the tape. You will be amazed at the little pieces of fuzz that come off on the tape. Fuzz that would otherwise end up on your screen.

As to the Munsell value of Winter Mist. Munsell N9 = 229,229,229 while Munsell N8 = 202,202,202. With Winter Mist at 220,220,220 it is not quite as light as an N9 but lighter than an N8. I guess you could call it an N8.6. At any rate, it is a great color for home theater screens if you want an image to really pop but don't need the extra contrast of the N8 Gray Screen.