Due to my long seating distance (about 19 feet from the screen to the back of the sofa) I'm thinking it might be a good idea to go for a screen larger than what a 4'x8' sheet of MDF allows. This is going to be a painted screen. Unfortunately there's an opening in the wall behind where the screen is going so I can't simply paint the wall. However, I was wondering if anyone has any good idea's how to create a screen larger than 4'x8'? I'm walking distance to Home Depot so I'd prefer to stick to materials that are available there or can easily fit in a hatch back (ie: I would prefer not to have to rent a truck and buy a 5'x10' sheet of MDF or Gatorfoam somewhere, but will if I can't come up with anything else that works).
Since this is going to be a painted screen I was wondering if anyone has experimented with joining two sheets of MDF and creating a larger screen, maybe 8' wide and a little less than 5' tall. There would be one seem but I'm wondering if it would be possible to hide with some good wood putty work. Sort of like doing drywall.
Or I was wondering if there's some sort of material that can be placed over two pieces of MDF. Laminate comes to mind. It can be placed over the two MDF pieces, it would hide the join and it provides a nice smooth surface. However, laminate is quite expensive and is somewhat overkill if all I'm gonna do is paint it afterwards. But something like it that that has a good surface for painting would be perfect. Of course it would have to come is larger than 4'x8' size.
Any and all ideas are welcome.
Thanks,
Harry
P.S. I'd prefer to not do a fabric screen since they are quite a bit harder to paint. Also in case anyone is wondering I plan on using Black Window. Thanks again.
P.P.S. The obvious answer would be to just go with a laminate screen and not paint it, but before I go that route, I wanna consider options, etc.
Since this is going to be a painted screen I was wondering if anyone has experimented with joining two sheets of MDF and creating a larger screen, maybe 8' wide and a little less than 5' tall. There would be one seem but I'm wondering if it would be possible to hide with some good wood putty work. Sort of like doing drywall.
Or I was wondering if there's some sort of material that can be placed over two pieces of MDF. Laminate comes to mind. It can be placed over the two MDF pieces, it would hide the join and it provides a nice smooth surface. However, laminate is quite expensive and is somewhat overkill if all I'm gonna do is paint it afterwards. But something like it that that has a good surface for painting would be perfect. Of course it would have to come is larger than 4'x8' size.
Any and all ideas are welcome.
Thanks,
Harry
P.S. I'd prefer to not do a fabric screen since they are quite a bit harder to paint. Also in case anyone is wondering I plan on using Black Window. Thanks again.
P.P.S. The obvious answer would be to just go with a laminate screen and not paint it, but before I go that route, I wanna consider options, etc.