Recently a new member (Oleson, M.D.) joined this forum. His current screen was a mix that I wasn't familiar with that consisted of Behr 'Silver Screen' and Behr 'White Opalescent Pearl' mixed in a 3:2 ratio (60% SS + 40% ***). In order to know what his screen truly looked like I went to Home Depot and purchased some Behr 'Silver Screen' paint, but the Behr *** is no longer available. Through other research I knew that most "white pearl" paints are very similar so I made up some test batches of the above 3:2 mix using white pearl paints I had on hand. The results were surprising in that all the resulting mixes were VERY color neutral and showed NO color-shifting due to the mica in the pearl paints refracting light, the SS controlled the refraction nicely at this ratio. All mixes were N8.5 in the Munsell gray scale.
I need to state categorically that I did not test the actual pearl paint (Behr White Opalescent Pearl) used by Oleson, M.D. so my results may differ from his screen.
I would still recommend the Elektra™ N8.5 mix over this Behr SS/pearl mix, but if one already had one screen or the other I don't think they would see a significant difference by changing to the other mix when it comes to handling ambient light, which is governed primarily by the shade of the mix.
The screen mix developers here at HTS have been accused of being prejudiced against all mica-based mixes. That is not true and I hope this thread helps put that myth to rest. We don't care what ingredients go into a mix as long as that mix performs well as a screen without color-shifting, color-pushing or hot spotting.
Below are the Spectral Reflectance Charts of the mixes tested (I'm not quite sure why they are different sizes :scratch:, I may correct that when I have time).
I need to state categorically that I did not test the actual pearl paint (Behr White Opalescent Pearl) used by Oleson, M.D. so my results may differ from his screen.
I would still recommend the Elektra™ N8.5 mix over this Behr SS/pearl mix, but if one already had one screen or the other I don't think they would see a significant difference by changing to the other mix when it comes to handling ambient light, which is governed primarily by the shade of the mix.
The screen mix developers here at HTS have been accused of being prejudiced against all mica-based mixes. That is not true and I hope this thread helps put that myth to rest. We don't care what ingredients go into a mix as long as that mix performs well as a screen without color-shifting, color-pushing or hot spotting.
Below are the Spectral Reflectance Charts of the mixes tested (I'm not quite sure why they are different sizes :scratch:, I may correct that when I have time).