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Author Topic: screen wrinkles Jeff Else Expert Film Handler Posts: 125 From: Detroit, MI, USA Registered: Nov 2006 posted 09-20-2009 12:27 PM                     i am installing a lightly used screen that was taken out of a theatre when they switched the house to digital 3d. the screen was stored folded. I've had the screen hung without tension for about 5 days and the folds are still prominent. should i stretch it now? will theses folds go away? any techniques for getting folds out of a screen?  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-20-2009 12:57 PM                        The techniques for getting folds out of a screen....buy a new one. We had a screen that was taken down because a show came in that required more pipes than we had in our fly system, so without asking Projection, they took the screen down and FOLDED it. No amount of hanging, stretching, heating (we put it under tention and then used big outdoor heaters with big fans blowing hot air at the screen. Nothing got them out. They were minimized but never completely gone. This was my experience with only one screen -- Technikote I think it was -- so I can't say no screen ever can be "defolded," but my gut is telling me, not a chance. Good luck with it.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-20-2009 01:03 PM                     When our grid was being rebuilt it was necessary to remove the screen. It was rolled up on the stage and stored in a hallway. After re-hanging it there were no ill effects from the process. The crew did rebuild the aluminum frame incorrectly the first time so the braces showed as bumps in the screen. Proper construction of the bracing took care of that and everything is back to normal.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-20-2009 01:16 PM                        Yup, rolling = success; folding = failure.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-20-2009 08:18 PM                     As for folding...it depends on the screen and surface. Matte screens can be folded, depending on the manufacture. For instance, Hurley can never be folded due to how they seam the screen. However, Harkness and MDI actually SHIP their screens folded! Steve  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 09-20-2009 08:20 PM                        Can a silver screen be rolled regularly (to make way for stage use) when you have no loft?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-20-2009 08:22 PM                     You can request and pay more to have a Hrrkness screen shipped rolled and they will do it no problem. However if it's going to be installed right away and not sit aorund for weeks then folding smallish screens is fine by me, they know how to do it properly. I always have larger... 24 foot and wider screens shipped rolled. Big screens can be very heavy and hey will settle if they sit for any period of time... especially in warm climates. Mark  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-21-2009 06:08 AM                     As a general rule, NO...Silver screens are, by and large, painted and will mottle if hung and rolled. Try ordering a Silver "roll down" screen and see all of the grief a manufacturer will tell you regarding how they will degrade. Steve  |  IP: Logged Ron Curran Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 504 From: Springwood NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2006 posted 09-21-2009 07:39 PM                        Thanks Steve. That virtually rules out 3D in our location. And saves us about $120K for dci conversion.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 09-21-2009 08:22 PM                     Not if you go with the Dolby 3D. NO silver screen needed.  |  IP: Logged

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