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Posted by Neil Walker (Member # 1555) on 08-16-2005, 06:03 PM:
 
Hi,
Just wanting to find out the best way to store a couple of cinema screens until I have a venue. They are Harkness Perlux 180.
Thanks
Neil
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-16-2005, 06:08 PM:
 
When you buy a new screen, it comes rolled on a tube with tissue paper covering the front, and slid into a larger tube. I assume you could store it that way (rolled) too. Just don't roll it too tight. I'm not sure whether it should be stored lying down, or vertically or if that makes any difference.

Whatever you do, don't fold it.
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 08-16-2005, 06:33 PM:
 
Some manufactures ship certain screens folded
It is important that they don't freeze or get to hot or damp
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-16-2005, 07:23 PM:
 
Only certain Matte White screens can be folded. NEVER fold a coated gain type screen of any type. Storge at 70 deg f. or there about is reccomended until it is hung.

Mark
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 08-17-2005, 08:56 AM:
 
Most pearlescent screens I get nowdays are folded
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 08-17-2005, 09:03 AM:
 
Generally small to middle sized screens, coated and uncoated, from Harknesss, M.D.I.,Cinemeccanica and our company come folded. USA style screens such as Technikote and Hurley with a thicker PVC fabric come rolled. Harkness 180 is an excellent high gain screen but because of this higher gain it is more prone to experience damage the longer it is in storage. If the unit is in the original factory box, I would not personally have it stored for more than six months under ideal "air conditioned" storage and box not stacked vertical or with other items on top. The coating is damaged by heat and humidity and long term storage introduces creases as the PVC ages that are hard to relax.
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 08-17-2005, 09:19 AM:
 
Cinemeccanica makes screens? Do they shake a lot?
 

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Posted by Richard Hamilton (Member # 321) on 08-17-2005, 09:35 AM:
 

quote: Adam Martin

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Cinemeccanica makes screens? Do they shake a lot?

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Yeah, but if you use their projector, you cant tell
 

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Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 08-17-2005, 11:02 AM:
 
Cinemeccanica = Matte and Sunnyscreen FX. In their four story projector facility in Milan the screen painting is done with the screen traveling vertically on a track between floors....a sight to see
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 08-17-2005, 09:43 PM:
 
You guys can install all the folded up screens you want to but there is something about them that just never seems to look right after they are hung..... Rolled is really the only way to go with coated surfaces, especially when stored for any length of time. Harkness also specifies not to store a folded screen for no longer than necessary!! That theory would wisely apply to other manufacturers as well.

Mark
 

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Posted by Trevor Anderson (Member # 2620) on 08-22-2005, 01:05 AM:
 
Harkness screens generally come folded in half on a thick cardboard tube with a protective layer against the painted surface. Cinemeccanica screens come folded up in a cardboard box and the creases take quite a long time to 'drop out' after installation. Stewart screens I have seen come rolled full length on a tube.
I have had a Harkness screen in storage folded in half with the original protective sheeting for quite a while and took it out recently to cut a smaller screen from it. The small screen I cut still has a lot of creases after a couple of months.
The manufacturers obviously expect their screens to be installed and tensioned only a few days after manufacture.
 

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Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-25-2005, 08:51 AM:
 

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Harkness also specifies not to store a folded screen for no longer than necessary!!

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