How to make an outdoor movie screen?

Lenora
by Lenora
  4 answers
  • Diane Diane on Aug 09, 2018

    My hardware stores home depot, and lowes carry large painting canvas very inexpensive. To prevent ripping with just making holes you'll want to get gomments, they make a hole with a metal circle on both sides, but use a hammer to adhere unless you want to spring for the pliers. YouTube will be able to show you better than I can explain. Some people paint the canvas white. I hope it all goes well for you.

  • Marcia W Marcia W on Aug 09, 2018

    If you don’t want to make the time and money investment of canvas, you could replace the canvas with a flat bed sheet (preferably king-size and white). Paint ONE SIDE of the sheet with a white (or white-ish) latex paint in flat or eggshell finish. If you paint both sides, the paint could end up sticking to itself. I would put the grommets in after I painted. Or I might just make fabric loops or ties, like are used to hang a quilt.


    Then, when outdoor movie season is over, I’ll fold my screen into a long, accordion-style strip (so no painted part of the surface is touching any other painted part), and roll it up—painted side in—to store until next summer.

  • Nan W. Nan W. on Aug 15, 2018

    Hi! Hope this (easy-peasy) video will be of some help!


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOmjTGpgOfo


    ...now all you need is popcorn!!

    Have fun!

  • DesertRose DesertRose on Sep 02, 2018

    All you need is a white wall. This can be a building, a concrete wall, or even just a sheet. You could attach a white sheet with 2 dowel rods parallel and rolled up for transporting it. We used to have garden parties and just hanged a large white sheet. If a sheet is hanging freely (say with the dowel rods attached top and bottom) you can see a movie from BOTH sides!