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Halloween type movie safe for kids but not too kiddie?
ChadTower:
I bought a bunch of that cloth last year too. Never did get around to coming up with a decent way to mount it outside without tons of effort. I'm tempted now to just put up a couple of pressure treated 4x4 posts with maybe a 2x4 crossbar. Then I can mount it on hooks next to the house but not have to drill any holes in the siding. IIRC the biggest issue with the cloth was getting a 16x9 screen that was tall enough to be wide. They just weren't selling it in the shape necessary to do that without a seam.
Saturday night I just leaned a couple 2x4s up against the house with drywall screws near the top to hang the screen housing on. Worked for tonight but wouldn't have stood up to any wind.
And :angry: another drunk driver crashed in front of our house during the movie saturday. Thank god this one was across the street since we were actually sitting there this time. Dude crashed into a tree 50ft from us, pulled away, tried to turn around and hit a pole, then took off and eventually flipped his car half a mile away nearly killing the guy in a second car. :banghead:
shardian:
Yep, you have to make a seam. I've seen more than a few diy people hire out the sewing work. Many folks got the fabric sewed, and a bunch of large grommets installed along with black strapping along the edges for $70 or so labor.
ChadTower:
Yep... make sure you can clean it once that's done, though. That's one of the scary parts about using it outside after all that work. All I need is for the thing to fall in the grass and get a big brown spot in the middle.
shardian:
blackout cloth is machine washable. Though with that size I think I will be relegated to hand washing. ;D
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 06, 2009, 09:33:33 am ---blackout cloth is machine washable. Though with that size I think I will be relegated to hand washing. ;D
--- End quote ---
Hrm... the stuff I saw on this stuff all said dry clean only and the fabric roll at the store said the same thing on the care tag. If you really can machine wash it then a hose and some soap would do the job just fine.
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