bradley newman

Screen Experiment Results

Giant plastic screen, not so solid as it seems.

So, it worked, and then it didn't. I coated the inside with 6 layers of polyester resin and let it sit a day. Came back, and it seemed solid, so I flipped it and coated the outside. However, instead of supporting the screen by the outside ring, I set it on a cardboard box. I put on two outside coats in one night, and when I came back in the morning the screen had warped and molded partially to the corners of the box. On top of this, it's still fairly brittle.

So, I'm springing for a dome skylight which may take a few weeks to manufacture. However, I didn't scrap this experiment, and plan to use it for playtesting in the interim.

10:51 PM    February 12, 2006    Comments 0