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[wkosmann]

Dear All;

I have an opportunity to purchase a 100 yard roll of 30" wide Protostar flocked light trap material (http://www.fpi-protostar.com/flock.htm). This material is used to line the inside of visible light telescopes, and absorbs more than 99% of incident light at visible wavelengths. It should be a superb blackout material for eliminating light reflections off walls and ceilings in a Home Theater.



The back of the material has adhesive on it, so installation is 1) cut to desired length, 2) peel adhesive (paper) cover off, and 3) attach material to wall/ceiling.

I don't need 100 yards of this stuff. So, the purpose of the post is to solicit interest in sharing the cost of the roll. Manuafacturer price is 50 cents per inch for arbitrary short lengths. The manufacturer offers a discount for longer lengths, and prices a 100 yard roll at 35 cents per inch. I can sell the 70 yards I don't need to interested buyers for 30 cents per inch. As an example, if your home theater had walls 7.5 feet high, and a ceiling 15 feet wide, you would need a 30 foot (=10 yards = 360 inches) long swath, which would price out to $108.00 + shipping.

To be clear, I am not purchasing the 100 foot roll from the manufacturer, but from someone else who purchased the roll, but has decided to go in a different direction and now doesn't need the material. I am soliciting possible interest, to see whether I should purchase the entire roll, or just forget about it.

I am posting this in both the For Sale forum (although its a solicitation of interest and not yet for sale) and in the HT Construction forum.

If you are interested please either post in this thread, or PM me.

William

[wkosmann]

If any of you have any interest in some of this light absorbing material, please reply to the version of this thread over in the Home Theater Design & Consruction forum. All 10 or so of the replies have been to the post in that forum.

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