CurtPalme.com Home Theater Forum

the_maniac · Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 111 Location: Austria - Europe

Hello,

I'm thinking of painting my marquee because the grey sucks.

I think there are a lot of people who had already done this.

What colour is yours ? please post a picture if you have one.

already saw a completely white one but at the moment i think i prefer completely black maybe with a few white parts or stripes.

i would be glad for good ideas.

cmjohnson · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 5180 Location: Buried under G90s

Curt Palme has black cover sets for Marquees. Nothing looks better. He also has the silver used by Madrigal on their custom version
of the Marquee.

Mine is black with side panels painted to match the walls, which are nearly Colonial blue.

CJ

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Black. I cleaned the case parts with TSP but I suspect soap and water would work fine. Then I put on a few coats of black car-paint primer, and finished off with a few coats of rattle-can DupliColor "Truck Van & SUV" paint. Worked like a charm.

Plan to spend some time to get it right. I put on 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint. With a rattle-can it's imperative to put on very light coats -- too thick and you get splotchy coverage and runs. I spread out the coats over an afternoon and it turned out great.

Zebu Fellenz · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2567

I used to have a purple Marquee (no, I didn't paint it Wink

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HK-Steve · Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:39 pm Post subject:

I have a White Marquee as my HT is our Living room.

I do have a set of Black covers in my cellar, bought them off Bill Blue a long time ago.

Cheers
Steve

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

csamos · Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 59 Location: Austin, TX

I painted mine black since my theater is now black and very dark blue. I wanted it to disappear into the ceiling as much as possible. It was a big improvement over the original grey.

http://www.samos.org/8500PaintJob/

The last picture of it up on the ceiling doesn't look that great since I had to take it with the flash on. It looks great in the room with lights on and off.

-Carl
http://www.samos.org/Theater/

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Looks good, Carl. Looks a lot like mine, except I also removed the metal side panels and painted those too. *Everything* is black on mine.

Mr. Green · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject:

I just got the Black Vision 1 case from Curt. It's really nice. Can't wait to install it.

dvh99 · Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Posts: 2158 Location: nederland

are those martin logans driven by a tube amplifier......
kr enterprise perhaps?

Axatax · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:15 am Post subject:

I really dig the Madrigal MP wood-grain sides in a 1970's bowling alley-motif sort of way.

csamos · Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 59 Location: Austin, TX

Vermin · Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Posts: 32 Location: Germany

HK-Steve · Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject:

Yes, They are Martin Logan's

I have Quest for the Front main left right,
Cinema for the center
Aerius i's for the rear.

All driven with Rotel Amplifiers, Bi-Wired
M&K MX150 Subwoofer.

RB-991 for each Quest
RB-985 for the Aerius i's and the center

Cheers
Steve

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Vermin · Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Posts: 32 Location: Germany

Right... I had installed an HTPC in this housing. But right now i use a WD TV HD Player with an HDFury1 and GammaX. In January i get an Sony G70...jeahjeah.

ah...here...some old coloration samples of an G70

garyfritz · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 12088 Location: Fort Collins, CO

Ooooh, oooh, I want a hot-pink G70!! Laughing

draganm · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado

that Blue/Gray/green-metallic? looks really frickin nice. Black is always nice too contrasted against the gray base.
I have couple of extra covers here if anyone wants some insurance against Rattle can disasters Wink

Spanky Ham · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central

I thought basic black was always good unless you want the pj to not only blend with decor but accent it as well.

Duplicolor or Fusion or any of the plastic paints should work well. Clean the case with alcohol and spray away. My pj was in semi-gloss, which I liked better than flat or high gloss.