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Quoted from Gritty:I was thinking about going with a snap in drop ceiling but can't decide if I want to go white or black.
If you have standard wood joist system I would go NO drop cieling and paint ceiling black...done it twice and it's great.
Quoted from z28dan:Plus with the exposed rafters, it makes it easier to staple the bras to. (new female visitor initiation)?
Or run cables/wires, neon, more can lights, pull up bar?, speakers etc etc...
Take a look OP...man I need to update that thread
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gameroom-coming-upongoing
Quoted from Gritty:I thought about just painting the rafters but I need the sound barrier..
Quoted from mac622:Did you paint the high-hats as well or did you mask them off? I was going to put a drop ceiling in but after seeing everyone's flat-black pics I really liking that look instead. I would also have to build a bunch of soffits for the drop ceiling so painting if black would save of bunch of time (and $$) as well.
By High-Hats do you mean the light fixtures? If so unless you're going with an even more industrial look with some matching colors elswhere, you should paint them with the ceiling...I've done it twice that way.
Dude it's just so much easier and cheaper it's unreal. I bought a cheap paint sprayer, and went to the store and said "Give me the cheapest goddamn black paint you have." Takes a few days to paint it depending on size but whatever you do is going to take some time.
Of course you also have to factor in if you're just doing the ceiling, you're going to have to cover up everything and be careful with the paint getting on things.
Quoted from mac622:Yes - high-hats are the fixtures. It makes sense to pain them too but wanted to hear what you guys have done.
I'm assuming you guys are also using latex and not enamel or some other oil based paint - correct? I
Yep flat black cheap latex. Had to dilute with water but it sounds like you know more than I with paint guns so that's probably obvious.
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