[Noisebridge-discuss] [Build] Wall Status--paint hue choices--white-white is best
Ben Mushol
ben at sixgirls.org
Mon Nov 28 23:36:04 UTC 2011
I think my idea defeats the whole reasoning behind this. This is function
and mine is form. I am a proponent of function but I like the idea of
various implementations of a deranged PeeWee's Playhouse in any form.
Thoughts?
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, jim wrote:
> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:15:21 -0800
> From: jim <jim at well.com>
> To: Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com>
> Cc: build <build at lists.noisebridge.net>, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com>,
> NoiseBridge Discuss <noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
> Subject: Re: [Build] [Noisebridge-discuss] Wall Status--paint hue
> choices--white-white is best
>
>
>
> as to painting, i'm guessing the 5 gallons of primer we
> now have is PVA white.
> if we're gong to put a top coat over it, i recommend
> white-white, which has the greatest index of reflectivity
> (about 95%; the lightest off-white has 90%, and most very
> light colors reflect less than 90% of the light, some
> light and all medium saturated colors are in the 70s or
> less).
> Not only do we get much more efficient use of lighting
> with white-white, but we have much better control of color
> in the space. note that a commitment to some hue (e.g. blue)
> limits the possibilities of any decorations or alternate
> colors in the space. white-white lets us put up the greatest
> variety of posters and other colored objects without clumsy
> color rhythms.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 10:13 -0800, Shannon Lee wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>>
>> I believe that the mudding is finished in Church; what's going to be
>> needed in there is sanding and painting. If you feel like
>> contributing, grab some sand paper from the drawer in the shop and get
>> to it!
>>
>>
>> Warning: this is an incredibly dusty endeavor.
>>
>>
>> --S
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com>
>> wrote:
>> Hey Shannon, thanks to you and everyone else
>> for improving the space! I've been a long time
>> Church room enthusiast and was gonna use it
>> to give a little workshop tomorrow around 7pm,
>> but if it's in disarray I'd rather show up and help
>> out with something. So if there's a task I could
>> take on let me know. Like, what are some basic
>> things the Church room needs at this point, or
>> will by tomorrow night?
>>
>> mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Shannon Lee
>> <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Noisebridge,
>> > The walls around both classrooms and the shop have been
>> extended to the
>> > ceiling.
>> > Sheetrocking is complete; mudding & taping was ongoing when
>> I left a couple
>> > of hours ago, but everything was winding down, and I suspect
>> that it's done
>> > for the night; when last I looked, Church and Turing were
>> mudded, and much
>> > of the outside was mudded; the shop still needs to be mudded
>> inside and out.
>> > I will likely not be back to this until this weekend, but
>> anyone else who
>> > wants to mud is more than welcome to do so; and of course,
>> after mudding
>> > comes sanding, and after sanding comes...
>> > Painting:
>> > We bought a 5 gallon bucket of primer, which I plan to put
>> up sometime,
>> > maybe next weekend; but honestly, we really, really don't
>> need any more vast
>> > expanses of white walls. Someone who has a Vision of what
>> the walls should
>> > look like, and the artistic skill to execute said vision,
>> should make them
>> > be something other than white. We really need some color on
>> those walls.
>> > Murals are totally welcome, simple non-white color schemes
>> are equally
>> > welcome, but someone for God's sake do something.
>> > Power and Lights:
>> > Turing and Church are without light. The shop has the light
>> over the
>> > central work bench, and during the day is well-served by its
>> skylight, but
>> > at night it's very dark. The neon lighting which has been
>> serving the
>> > classrooms and the shop was in two long banks of lights
>> which ran
>> > continuously over the three rooms; they had to be broken up
>> in order to
>> > allow for walls to be installed. I understand that there's
>> a plan in place
>> > to make the remaining lights light up; Jim even expressed a
>> revolutionary
>> > idea whereby the lights in a particular room would be
>> controlled by a switch
>> > *in that room* so that the people occupying the room could
>> control their
>> > need for artifical light.
>> > The power rail above the table in the shop is still powered;
>> the rail has
>> > been removed from Church and Turing -- again, to make way
>> for walls. Turing
>> > is well-served by its own 20-amp circuit and a *lot* of
>> outlets at various
>> > convenient leves; Chuch, however, currently has no power of
>> any kind. I
>> > believe there is a plot afoot to power it, as well as to
>> mount a projector
>> > and projector screen back there.
>> > If you'd like to be involved in getting power and lights
>> where power and
>> > lights should go, I refer you to Jim's missive on the topic
>> in a previous
>> > email thread, as well as to Jim, SuperQ and Miloh, who are
>> all variously
>> > working on this stuff.
>> > Doors:
>> > Doors are needed for the shop, and possibly for Turing and
>> the Turing-Church
>> > Intra-Classroom Door. The big doorway leading to the shop
>> needs (ideally)
>> > double swinging doors, of the type you find in restraunt
>> kitchen and
>> > hospital settings; the other doors should all (in the best
>> of all possible
>> > worlds) have portholes, or windows, or be made of glass,
>> because nobody
>> > wants to have their class or meeting constantly interrupted
>> by people
>> > opening the door to see if anybody's in there. SuperQ is at
>> work on the
>> > door problem; feel free to contact him.
>> > Lots of people showed up this weekend to help out, more than
>> I can name
>> > here, but including a one-armed Bandit, a small army of
>> purple-haired women,
>> > and an stray 9-year-old girl who came in with her parents
>> after having heard
>> > Mitch on NPR and was put to work mudding. Kaya deserves a
>> special shout-out
>> > for the use of her truck for hauling everything; Danny for
>> getting this
>> > moving, and for paying for a lot of it; and Jurgen and Zack
>> for basic
>> > unflappability.
>> > As I said, many more people were involved to one extent or
>> another, and I
>> > can think of at least one person whose name I've just flat
>> forgotten; thank
>> > you to all of you for having shown up and Just Done It when
>> it needed to
>> > Just Be Done.
>> > There is more still to Just Do; if you want a task, just
>> ask, and one shall
>> > be given.
>> > --S
>> > --
>> > Shannon Lee
>> > (503) 539-3700
>> >
>> > "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from
>> science."
>> >
>>
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>> --
>> Shannon Lee
>> (503) 539-3700
>>
>> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
>>
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