Hi,

Not sure if "Equipment Forum" is the right place for this post....nonetheless

1) Wall & Ceiling Color

We are trying to decide upon a color for the walls and the ceiling of our society badminton court, and would really appreciate some help. Currently the walls and the ceiling are all plainted white, and we are planning to either paint it blue or green. We are more inclined towards green, as that seems a more standard color (even in some of the local clubs), but blue looks decent too.

We tried to find recommended color shades and found a guide by the Sport England association (I am not based in England) at
http://www.sportengland.org/se_facilities_badminton-4.pdf

* Regarding Wall Color

From the guide, I am quoting some of the comments

"Colours with a reflectance value of 30-50% were found to give the best playing conditions - green (Dulux Colour dimensions code 30 GG 45/362) or an equivalent blue (86 BG 43/321)."

I found these color codes in the UK website,
Green:- http://www.icipaints.co.uk/servlet/ColourSchemeHandler?name=30gg_45362
Blue:- http://www.icipaints.co.uk/servlet/ColourSchemeHandler?name=86bg_43321

As you can see, the recommended colors are much lighter in shade than the professional courts that we saw on the internet,
Green :- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d83at22sc-E
Blue :- http://www.edisonbadminton.ca/Facility.html

So which is better?

* Regarding Ceiling Color

The SportEngland.org Guide mentions something like this,

"A4) 8)
The walls need to be of a colour giving a reflectance value (RV) of not more than 50% and the ceilings 70% – 90%. It has been found that not all colours give the best background, even when all colours selected were 50% RV; green and blue were the preferred colours.

With regard to the ceiling the reflective value may be higher if the luminaires are suspended further from the ceiling - alternatively if the luminaries are positioned nearer to the ceiling then the ceiling fabric must be darker with a lower reflectance value.
"

In our case, we have a concrete ceiling (not the wooden roofs kind, as shown in some of the photos), and the luminaires are not suspended from the ceiling, but are actually placed at the top of the side walls (with an angle). Thus, my interpretation is that since they are nearer to the ceiling, the color should be darker than the wall color. Would that be correct, or should we paint it the same as the walls.

So what do you guys recommend?


2) Slippery Floor

Our court is air-conditioned and currently has wooden flooring. The shine from the wood indicates that the installation people must have done some kind of polishing or lamination, plus combine that with the air-conditioning, and the result is a very slippery flooring quite unsuitable for play.

Does anybody have any suggestions on how we can improve this situation. We are taking further advice from those people as to how we can maintain it non-slippery, but I thought I could get some advice from these boards.

Would sanding the wooden floor help? Or is there some special solution with which it would become non-slippery?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!