Where to get Mylar?

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Originally Posted by hoodrider

Don't waste the money on mylar. Spend it on better lighting, airflow, or nutrients. Mylar is simply a grow industry gimmick. It is something completly un-neseccary that they want you to think will boost light output by a lot.

Plus it's a pain in the ass trying to size it and stick it up and keep it completly flat.

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anyhow.....go to your local doller store, and go to the gift wrap section, the shiney shit is mylar, if you take and crack open the end of the roll and flip a corner over it will be silver mylar underneith on the back side, it comes in 5 ft rolls and is only a buck a roll................ its no were near as strog as the shit yuo buy from hydro shops but it does roughly the same thing

bghydro.com sells mylar by the sheet, but the 2 mil stuff isn't all that cheap. Pretty durable though. I would have used paint but getting paint to stick to laminate was kinda tough (as I learned from my two small cabinets), so I used mylar on the larger cabinet, and have no regrets.

It's not just a marketing gimmick; it really does help, as does flat white paint or anything with high reflectivity. Use whichever of the two, paint or mylar, that is easiest for you. If you're dealing with smooth laminate surfaces, mylar might be easier than paint. Sure was for me.

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Originally Posted by jamstigator

bghydro.com sells mylar by the sheet, but the 2 mil stuff isn't all that cheap. Pretty durable though. I would have used paint but getting paint to stick to laminate was kinda tough (as I learned from my two small cabinets), so I used mylar on the larger cabinet, and have no regrets.

It's not just a marketing gimmick; it really does help, as does flat white paint or anything with high reflectivity. Use whichever of the two, paint or mylar, that is easiest for you. If you're dealing with smooth laminate surfaces, mylar might be easier than paint. Sure was for me.

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Sorry i forgot to mention to just use flat white paint. I know that it helps but the percentage of reflectiveness compared to white paint is so minimal it's not worth the money and time.