Hey, Iv'e checked every hardweare store in town and none of them even know what Mylar is, is there anywhere I can order it or sompthing I can use insted of it?.. Other then White paint??:stoned:
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Hey, Iv'e checked every hardweare store in town and none of them even know what Mylar is, is there anywhere I can order it or sompthing I can use insted of it?.. Other then White paint??:stoned:
look for emergency blankets in the camping isles of Wally world and K mart..
Ofcorse! Thanks man.
this might sound like a daft idea..but mylar is free!!!! its on the inside of all modern food wrappers! for instance if you buy 3 large bags of doritos or similar brand you will have a fairly good size sheet of it! Ofcourse in a large grow its pointless to think this will help, but in a small scrog cab or c-13 grow it makes sense!
And you get loads of crisps!!!!!!
cheers!
Oh that's mylar???
yes it is my friend! the reflective lining on packaging is mylar
cheers
There is also a product used for insulation under metal roofs that is white on one side and mylar on the other. It resembles bubble wrap but reflective. It comes on a roll 4x150 for about $120. Available anywhere you can buy metal roofing. Hope this helps.
i am finding that white paint is better than mylar
white paint is NOT as reflective as Mylar, but the difference isn't so extreme as to discount it ... flat white paint IS a lot easier and cheaper to work with ... a GOOGLE search for Mylar will give you many, many sources for Mylar .... :smokin:
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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Originally Posted by hoodrider
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamstigator