Sealing Light Leaks in a Homebox Tent ?

[McToker]

We got our new Homebox grow tent set up but are concerned about light leaks.

When the tent is all closed up and the lights are on inside the tent, we can see little pinholes of light where the seams are sewn on the corners and a few where some velcro is sewn on to the canvas cover.

I have not sealed myself up inside to look for leaks, yet.

Are these little pinholes enough to be concerned about?

We thought about just ordering some Panda and draping it over the tent rather than trying to address each individual pinhole.

We're still vegging 24/0 so, no immediate problem. We just want to get it worked out before we move on to flower.

Thanks,

McT

McToker Reviewed by McToker on 08-09-2008. Sealing Light Leaks in a Homebox Tent ? We got our new Homebox grow tent set up but are concerned about light leaks. When the tent is all closed up and the lights are on inside the tent, we can see little pinholes of light where the seams are sewn on the corners and a few where some velcro is sewn on to the canvas cover. I have not sealed myself up inside to look for leaks, yet. Are these little pinholes enough to be concerned about? We thought about just ordering some Panda and draping it over the tent rather than trying Rating: 5

[blink_inc]

light leaks outwards are not the worry.
Seal yourself inside the room. That is where it is important.
Use tuck tape or duct tape to cover the seams.

[McToker]

Thanks for the input blink. I'm gonna seal myself in when we pull everyone out for the next feeding. Had 'em all out earlier today but was busy dealing with other issues.

[bud luv]

We got our new Homebox grow tent set up but are concerned about light leaks.

When the tent is all closed up and the lights are on inside the tent, we can see little pinholes of light where the seams are sewn on the corners and a few where some velcro is sewn on to the canvas cover.

I have not sealed myself up inside to look for leaks, yet.

Are these little pinholes enough to be concerned about?

We thought about just ordering some Panda and draping it over the tent rather than trying to address each individual pinhole.We're still vegging 24/0 so, no immediate problem. We just want to get it worked out before we move on to flower.

Thanks,

McT

You could have just saved yourself a couple hundred bucks and put panda directly over a wooden frame made of 2x4's.

[McToker]

bud luv ~ It was far cheaper than that, less than $140 for the Homebox.

We considered a lot of options, including building an air conditioned room in the garage, before settling on the Homebox. It just seemed to fit our situation the best.

I got a reply from anbesol, also using a Homebox, that the pinholes have not caused him any problems. Judging from the beautiful pics in his grow log, everything is working well.

So, we're just not going to worry about it at this point.

If we end up with a hermie, well......... we could use some seeds for later grows, too.