mylar substitute?

[juice419]

hello, i couldn't find mylar anywhere and i can't paint the walls of my growcloset, so instead I bout this shiny metallic silver paper at an arts and crafts store. Was this a waste of money? should I even hang it up? and for some reason I feel like if i use this paper im gonna start a fire or something, has anybody else used metallic paper like this?

also is there anything else i could use for the walls besides mylar and white paint

juice419 Reviewed by juice419 on 09-23-2008. mylar substitute? hello, i couldn't find mylar anywhere and i can't paint the walls of my growcloset, so instead I bout this shiny metallic silver paper at an arts and crafts store. Was this a waste of money? should I even hang it up? and for some reason I feel like if i use this paper im gonna start a fire or something, has anybody else used metallic paper like this? also is there anything else i could use for the walls besides mylar and white paint Rating: 5

[kurie726]

Alluminum foil is cheap, and can be easily taken down. It's pretty shiny.

[cigarettes42]

aluminum foil is garbage. go to wallmart and get an emergency blanket.

[stinkyattic]

Aluminum foil is about the worst thing you could use. I mean, flat black paint is worse but Al foil is pretty bad- that's bush league shit.

Try flat white paint. That's close to the reflectivity of mylar and cheap. So are the emergency blankets Ciggies mentioned.

[daihashi]

Try flat white paint. That's close to the reflectivity of mylar and cheap. So are the emergency blankets Ciggies mentioned.

He can't use paint.. part of his problem. Stinky is right, if you go to walmart or Academy or some hunting store or whatnot you can find emergency blankets. They may be called solar blankets, or Emergency solar blankets.. or what not.

If you can't find that then go buy some push pins and buy some flat white poster board (the flimsy kind you used for school projects) and line your walls with that; flat white of course :hippy:.

[feroce]

I was faced with the same problem, so I went to Dope Depo...er, Home Depot and got a few sheets of styrofoam insulation, 0.5" thick by 2' x 4'. Tape them in place and you're good to go. Mondo cheap too.

[stinkyattic]

lol! Home De POT anyone?
Did you get the foily kind or the plain white kind? You can spray-glue mylar camping blankets to styro insulation slabs and actually build totally modular grow huts of them! Connect them with 3" sheetrock screws and check for light leaks, and you're good to go.
Bonus is that you don't need a lot of tools to build this- just a utility knife and if you are feelin' sassy a power drill.

[lunarose]

Hi, You can get mylar through amazon at least through their us site.

[feroce]

lol! Home De POT anyone?
Did you get the foily kind or the plain white kind?

Plain white. Didn't see any of the foil type there, and I'm going cheap as possible, as I'm not working ATM.

You're right though, you could make a pretty good grow hut out of the stuff, they've got it up to 2 inches thick. Just need to add enough reinforcement to the top to support the lights.:thumbsup:

[atticventure]

I didnt want to have to work to try to find some mylar even though theyll have it at any hydrostore pretty much. I live in a colder climate so using reflectix insilation killed two birds with one stone. super reflextive and regulates temperature. any home depot has it