Quote Originally Posted by superskunk1
^^^^ but in this case it's not the diamond patterned metal that high quality reflectors have, and flat white paint have proven to reflect a good amount of light back.

If it were me I would put poly or flat white paint before putting in foil, but now that I think of it, I don't think he needs any kind of reflectivity because of using CFL's and they work close to the ladies not far away.

Other than that this log I'd looking nice keep up the good work. It inspires me to make a mini grow.
High quality reflectors don't use any pattern, they're flat for the purest redirection of light without losing photon flux. All those bumps and dimples other reflectors have actually reduce performance - get yourself an incident meter and test the same bulb+ballast in multiple fixtures - you'll find the flat reflectors to always be superior.