Is gift wrap like mylar?

[Volker]

Okay kids .... I put up the gift wrap mylar ... here is the picture, but it got all crinkled .... it doesn't have to be smooth does it? Don't know why it got crinkled .....

So what do you think?

Looks good! Crinkly doesn't matter too much down low, and up above looks good enough. Smoother is always better, but crinkly in mylar is like 85% refelction as opposed to 95%? something like that. Foil loses a LOT of reflectivity crinkled, but not mylar. I use & reuse silver gift wrap to line my grow areas.

"Space Blanket" is good, too. I couldn't find it - wrong time of year - but found the gift wrap easy enough.

As far as colours go, coloured mylar only reflects the portion of light that it's colour is. The rest gets lost. So less light. Think about it. Coloured mylar will work, but not as well as silver.

Another cheap - usually free - grow room liner is advertising posters. Like the big beer posters the liquor stores throw out every other week. Or movie posters the theaters throw out. Whatever. Not the front, the shiny white back! Almost as good as mylar, better than flat white paint.

Volker Reviewed by Volker on 12-21-2006. Is gift wrap like mylar? A friend told me that the silver gift wrap is the same material as mylar. Anyone hear this? Does the silver gift wrap have the same reflective properties as mylar? Thank you for your time. :jointsmile: Rating: 5

[GrowRebel]

Great! I had white paint, but it seems brighter with the mylar. I guess because it is so thin it crinkled. But still for the price and the refective properties it's not bad for the poor grower like me. Thanks for the info.
:noel: :abduct:

[Markass]

emergency blankets

[Garden Knowm]

sweet mr. rebel... very nice!

[GrowRebel]

sweet mr. rebel... very nice!

mr. rebel ..... who's that?

see sig below ....

:abduct:

[Garden Knowm]

sweet MS. REBEL... my bad....

more pictures please... iloveyou

[GrowRebel]

Hee hee .... More picture you say! ...... well ...

Here are some links to the thread where I builded a new 150W HPS .... I added it to my flower level ... I put up a picture of the lamp and one of it mounted .... doing a fine job assisting my 430W HPS.

New Lamp

Finish product

Guess what? ..... I'm seriously thinking of coughing up the doe for some 2 mil mylar from ebay
:rastabong: :areindeer: :madnoel: :noel:

[GrowRebel]

Well I sold a little of my lady to invest in some 2 mil mylar. I figure it would be worth it to do this. I shopped around of course .... have to make what little funds I have stretch ... I found 2 mil mylar at the e bay store 54"x25' .... it will cost me $26.10 to the door. The next cheapest price for that was $33.44 so I figured I got a good deal.

But the mylar gift wrap is still a good idea .... especially if the person was going to use foil as a reflective. My gift wrap mylar will do the job until the thicker mylar arrives.

I will post a picture when I get it up.

:noel:

[Garden Knowm]

yummy pics of your light... the plant looks GREAT...

A hood for that light would reflect a lot of LUMENS downward..

or even better, you could hang the light vertically between 2-4 plants...

side lighting is fantastic

lovelovelove

[crazywill]

Hi Everybody
I got the same idea when I seen the wraping papper myself.If you hold it up to the light you can see the patter on the oppsit side.The wraping paper is mylar BUT it is very thin.I got some card broad from the new refr.box the new refr. came in and use some 3m spray glue .I spray some on the the cardbroad and mounted the papper on it.After the glue set I cut the broad to the size I want and put it on the walls with thumb tacks,The bigger thumb tacks.If it only lasts one grow the $5.00 for the glue and 6 rolls of grift wrap is the cheapest I have found.Well thats' my take on the grift wrap.
Peace and Happy New Year