Thread: Is gift wrap like mylar?

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

more pictures please... iloveyou

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

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.

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

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

crinkly mylar on your walls can sometimes reflect the light better is what i heard

Originally Posted by Magic Haze

crinkly mylar on your walls can sometimes reflect the light better is what i heard

No that's not true according to this information .....


Mylar:

A highly reflective polyester film that comes in varying thickness, the most common being 1 and 2 mm thick. The 2mm thick mylar while not quite as durable as the foylon, is fairly rugged. The 1mm thick mylar tears fairly easily, so taking it down for cleaning is quite difficult without damaging it in the process. Both types of mylar are able to reflect approximately 92-97% reflective, giving it the potential to be more reflective than foylon, but because foylon is more easily cleaned without damaging it as well as it being harder to crease, foylon usually ends up being slightly more reflective. Important to note is that mylar reflects radiant heat energy just as well as foylon (around 85%), so proper ventilation is necessary if mylar is used in your grow room. Attaching this to walls can be done in a similar fashion as foylon, and the same caution should be used to avoid creating hotspots in your room. The 1mm thick mylar stands a fair chance of being creased or ripped in the process unfortunately, even if Velcro is used to attach to the walls.

This is the reason I decided to get the 2 mil mylar ... with the white paint on the walls, I'm getted no better reflectivity .... I figure it will pay for itself with the next harvest.

crazywill....

..... after you glue the gift wrap to the cardboard did it crinkle? If not then that's the answer to prevent crinkles thus making it an excellent reflective alternative for us poor growers.

Originally Posted by GrowRebel

Oh wow ..... I did a google search on mylar and the different color gift wrap is mylar as well! Would green or red be better than the silver?

What do you think? Would that reflect the light and give a color the plant needs? I'm sure it will be on sale for half price after Christmas ..... comments?

Thanks.

use any giftwrap that has a shiny iside the outside color doesn't matter
cause you only want the clean mylar