aluminum foil for a reflective surface good or bad

purplebud27

purplebud27

Well-Known Member
i know that aluminum foil is the worst reflective surface that can be used due to the uneven reflective that causes light to focus and burn holes in the leaves but just wanted to know if anyone had any other opinions on it
 
mr sunshine

mr sunshine

Well-Known Member
purplebud27 said:
i know that aluminum foil is the worst reflective surface that can be used due to the uneven reflective that causes light to focus and burn holes in the leaves but just wanted to know if anyone had any other opinions on it
Click to expand...


Try it and let us know how it turns out!
 
purplebud27

purplebud27

Well-Known Member
showing a person riu and how we can connect with other growers on topics that are disputed between us srry did not want to sound like a tard i should have said this before
 
lime73

lime73

Weed Modifier
personally i wouldn't use it...Mylar /paint/ or white poly will work way better.
seen to many plants with issues that use foil.
 
lime73

lime73

Weed Modifier
isn't foil used for cooking.:p

not saying it can't be used, i just would Never recommend it!
 
S

spek9

Well-Known Member
Foil would be a reasonable substitute until something better can be purchased, but only for low-light setups (CFLs for instance). Personally, I still wouldn't use it though.

However, like others have said, mylar or flat-white paint are best.

-spek
 
HighnessBC951

HighnessBC951

Member
sparkage said:
what about a reflective mattieal,, like a mirror ????????????????????????????
Click to expand...
mirrors actually absorb the shit out of light.. well let me rephrase; regular household mirrors absorb a significant amount of light. "Perfect Mirrors" aka "Dielectric Mirrors" reflect 99.9% of light


 
Nizza

Nizza

Well-Known Member
if you go to walmart, go to the hunting section space blankets aka emergency blankets are like 3 $ and you need a staple gun, and some small pieces of cardboard.
take the shiny side and put it out and work your way around the room to evenly stretch the mylar blanket Using the small cardboard pieces behind 2 staples will grab a large surface area and prevent ripping. White painted cardboard or mylar coated cardboard would be best. Don't forget to do the ceilings!

the more evenly you stretch the mylar the better it will reflect
 
bird mcbride

bird mcbride

Well-Known Member
The only thing aluminum foil is good for is the box. I prepare and transport shoots in the spent tinfoil boxes. They work great and the correct size tinfoil box is just the right length. I have found that the best results occur when the snip is rooted in the op that it is going to be budded in. Prerooted clones are much more difficult to transport and much more dangerous than snips as far as the law goes. Clones also have a higher chance of runting when transported from one location to the other. I feel that this is due to atmospheric pressure at different altitudes.
 
Ammastor

Ammastor

Active Member
Others have already answered this and I am sure it is in other topics as well.

However foil can be used. I would only use it for CFL grows though or in an emergency. It does create hot spots and can burn your plants. We don't want that now do we.

You can use the emergency blankets made from mylar, buy a roll of mylar (not overly expensive), flat-white paint as others have stated, Chrome vinyl I hear also works well (never used it but heard it works) any info on this would be great as I have a few rolls of it laying around, There are also reflective insulator blankets that have a diamond pattern on them which can also be used. I think they sell rolls of this now for growers. I also know that some grow tents come with this type of reflective lining.

I have herd of people using a few other things as well but I can not remember exactly what it was they used.

-Ammastor-
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

Global Moderator
Staff member
The flat white latex paint has worked for me for a long time.
I started out fighting with the mylar & space blankets.
Screw all that - its a bitch to get that shit wrinkle free & the paint has produced very well for me.
Find what works & stay with it is my motto.
 
J

joe macclennan

Well-Known Member
GreatwhiteNorth said:
The flat white latex paint has worked for me for a long time.
I started out fighting with the mylar & space blankets.
Screw all that - its a bitch to get that shit wrinkle free & the paint has produced very well for me.
Find what works & stay with it is my motto.
Click to expand...
exactly... and even if you do get it wrinkle free it loses some of it's luster after a while. When your painted walls get dirty a fresh coat of paint is easy and cheap.
 
GroErr

GroErr

Well-Known Member
What everyone else said, have no experience w/tin foil but it would seem difficult to try and get any sort of flat surface with it, not practical. If you're trying to reduce costs use the paint or like I did in my first cabinet, use those space blankets which are mylar and $5 or less for a 52"x84" sheet. They worked well enough in a cabinet I built, now expanding it and will use mylar now that i'm not as concerned about costs...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top