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Old 07-07-2007, 07:00 PM
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Ok guys i am trying to settle a friendly wager. there are three schools of thought here...

1) Me: Mylar is best for reflective properties and coverage in the grow room.

2) my buddies idea is to line the grow room with as many mirrors that can be reasonable be fit in the grow room with some coverage lost but due to the perfect reflectivity of the mirror there will still be adequate reflective properties to grow.

3) another guy says to line the walls with aluminum foil (shiny side out) and that it would work fine.

anyone care to settle this for us? Thanks ya'll.
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Old 07-07-2007, 07:04 PM
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You would be right. Mirrors absorb light and aluminum foil gets hot and gives off hot spots. I like mylar but I'm not good at hanging it so I went the Panda Plastic route with some Mylar here and there.
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You would be right. Mirrors absorb light and aluminum foil gets hot and gives off hot spots. I like mylar but I'm not good at hanging it so I went the Panda Plastic route with some Mylar here and there.
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some plant strains have big egos and so they like to watch themselves grow,for those a mirror is best.but the rest i would say mylar.
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LOL yeah mylar
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fdd was i wrong,my brain cant compute scientific stuff like that.
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mylar the was the most reflective.
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Here's the chart of percentages of light reflected from Jorge's latest:

Foylon 94-95
Reflective Mylar 90-95
Flat white paint 85-93
Semi-gloss white 75-80
Flat yellow 70-80
Aluminum Foil 70-75
Black < 10

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MYLAR: THE MOST EFFECTIVE REFLECTIVE! lol
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