How to light proof my tent zipper???

[Shucks]

Hi, I have a 5x5 spider farmer grow tent and the zippers leak light out, so I know light can get in also. I can just tape the sides with duct tape but the front (door) needs to be accessible AND light proof. I just had my first crop hermie on me in there! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[J232]

Can you hang a strip of cloth down it, couple clips top and bottom? Shoukd be enough to keep light out. Or just have a sheet to flip down over the front door. A strip of panda film would fix that.

 

[tkmk]

You should be worried about light coming in the tent not out. As long as you do not have lights on all day long outside the tent there is nothing to worry about

 

[Shucks]

I understand but the tent is in a front living room and my house lighting can be turned on and leak through. I just want to seal the zipper light leak.

 

[tkmk]

Then do what @J232 said hang a blanket or cloth over the front.

 

[Shucks]

Thanks to both of you. I just looked up panda film. I think that will do the trick. So sad that they sell tents with inadequate flaps over the zippers.

 

[Shucks]

Can you hang a strip of cloth down it, couple clips top and bottom? Shoukd be enough to keep light out. Or just have a sheet to flip down over the front door. A strip of panda film would fix that.

When you say strip do you mean a large piece to cover the front door side of the tent?

 

[J232]

When you say strip do you mean a large piece to cover the front door side of the tent?

I would take like a 6-8” strip as tall as the tent, clip it up top in line with zipper good and drape it down the zipper line, pull tight with like a book or something (little downward pressure) at the bottom to hold it against tent, if the zipper was metal you could clip it on with some hobby magnets. If all the zippers are leaking, just cover the entire front.

 

[J232]

Thanks to both of you. I just looked up panda film. I think that will do the trick. So sad that they sell tents with inadequate flaps over the zippers.

You could make a flap as well, might not be pretty but as long as it works.

 

[rmax]

I understand but the tent is in a front living room and my house lighting can be turned on and leak through. I just want to seal the zipper light leak.

Can you put the tent into a bedroom and move the bedroom stuff into the living room?

 

[twentyeight.threefive]

Hi, I have a 5x5 spider farmer grow tent and the zippers leak light out, so I know light can get in also. I can just tape the sides with duct tape but the front (door) needs to be accessible AND light proof. I just had my first crop hermie on me in there! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Buy a new tent or contact Spiderfarmer @Spiderfarmerled for a replacement tent. They are VERY customer orientated, I'm sure it'll be no problem for them.

 

[rmax]

I would take like a 6-8” strip as tall as the tent, clip it up top in line with zipper good and drape it down the zipper line, pull tight with like a book or something (little downward pressure) at the bottom to hold it against tent, if the zipper was metal you could clip it on with some hobby magnets. If all the zippers are leaking, just cover the entire front.

Good idea. Fabricating something with Velcro might work too.

I don't know if Gorilla Glue would work. Might have to sew.

 

[EndGreedMakeSeeds]

I drape a blanket over the front of the tent zippers. Held with some empty cardboard boxes sitting on top of the tent. Keeps the fan noise down slightly too. No need to go to extremes.


Also, a cheap $3 hot glue gun will be plenty to stick velcro tabs to the tent material.

 

[J232]

Good idea. Fabricating something with Velcro might work too.

I don't know if Gorilla Glue would work. Might have to sew.

Magnets will clamp a flap for the occasion even, simplest/quickest way I can think of, any hardware should have packs of small magnets.

 

[rmax]

Magnets will clamp a flap for the occasion even, simplest/quickest way I can think of, any hardware should have packs of small magnets.

Old mechanical hard drives have powerful magnets inside.

 

[Shucks]

Can you put the tent into a bedroom and move the bedroom stuff into the living room?

Sadly no

 

[Shucks]

You could make a flap as well, might not be pretty but as long as it works.

Funny, it has a flap on the inside that is just not quite long enough, and its 2 part. One above and one below the zipper. Both are half an inch too short. I'm thinking about putting tape on one flap and folding it over so it won't expose any adhesive.

 

[go go kid]

contact the company and tell them, complain that its not fit for the job its sold as, they should do something about it. if youget your money back, i can recomend the mars hydro trnt, it has a good light leek proofe strip on the inside to stop light lreek

 

[Shucks]

contact the company and tell them, complain that its not fit for the job its sold as, they should do something about it. if youget your money back, i can recomend the mars hydro trnt, it has a good light leek proofe strip on the inside to stop light lreek

If I change tents I'm gonna get the gorilla and not play around anymore.

 

[go go kid]

i was just lucky, i baught the mars hydro as it was the first tent i saw at a good price, i never looked into tents or i would have gone with the gorilla too