Make a cfl reflector out of a plastic gutter?

o'rly

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• May 23, 2007

• #1

I have some plastic white gutter laying around and from the looks of it they could be turned into quite a nice reflector.

Discuss

 

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castewalpha

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• May 23, 2007

• #2

Sounds like it ought to work. Its neat to find multiple uses for stuff.

 

FirstTimeGrow

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• May 23, 2007

• #3

It could definitely work. Only things I'm thinking of are:

Is it wide enough to actually put a bulb in it (fixture in back)?

Can the sides be stretched out to actually reflect light down instead of sideways? ( /^\ instead of |^| )

What kind of plastic? PVC? (Will it melt, is what I'm really getting at.)

Just brainstorming with you, let me know...

 

buddha548

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• May 26, 2007

• #4

sounds like it might be a good idea i like to hear more about this maybe some pix

 

green_nobody

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• May 26, 2007

• #5

if the plastic can take the heat it could work, if it can't you putting yourself into the shit quickly with this.

 

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basinlat

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• May 26, 2007

• #6

I did this like a week ago. Funny i see this now. It worked good up until today. I went out and finally got some reflectors. Its good if u have nothing.